Ham Fair 2011 will be August 27-28 in Tokyo, Japan. Radio Free Asia (RFA) will be on hand at this year’s Ham Fair to meet DXers and radio enthusiasts from Japan and around the globe. This annual event is organized by the Japanese Amateur Radio League (JARL) and last year hosted almost 31,000 attendees. To help promote this year’s event, RFA is issuing a special commemorative QSL card which incorporates the design of our current QSL card and this year’s Ham Fair logo. This QSL card will only be available for a limited time and used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from 0000 UTC on August 26 – 2400 UTC on August 29, 2011. As mentioned in our previous press release, the four pieces of artwork on the RFA design were created earlier this year by the children of RFA’s staff to celebrate RFA’s 15th anniversary.
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.
(AJ Janitschek/RFA)
Radio Free Asia - A11 summer update
Effective to: 29 October 2011
programming targeted to Asia
All times UTC
Burmese
0030-0130 on 13820 15625 17835
1230-1330 on 7390 9335 13675
1330-1400 on 7390 9335 12140
1400-1430 on 7390 9335
1630-1730 on 9945
Cantonese
1400-1500 on 6025 7365
2200-2300 on 9720 11785
Chinese
0300-0600 on 13760 15120 15615 15635 17615 17855 21550 21580
0600-0700 on 13760 15120 15615 15635 17615 17855 21550
1500-1600 on 9455 9905 11540 11965 12005 13640 13675
1600-1700 on 5855 9455 9905 11540 11870 12005 13675
1700-1800 on 5855 7280 9355 9455 9540 9905 11870 13800
1800-1900 on 5855 7280 7355 9355 9455 9540 9690 11540 13800
1900-2000 on 1098 5855 7260 7355 7435 9355 9455 9875 9905
11785 13800
2000-2100 on 1098 5855 6140 7260 7355 7435 9355 9455 9905
11785
2100-2200 on 1098 5855 6140 7355 7435 9455 9905
2300-2400 on 7540 9535 11760 11785 15430 15585
Khmer
1230-1330 on 12140 15145
2230-2330 on 5840 13740
Korean
1500-1700 on 1350 5895 7210 7455
1700-1800 on 1350 5895 9975
1800-1900 on 1350 5895 7465
2100-2200 on 1350 7460 9385 12070
Lao
0000-0100 on 15545 15690
1100-1200 on 9355 15145
Tibetan
0100-0300 on 7530 9885 11695 15225 17730
0600-0700 on 17510 17765 21500 21690
1000-1100 on 13775 15435 21530
1100-1200 on 7470 11640 13830 15670
1200-1300 on 7470 11605 13830 13840 15670
1300-1400 on 7470 11520 11605 13830 15670
1500-1600 on 7530 9370 11585 11795
2200-2300 on 5865 7505 9880
2300-2400 on 5860 7505 9805 9875
Uyghur
0100-0200 on 9350 9490 11895 11945 17640
1600-1700 on 9370 9530 9555 11750
Vietnamese
1400-1430 on 1503 7520 9465 9715 11605 11680 12140
1430-1500 on 7520 9715 9805 11605 11680 12140
2300-2330 on 1359
2330-2400 on 1359 7520 11605 13740 15560
0000-0030 on 7445 11605 13740 15560
(DX Mix News # 687 via Ivo Ivanov, Bulgaria)