WORLD OF RADIO #1056, produced November 1, 2000 by Glenn Hauser *B00 season now underway for next five months [not six] *Our times on WWCR have shifted one UT hour later; no frequency change until December when 9475 ex-15685 Thursdays at 2130 *V. of Tibet clashes again this winter with us on 15685 1215-1300 *WOR on World Radio Network now at only two times: to NAm Saturdays 1500 UT; everywhere else, including Euromax, Saturdays 0900 *WOR website has been inaccessible for almost two days, https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ so try backup site with more recent info only: https://www.angelfire.com/nm/wor/ *DXing.com also provides archive of DX Listening Digests *Radio for Peace International plans new frequencies, 15065 and 7480, but for now still on 15049 and 21815-USB; alternates 6970 and 5920 *Our first broadcast anywhere on WBCQ1 is one UT hour later, Thursdays 0030 on 7415, but giving up on WBCQ2 Friday repeat; hope to have a replacement time. WBCQ2 authorized 17495 for daytime, testing soon *Art Bell`s lawsuit against WWCR has been dropped following apology and confidential settlement *WMLK has registered three new frequencies, one even on 15 MHz *New schedule for RCI shows drastic changes; cancelled most CBC feature programming, especially on weekends. New Canada Today and Canada Review; still Mailbag, retimed; This Morning now three hours daily; new broadcast to Africa via relays only *Tiny Halifax SW station CHNX has been revived and widely heard *New frequency for RTE Ireland via UK to Mideast *BBC WS will definitely move from Bush House to Broadcasting House, by 2006/7 *Both France and Germany back on 11m band this winter *YLE Radio Finland resumes English to us in mornings, but only two other English SW broadcasts remain *Scandinavian Weekend Radio, Finland, first Saturday of each month, testing three different directions this month including toward North America http://www.swradio.net *V. of Russia on new Vatican relay, and monitoring direct; also has resumed morning broadcast to West Coast *R. Ukraine International`s new English schedule *In the midst of WOR 1056, wghauser@hotmail.com or P O Box 1684, Enid OK 73702 USA; website supposed to be https://www.angelfire.com/ok/worldofradio/ or if it is down, https://www.angelfire.com/nm/wor/ *Thanks this week for financial support: Alan Bosch *Standard disclaimer *You`ll be sorry if the Republicans gain control not only of Congress, but the White House and the Supreme Court. Don`t let it happen: DON`T VOTE REPUBLICAN *R. Maryja, Polish Catholic station, in 40m hamband *Hello Sea, from Varna, Bulgaria, weekly on Cuban jammer frequency *R. Romania International, partial English schedule *R. Prague has resumed morning English to North America *R. Austria International has cut back, relaying domestic German; less English, but two times still audible; not via Sackville *V. of Greece, new schedule via Delano; and evening direct *Galei Zahal, Israel, varying around former RFPI frequency, and on 15 MHz, times also vary *R. Jordan, new English schedule *R. Pakistan, new English schedule *Christian Voice, Australia, new licensed frequencies *R. Australia frequencies registered for Cox Peninsula *New series on R. Australia, also via WRN, Lines of Communication *V. of the People, clandestine from Madagascar to Zimbabwe, moved *V. of Sudan, clandestine from Eritrea, has been closed down; see DXLD 0-131 *Tunisia heard on 120m band: it`s a difference mix of two SW channels *Algeria appearing again on two shortwave frequencies *R. St. Helena apologizes for year delay in QSLing: printing problems *New Peruvian sounds like Condor Radiante, La Radio *Third harmonic on 4 MHz turns out to be La Voz de la Alabanza, Dominican Republic *R. Mexico International has revived 25m frequency *KDKA Pittsburgh 80th anniversary special Thursday November 2: see http://www.kdka.com *Low power FM still not resolved, but Pres. Clinton did veto appropriations bill Oct 26 which would have killed LPFM *Maximum Usable F2 Frequency exceeding 50 MHz; harmonics on 30 and 40 MHz bands; TV from Germany to Australia; 6m ham contact from Illinois to Reunion *Propagation outlook from Boulder Oct 31: flux range 195-160-195 *And so concludes WOR 1056; I`m Glenn Hauser ###