Radio Free Asia Burmese language service closes permanently

 

The Radio Free Asia (RFA) Burmese language service officially announced its closure on Friday, marking a significant loss for independent journalism in Myanmar where press freedom is already severely restricted by the regime, which seized power in a 2021 military coup.

“A diverse media landscape is especially crucial during this period of military rule. This is very sad news,” a journalist from Myanmar now working in Chiang Mai, Thailand told DVB on the condition of anonymity. An unknown number of independent Myanmar news agencies relocated to Thailand in 2021, where they now operate from exile.

The RFA shutdown follows U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order issued on March 14, which led to a notice of funding termination for the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM). It oversees several outlets, including Voice of America (VOA), Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL), and RFA.

“We inform you that due to funding uncertainties, the RFA Burmese Service will cease operations. We sincerely thank our audience for their years of trust and support,” Kyaw Kyaw Aung, the head of RFA Burmese language service, shared in a social media post on Friday.

Additional text at: 

https://english.dvb.no/radio-free-asia-burmese-language-service-closes-permanently-myanmar-media-struggle-with-us-funding-cuts/

Radio Free Asia says it will fully shut down by the end of April without court intervention

WASHINGTON, March 28 (Reuters) - Radio Free Asia said on Friday it would shut down by the end of April if the courts did not prevent the Trump administration from cutting its funding.

The agency, which is in a legal battle with the administration in an attempt to remain operational, filed a motion to stop the government's termination of funding and ensure access to funds appropriated by Congress.

Additional story at: 

https://www.reuters.com/sustainability/boards-policy-regulation/radio-free-asia-says-it-will-fully-shut-down-by-end-april-without-court-2025-03-29/

Radio Free Asia - Year of the Snake QSL 2025

 Radio Free Asia Announces QSL Card #87 

January 2025

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is excited to announce its latest QSL card marking the beginning of the new year—the Year of the Snake. For more than 28 years, RFA has delivered accurate, uncensored, domestic news to people living under authoritarian regimes across Asia and globally to populations vulnerable to malign influence. Through its in-depth, unflinching journalism, 

RFA brings to light consequential developments in China, North Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia and Vietnam, as well as the Pacific region. This is RFA’s 87th QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January – April 2025.

RFA - Year of the Snake QSL

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. 

RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 not only from DX’ers but also from our general listening audience.

Reception reports are 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

(Aungthu Schlenker, Radio Free Asia)

Radio Free Asia , winter schedule

 

USA  -  USAGM  RFA Frequencies for B24 season.

Effective 27 October 2024 - 29 March 2025 

All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

{all locations are presumably, wb. ed.}

Burmese

0030-0130 UTC    7515TJK? 15110 15245

0200-0300 UTC   15245

1230-1330 UTC   11795PHT 15120PHT

Khmer

1230-1330 UTC   11885 12150 15155PHT

1300-1330 UTC   13640DHA_UAE

2230-2330 UTC    9390PHT 11850PHT

Korean

1000-1100 UTC   1566Cheju-KOR

1200-1400 UTC   9900TJK

1500-1700 UTC   1188Kimjae-KOR  9990TJK 11510PHT 11550TJK

1700-1900 UTC   1188Kimjae-KOR  9990TJK 11550TJK

2100-2200 UTC   9990TJK 11510KWT? 11945TJK

Lao

0000-0100 UTC    9915PHT

1100-1200 UTC   13640DHA_UAE

Mandarin

1500-1600 UTC   7540TJK 11670PHT

2100-2200 UTC   7520PHT  9410TJK  9455KWT

Tibetan

0600-0700 UTC   15245DHA_UAE 15665TJK 17695PHT 21680DHA_UAE

1200-1300 UTC   11935KWT 12050PHT 13660TJK  15575DHA_UAE

1300-1400 UTC   11730PHT 13660TJK 15245PHT  15725PHT

2200-2300 UTC    7560KWT  9540KWT 12050KWT

2300-2400 UTC    5875TJK  7510KWT  7620TJK?  9490PHT

Uyghur

0100-0200 UTC    5980DHA_UAE  7580TJK  9790KWT 11530KWT 12015KWT

1500-1600 UTC   11805KWT

1600-1700 UTC    7620TJK  7635UZB  9560TAI_TWN

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Radio Free Asia,summer schedule

