Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 20th anniversary QSL. Bringing free press to closed societies, RFA’s first broadcast was in Mandarin on September 29, 1996 at 2100 UTC. RFA is a private, nonprofit corporation broadcasting news and information to listeners in Asian countries where full, accurate, and timely news reports are unavailable. Acting as a substitute for indigenous free media, RFA concentrates coverage on events occurring in and/or affecting Burma, Cambodia, Laos, North Korea, the People’s Republic of China, and Vietnam. RFA does not express editorial opinions but provides news, analysis, commentary, and cultural programming in the languages of the country of broadcast. This design is RFA’s 62nd QSL and is used to confirm all valid reception reports from September – December 2016.
Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin (including 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 http://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 by mail to:
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.
(A.J. Janitschek/RFA)
The following winter schedule is effective to 26 March 2017
The following winter schedule is effective to 26 March 2017
RFA Broadcast Frequency Schedules
All frequencies are kHz, 1 MegaHertz (MHz) is equal to 1000 kHz. Conversion to meter bands: Meters=300000/frequency in kHz. e.g.: 17705 kHz --> 16.9 meters
Burmese
0030-0130 UTC 12115 15700 17510
1230-1400 UTC 11795 12105 13735
1400-1430 UTC 11795 12105
Khmer
1230-1330 UTC 11750
2230-2330 UTC 11850
Korean
1500-1700 UTC 1188 5885 7210 9985
1700-1900 UTC 1188 5885 9985
2100-2200 UTC 7460 9860 9985
Lao
0000-0100 UTC 13685
1100-1200 UTC 13685
Mandarin
0300-0500 UTC 11980 15340 17660
0500-0700 UTC 11980 15340 17660 21700
1500-1600 UTC 7415 9790 9850
1600-1700 UTC 6120 7415 9455
1700-1900 UTC 7415 9455 9860
1900-2000 UTC 1098 5965 7415 9455 9860
2000-2100 UTC 1098 5965 7415 7445 9455 9590
2100-2200 UTC 1098 7415 9410 9455
2300-2400 UTC 9825 9900 11775
Tibetan
0100-0200 UTC 9670 11695 13795 15270 17750
0200-0300 UTC 9455 9670 11695 17525 17750
0600-0700 UTC 17675 17815 21480 21680
1000-1100 UTC 9690 15665 17830
1100-1200 UTC 7470 9940 11550
1200-1300 UTC 7470 9940 11555 12055 15375
1300-1400 UTC 7470 9940 12050 13650 15375
1500-1600 UTC 5875 9940 11660 11805
2200-2300 UTC 7470 7480 9890
2300-2400 UTC 5905 7470 7540 9535
Uyghur
0100-0200 UTC 7480 9450 9700 9740 13705
1600-1700 UTC 7545 7565 11720 11800
Vietnamese
1400-1430 UTC 1503 11850 13735
1430-1500 UTC 11850 13735
(RFA/Janitschek)