As a reminder to our blog readers, Radio Free Asia has announced that RFA is offering its 21st QSL card honoring German physicist and radio pioneer, Heinrich R. Hertz. This is the second QSL card in their “radio pioneer” series. Heinrich Rudolph Hertz (1857 - 1894) was the first to broadcast and receive radio waves. He demonstrated the existence of electromagnetic waves by building equipment that not only produced radio waves, but also detected them. His experiments with electromagnetic waves led to the development of the wireless telegraph and the radio. His name is also used for radio and electrical frequencies; hertz (Hz). The QSL card will be issued for all valid RFA reception reports from April 1 to June 30, 2008.Future QSL cards will include other radio pioneers like Nikola Tesla, Reginald Fessenden, and others. RFA encourages listeners to submit reception reports. Reception reports are valuable to RFA as they help the station evaluate the signal strength and quality of 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. St. N W - Suite 300
Washington DC 20036 USA
Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker
(Source: Richard D`Angelo/DXplorer)