 USAGM- Radio Free Asia - A24 Summer schedule

All times UTC, programming daily and targeted to Asia 

31 March - 26 October 2024

Burmese

0030-0100 15245  15700  17530

0100-0130 15245  15700  17530

0200-0300 15245

1230-1300 9370  9990

1300-1330 9370  9990

1330-1400 9990  12140

1400-1430 9990

Khmer

1230-1300 9330 11885  12150

1300-1330 9330  11885  12150

1430-1500 9355  12140

2230-2300 12140  13715

2300-2330 12140  13715

Korean

1000-1100 1566

1200-1300 9900

1300-1400 9900

1500-1600 1188  9910  9990  11985

1600-1700 1188  9910  9990  11985

1700-1800 1188  9990  11985

1800-1900 1188  9990  11985

2100-2200 9540  11945  11985

Lao

0000-0100 15210

1100-1200  1 5195

Mandarin

0300-0400 11570  11895  12065  17800

0400-0500 11895  13750  17800  21570

0500-0600 11895  17800  21690

0600-0700 11895  13790  17800  17855

1500-1600 9940  11675  13810

1600-1700 7540  11610  13570  13810

1700-1800 9360  9970

1800-1900 9360  9970  12110

1900-2000 9360  9720

2000-2100 6080  9360  9535

2100-2200 7435  9685

2300-0000 9535  9720  15265

Tibetan

0100-0200 9370  9410  9705  17670

0200-0300 9865  11745  11965  

0600-0700 15610

1000-1100 13740

1100-1200 13580  15265  15490  17640

1200-1300 12055  13580  15490  17690  17860

1300-1400 11995  13720  15275  15490  17860

1500-1600 9355

2200-2300 7485

2300-0000 5950   9545  11700

Uyghur

0100-0200 9350  9780  9800

1600-1700 9355  9560  11675  

(USAGM/RFA)

Radio Free Asia releases Year of the Dragon QSL available to end of April

 To welcome the Year of the Dragon, Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card. While we are celebrating together with all of you to welcome a happy, healthy and prosperous new year, we wanted to highlight a value we hold dear, Article 19 of The Universal Declaration of Human Rights: "Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers." This is RFA’s 84th QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January – April 2024.

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest. More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 not only from DX’ers but also from our general listening audience.

Reception reports are 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

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES QSL CARD #83

 

SEPTEMBER 2023

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card commemorating 27 years of bringing news to a weekly audience of nearly 60 million people in Asia living under oppressive regimes or in media environments vulnerable to authoritarian propaganda. Through journalism grounded in accuracy, accountability and trust, RFA brings to light consequential developments in China, North Korea, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, as well as the Pacific Island region and Oceania. This is RFA’s 83rd QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from September – December 2023.

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 not only from DX’ers, but also from our general listening audience.

Reception reports are 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 

(RFA)

 

Radio Free Asia issues new Spring QSL

 

 Radio Free Asia (RFA) is proud to announce our new QSL card honoring the arrival of spring in the Northern Hemisphere. Nothing characterizes this more than the annual arrival of the cherry blossoms in Washington DC.  “The tradition of celebrating the blooming of cherry trees in Japan is centuries old. The planting of cherry trees in Washington DC originated in 1912 as a gift of friendship to the People of the United States from the People of Japan. In Japan, the flowering cherry tree, or Sakura, is an important flowering plant. The beauty of the cherry blossom is a symbol with rich meaning in Japanese culture. For more than a hundred years, we have celebrated cherry trees blooming in solidarity.” (source: nps.gov) This is RFA’s 82nd QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from May – August 2023.

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 not only from DX’ers, but also from our general listening audience.

 Reception reports are 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

To learn more about Radio Free Asia, go to http://www.rfa.org/english

Follow this blog for upcoming posts about new RFA QSL information for the September-December period. 

Radio Free Asia announces new 2023 QSL card

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES QSL CARD #81

DECEMBER 2022

To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card. RFA is closing out a historic year of impactful reporting and exciting growth, during which we have begun broadening our programming and storytelling capacity, as well as updating our technological infrastructure. As we continue our expansion, we look forward to serving our audiences in 2023! This is RFA’s 81st. QSL design will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January – April 2023.

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 not only from DX’ers but also from our general listening audience.

Reception reports are 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 

(Aungthu Schlenker/RFA)

Radio Free Asia, Winter B22 schedule

RFA Frequencies for B22 

(Effective: Oct 30, 2022, to March 25, 2023)

All times and dates are Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). 

