Capture the Olympic Spirit - Radio Free Asia Winter Olympiad QSL card

a reminder to our blog readers .....

Radio Free Asia has announced it's 31st QSL card this is schedules for all confirmed reception reports dated January 1 - March 31, 2010.

This QSL card commemorates the 2010 Winter Olympiad in Vancouver, Canada which will be held February 12-28 2010.

The Games have always brought people from around the world together in peace to respect universal moral priniciples. The cars shows an adapation of the graphic of Radio Free Asia's Olympic pin, as created by RFA's Brian Powell, which was originally used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This contemporary version adds a winter cap incorporating the Vancouver 2010 color sceme.

New QSL card commemorating the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada

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 http://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 http://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.
(RFA/A.J. Janitschek)

Radio Free Asia - B09 broadcast schedule

(RFA does not broadcast in English)

All times UTC
Programming targeted to Asia
Effective to 28 March 2010

Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130 13710, 13815, 15700
1230-1330 11795, 12105, 15700
1330-1400 9670, 11795, 13855
1400-1430 11795, 13855
1630-1730 7505

Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1500 5810, 7280
2200-2300 9570, 11740, 11775

Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 13725, 15160
2230-2330 9355, 11850

Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 1350, 5860, 7210, 9385
1700-1900 1350, 5860, 9385
2100-2200 1350, 7460, 9385, 12075

Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 11830, 15535
1100-1200 9355, 15120

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0600 11980, 13710, 15150, 15665, 17615, 17880, 21540
0600-0700 11980, 13710, 15150, 15665, 17615, 17880
1500-1600 5810, 7445, 9440, 9905, 11945, 13725
1600-1700 5810, 7415, 7445, 9455, 9905, 11945, 13725
1700-1800 5810, 7415, 7445, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11945, 13670
1800-1900 5810, 7385, 7415, 7445, 9355, 9455, 9905, 11790, 11945,13670
1900-2000 1098, 5810, 5990, 6095, 7385, 9355, 9455, 9875, 9905, 11790, 11945
2000-2100 1098, 5810, 5990, 6095, 7355, 7495, 9355, 9455, 9875, 11900, 11945
2100-2200 1098, 5810, 6095, 7355, 7495, 9355, 9455, 9875, 11945, 13745
2300-0000 7540, 11775, 11975, 15265, 15430, 15550

Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0300 7470, 9670, 11695, 15220, 17730
0600-0700 17515, 17715, 21500, 21695
1000-1100 9690, 15140, 17750
1100-1200 7470, 11540, 11590, 15375
1200-1400 7470, 11540, 11590, 13625, 15375
1500-1530 7530, 9410, 11500, 15145
1530-1600 7470, 7530, 11500, 15145
2200-2300 5820, 7470, 9835
2300-0000 6010, 7470, 7550, 9875

Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0200 7480, 9480, 9645, 9690, 13605
1600-1700 7470, 7510, 11720, 11730

Vietnamese (2.5 hours daily)
0000-0030 5855, 11605, 11965, 15135
1400-1430 1503, 5855, 7515, 9990, 11605, 12130, 13865, 15195
1430-1500 5855, 7515, 9990, 11605, 12130, 13865, 15195
2300-2330 1359
2330-0000 1359, 5855, 11605, 11965, 15135
(Gayle Van Horn, Frequency Manager/Monitorng Times, A.J. Janitschek, RFA)