WORLD OF RADIO #1054, produced October 11, 2000 by Glenn Hauser *Standard disclaimer *My Spanish DX reports for October start Friday the 13th, via Radio- Enlace on R. Netherlands; and Mundo Radial via WWCR Fridays 2115 on 15685 *New cheaper Worldspace receiver, Hitachi KH-WS1, 100 pounds delivered via http://www.simplyradios.com and includes SW, MW, FM *A certain weather radio recalled for not functioning in emergency: see http://www.oregonscientific.com *New Kloss table AM-FM Model One radio claims superior selectivity and sensitivity for $100; see http://www.tivoliaudio.com/index.html and http://www.tivoliaudio.com/info.html : Needs to be tested *Marshall Islands with better MW signal *R. Brunei, once on SW, now experimentally webcasting five programs, via http://www.rtb.gov.bn : See DXLD 0-117 *R. Korea`s third Cyber-Stamp Exhibition; see http://rki.kbs.co.kr *R. Iran of Tomorrow, SW from Eurasia, has fax number in Oregon; website with programs on demand in advance: http://www.ri-ot.com *Zimbabwe busts new private radio station Capital Radio after 2 days *R. Rwanda in the clear now of Slovakia before time change *La Voix du Sahel, Niger, running 30m into the night instead of 59m *Vatican Radio officials to be tried for "dangerous throwing of things" over electromagnetic pollution [later: should have read ``well above average``, not below - Barraclough] *R. Tirana, Albania`s winter English schedule *Serbian revolutionaries had easy takeover of broadcasting; see DXLD 0-119, 0-120, 0-121 *R. Austria mixes up broadcasts, English missing from relays; plans reduced SW from Oct 29; should Intermedia DX program continue? Survey at http://www.addx.de/roi.htm *RAI Plans for longwave, WRN and other satellite relays; Merlin to broker Moosbrunn SW facilities *New book on early history of Swiss broadcasting; see http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/Swissinfo.html?siteSect=201&sid=21694 *The media magazine you monitor with your mind, WOR 1054, P O Box 1684, Enid, OK 73702 USA or wghauser@hotmail.com or fax 1-580-233-2948 attn Hauser; check our website https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio *Thanks this week to Bill Flynn for financial support *Wed Oct 18 only DTK tests including one on 11 meters; see DXLD 0-119 *R. Prague will resume using Slovakia site for new Russian broadcast; morning English to North America will resume *R. Sweden B-00 English schedule effective Oct 29 *MURS, new citizen`s radio service, license free in US, Multi-Use Radio Service, on 151/154 MHz band *Rapid further developments in Denver classical music situation: 1220 planned to go classical when 1280 quits; then CPR acquiring 1340 so 1220 backing out; see listener forum at http://www.kvod.com *Continental selling 5 x 500 kW 420C HF transmitters to USAF in Georgia for conversion to radar use *Floods delayed WRMI testing new 15 MHz frequency for a week; relays wacky apocalyptic Christian Media Network; weaker than others but clear of jamming; clashes with Pakistan, Congo *Seldom Heard Radio, debut on WRMI delayed, Oct 13 and 14 instead *unID on 4410.2 with Spanish Christian music *China back on 9730, but some other site than French Guiana? *Radio Japan starting relays via Bonaire instead of Guiana *BBC Antigua frequency switched to Bonaire Oct 11-13, antenna work *R. Tachira, Venezuela, back on 60m after a few months *R. Alli Michic, Ecuador on 60 meters *New list dealing with harmoncic DXing; see DXLD 0-119 and 0-121 for loggings as high as 35 MHz; join via http://www.egroups.com/invite/harmonics *Propagation outlook from Boulder Oct 10; flux range 145-210-145 *And that`s World of Radio 1054; Glenn Hauser inviting you to hear me again next week ###