Broadcast ae targeted to Asia 

Burmese                   

0030-0130 UTC   7510 15110 15250

0200-0300 UTC   15250

1230-1330 UTC   11795 15120 15135

1330-1400 UTC   11795 12055 13750

1400-1430 UTC   11795 12055

Cantonese                 

1400-1500 UTC   FNP*

Khmer                     

1230-1330 UTC   9390 11885 15155

1430-1500 UTC   9720 11750

2230-2330 UTC   9390 11850

Korean                    

1000-1100 UTC   1566

1200-1300 UTC   9900

1300-1400 UTC   9460

1500-1700 UTC   1188 9985 11510 11550

1700-1900 UTC   1188 9985 11550

2100-2200 UTC   9940 9985 11945

Lao                       

0000-0100 UTC   9930

1100-1200 UTC   13685

Mandarin                  

0300-0500 UTC   11980 15455 17660

0500-0600 UTC   11980 15455 17660 21700

0600-0700 UTC   11980 15455 17660 17840

1500-1600 UTC   7540 7665 9790

1600-1700 UTC   7665 9315 11590

1700-1900 UTC   9950 11590

1900-2000 UTC   5890 7520 9455 9860

2000-2100 UTC   5890 7520 9410 9455 11525

2100-2200 UTC   7520 9410 9455

2300-2400 UTC   9860 11525 11775

Tibetan                   

0100-0200 UTC   9665 11895 11950 17740

0200-0300 UTC   9450 11950 17645 17690 17730

0600-0700 UTC   15255 15665 17675 21480

1000-1100 UTC   9690 15665

1100-1200 UTC   9305 12050 15745

1200-1300 UTC   9305 11935 12050 13830 15745

1300-1400 UTC   9305 11855 13650 13830 15745

1500-1600 UTC   9315 11805 12125

2200-2300 UTC   7480 9790 12050

2300-2400 UTC   5875 7470 7540 9910

Uyghur                    

0100-0200 UTC   7580 9450 9700 11530 12065

1600-1700 UTC   7545 7560 9560

Notes: FNP* = frequency not promoted

All frequencies are in kiloHertz (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

(RFA)

Radio Free Asia frequency updates

 

Frequency changes of Radio Free Asia via Dushanbe

Dushanbe, Tajikistan relay

Tibetan

1300-1400 - 13720 DB  200 kW / 125 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 13835 kHz

1300-1400 - 15490 DB  200 kW / 110 deg to CeAs Tibetan, ex 15490 kHz

1300-1400 on 11570 KWT 250 kW / 070 deg to CeAs Tibetan A22 no change

1300-1400 on 15275 DB  250 kW / 110 deg to CeAs Tibetan A22 no change

1300-1400 on 17860 SAI 100 kW / 300 deg to CeAs Tibetan A22 no change

All frequencies jammed by China National Radio CNR-1 "Voice of China"

(DXB 23 Sept 2022)

Radio Free Asia Announces 26th Anniversary QSL

   

AUGUST 2022

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card commemorating 26 years of impactful work in some of the world’s most restricted media environments, such as China, North Korea, Vietnam, and Burma. Since its founding, RFA has filled a crucial gap for the tens of millions of people living in these and other places in Asia and the world, who would otherwise have little or no access to accurate, timely domestic news and information in their languages. This is RFA’s 80th QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from September – December 2022.

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 not only from DX’ers, but also from our general listening audience.

Reception reports are 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 

(RFA/Aungthu Sclenker)

Radio Free Asia Announces Radio Pioneer QSL #6

  

May 1, 2022

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the 6th design in our ‘radio pioneer’ QSL card series. Reginald Aubrey Fessenden, 1866-1932, was a Canadian-born inventor who did a majority of his work in the United States. During his life, he received hundreds of patents in various fields, most notably ones related to radio and sonar. Fessenden is best known for his pioneering work developing radio technology, including the foundations of amplitude modulation (AM) radio. His achievements included the first transmission of speech by radio (1900), and the first two-way radio telegraphic communication across the Atlantic Ocean (1906). This is RFA’s 79th QSL design and is used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from May-August 2022.

