Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Radio Free Asia releases 13th Anniversary QSL card

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 13th Anniversary QSL card which began use on September 1st. This QSL card celebrates RFA’s 13 years of broadcast excellence. RFA’s first broadcast was in Mandarin on September 29, 1996 at 2100 UTC. This QSL card will be used for all confirmed reception reports dated September 1 – December 31, 2009. The design used is one of many drawings made by the children of RFA personnel earlier this year. This card not only commemorate RFA’s 13th anniversary but also helps capture the spirit of the RFA’s family and friends around the world while promoting peace, freedom and democracy.


New QSL celebrating RFA's 13th Anniversary

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is a private, nonprofit corporation that broadcasts news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA currently broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin, the Wu dialect, Vietnamese, Tibetan (Uke, Amdo, and Kham), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in its editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of its target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of its broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about Radio Free Asia, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is available at www.rfa.org/ .

RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help us evaluate the signal strength and quality of our transmissions. RFA confirms all accurate reception reports by mailing a QSL card to the listener.
RFA welcomes all reception report submissions at www.techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers, but also from its general listening audience. Reception reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to:

Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.
Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.
(A.J. Janitschek/RFA)

Radio Free Asia multilingual broadcast schedule


All times UTC
All programming targeted to Asia

Burmese
0030-0130 on 13820 13865 17835
1230-1330 on 7390 9320 13675
1330-1400 on 7390 9320 12140
1400-1430 on 7390 9320
1630-1730 on 9945

Cantonese
1400-1430 on 5835 11595
1430-1500 on 5835 7280 11595
2200-2300 on 9355 11715 11785

Chinese
0300-0600 on 13760 15130 15615 15635 17615 17880 21550 21690
0600-0700 on 13760 15130 15615 15635 17615 17880 21550
1500-1600 on 9455 9905 11540 11625 12025 13675 15495
1600-1700 on 9455 9905 11540 11795 12025 13675 15530
1700-1800 on 7260 7280 9355 9455 9540 9905 11540 11795 13625
1800-1900 on 7280 7355 9355 9455 9540 9865 11540 11700 13625
1900-2000 on 1098 7260 7355 9355 9455 9850 9865 9905
11700 11785 13625 15510
2000-2100 on 1098 7260 7355 9355 9455 9850 9905 11700
11740 11785 13625
2100-2200 on 1098 7355 9455 9850 9905 11740 11935 13625
2300-0000 on 7540 11760 11785 15430 15485 15585

Khmer
1230-1330 on 12140 15160
2230-2330 on 7580 13740

Korean
1500-1700 on 1350 5810 7210 7455
1700-1800 on 1350 5810 9370
1800-1900 on 1350 5810 7210
2100-2200 on 1350 7460 9385 12075

Lao
0000-0100 on 15545 15690
1100-1200 on 9355 15145

Tibetan
0100-0300 on 9365 9885 11695 15225 17730
0600-0700 on 17510 17780 21500 21690
1000-1100 on 15460 17750 21530
1100-1200 on 7470 13830 15375 17750
1200-1400 on 7470 11590 11605 13830 15375
1500-1600 on 9370 11550 11585 11795
2200-2300 on 5865 7500 9880
2300-0000 on 7470 7500 9805 9875

Uyghur
0100-0200 on 9350 9490 11895 11945 17640
1600-1700 on 9350 9370 9555 11750

Vietnamese
1400-1430 on 1503 7520 9715 9805 11605 11680 12140
1430-1500 on 7520 9715 9805 11605 11680 12140
2330-0000 on 7520 11580 11605 13740 15535 15560
0000-0030 on 7525 11580 11605 13740 15535 15560
(Ivo Ivanov/DX Mix News #579)