WORLD OF RADIO #1048, produced August 16, 2000 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *Continent of Media 00-06 available at http://www.DXing.com *Mundo Radial new August-September edition from Aug 18 on WWCR, Fridays 2115 on 15685 *Sunday evening on WWCR 9475, WOR heard last week at 0000 UT Monday instead of 0030 or Sunday 2330 *International Lighthouse/Lightship Weekend, special ham event from 43 countries August 19-20; see DXLD 00-86 or http://www.waterw.com/~weidner/LH-day-table.htm *Special ham event August 25-27 for new radio telescope in WV; QSL to W9GFZ, P O Box 2, Green Bank, WV 24944 *EDXC country list finally available in PDF file on the web, via publications at http://www.swl.net/edxc *More USB frequencies for AFN, from Sicily, Guam, Diego Garcia, Iceland but some still not identified; frequencies and lengthy program schedule at http://www.npr.org/worldwide/shortwave.html *Voice of Greece has interference from World Beacon via Russia; full schedule in DXLD 0-102 *This Week in Americana recommended, twice on WWCR *FEBC to be known as Voice of Friendship, as if a new idea *Not all KC4- ham calls are from Antarctica; one from Rhode Island, telling them apart *Dr Gene Scott putting out at least four spurs from Costa Rica 9725 *Nicaragua`s only SW station, R. Miskut, YNPN, reactivated *R. Bambamarca, Frecuencia Lider, Peru, stays on pirate frequency even tho licensed *Via subcarrier, SAP, USB, AM, FM, Internet, WOR 1048; wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702, USA; if really necessary fax to attn Hauser 1-580-233-2948. See our website for much more info including DXLD archive: https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Thanks to B. Cooley for financial support, also saving us collection and exchange fees by sending US dollar draft on Canadian bank`s US branch (or Canadian Postal MO in USD works as well) *R. Nacional, Guinea Bissau, active on FM only; not even a website *La Voix du Sahel, Niger, recommended for excellent music *Arab on 7110 identified *R. Gaalkacyo, Somalia, moving out of hamband higher in 7 MHz, and may resume higher power; its 5-watt relay in Boosaaso changed frequency *Egyptian 17 MHz transmitter ruins 18 MHz hamband and beyond with spurs *Romania Actualitatsi news service shortwave schedule *Putin government trying to resume control of Russian TV networks; harasses Radio Liberty personnel as ``hostile media...abusing freedom of speech`` *Polish Radio Warsaw making it on new 9 MHz channel in Ontario afternoons *Saturday August 19, Radio Caroline special via UK MW and Latvian SW; http://www.radio-caroline.nl for more info *BBC staff ordered to quit wasting megapounds on taxi rides *BBC`s Olympic coverage plans: live daily at 0900-1100, not to us *Australia going on DST much earlier this year due to Olympics *R. Australia`s Olympic coverage plans, one frequency at a time, not on Internet *Papua New Guinea`s 25th independence anniversary September 16 overshadowed by Olympics, so ABC TV already running series; see http://niugini.com/pngonline/profile/Index.html for basic info *AIR tropical frequencies logged at PA sundown, from Mumbai and elsewhere *AIR Jaipur and Lucknow just moved from 90 to 60 meters, schedules *New service http://www.fmcanada.com and US version http://www.fmcities.com keyed to different cities, not really local and soon to go commercial; see DXLD 0-102 *Propagation outlook from Boulder, August 15; flux range 185-150-190 *And that, my friends, is the 1048th consecutive edition of World of Radio; me? I`m Glenn Hauser ###