RFA's Radio Pioneer QSL # 86 - Reginald Aubrey Fessenden

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers but also from our 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 

(Aungthu Schlenker/RFA)

Radio Free Asia release 78th QSL card

 

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES NEW YEAR QSL

JANUARY 2022

 

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card commemorating our 25-year journey. Following our 25th anniversary in September 2021, RFA is introducing to the world a whole new look -- a new, refreshed logo and website. The logo's redesign captures the essence of RFA’s commitment to document, to hold accountable, and to amplify. The quote motif encapsulates our fundamental mission to provide a voice and bring facts to those in Asia’s most closed societies. The new website offers an improved showcase for RFA’s immersive visual storytelling, and its revamped page structure and simpler navigation are designed to be more inviting for readers. In the coming months, RFA’s language services will be similarly refreshed, giving visitors a better, more engaging experience. This is RFA's 78th QSL and used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January to April 2022.

 

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers but also from our 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 

(Aungthu Schlenker/RFA)

Radio Free Asia releases news to listeners

 

Dear friends,

Just a few short notes from all of us at RFA:

1. We removed the map, with pins, from our Automated Reception Report System (ARRS) at http://techweb.rfa.org so we can eventually update it.

That page needed an update for a while and we're currently looking at what Google, Amazon Web Services, and others may provide. 

There is no target date yet but we will let you know when we are ready to add the map feature back to RFA's ARRS.

2. The pandemic continues to hamper our ability to confirm reception reports quickly. Instead of days or weeks, it now takes months before we get to most RRs. Please be patient but also feel free to write us at qsl@rfa.org to follow up on any RFA reception reports you've sent, but have gone months without hearing from us.

Thank you for your patience and understanding.

Best wishes; stay healthy.  73.   

Andrew "A.J." Janitschek

Radio Free Asia

Washington DC 20036

United States of America

+1 202 530 4999

Radio Free Asia Announces 25th Anniversary QSL

 

September 2021 

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 25th-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 Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, the People’s Republic of China, and Vietnam. This is RFA’s 77th QSL and used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from September – December 2021. 

RFA QSL

RFA’s 25th Anniversary QSL   

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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://techweb.rfa.org (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX’ers but also from our 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)

Radio Free Asia features Tokyo Olympic QSL

 With the Tokyo 2021 Olympics, set to begin Friday, July 23, don't forget Radio Free Asia is offering a special Olympic QSL, until the end of August. 

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 76th QSL card. This latest design commemorates the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan rescheduled to July 23 – August 8, 2021, due to last year’s global pandemic. 

The Games always bring people together from around the world in peace and harmony to respect universal moral principles. This design is an adaptation of RFA’s first panda design originally used for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. This updated version of the original design adds the national flag of Japan as it waves in the breeze. This QSL card all valid reception reports from May-August 2021.

RFA’s Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympics QSL  

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 our 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

Three USAGM stations adjust frequencies

 

All times UTC

 

Voice of America 

0230-0330 5875 (250 kW) via Udon Thani, Thailand relay to SEAs Burmese (ex 5880)

0230-0330 17865 (250 kW) via Tinang, Philippines relay to SEAs Burmese (ex 17525)

0500-0530 9715 (250 kW) via Santa Maria di Galeria, Vatican relay to WCAf Hausa (ex 12070)

1200-1400 9350 (250 kW) via Tinang, Philippines relay to EaAs Korean (ex 9320)

1430-1530 9380 (250 kW) via Tinang, Philippines relay to SEAs Burmese (ex 9830)

1630-1730 9380 (250 kW) via Tinang, Philippines relay to SEAs Burmese (ex 9345)

1900-1930 on 9490 (100 kW) via Botswana relay CeAf French (ex via Kuwait) 

1900-1930 on 12070 (250 kW) via Kuwait relay to EaAf Tigrinya Mon-Fri (ex via Botswana) 

2100-2130 9410 (250 kW) via Woofferton, UK relay to WCAf French Mon-Fri (ex 9740)

Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) 

1500-1600 9525 (250 kW) via Kuwait relay to CeAs Turkmen (ex 9530)

Radio Free Asia (RFA) 

2230-2330 9940 (100 kW) via Saipan, Agingan Point relay to SEAs Khmer (ex 9890)

2300-2400 11700 (250 kW) Tinian, Northern Marianas islands to CeAs Tibetan (ex 9570)

(DXB/edited for clarity by Teak Publishing 19 May)

http://www.teakpublishing.com

Stations broadcasting under USAGM (U.S. Agency for Global Media) an agency responsible for all U.S. government, non-military international broadcasting includes:

Radio Azadi

Radio Farda

Radio Free Asia

Rdio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

Radio Marti

Radio Mashaal

Radio Sawa

VOA Ashna Radio

VOA Deewa Radio

VOA Studio 7

Voice of America  

RFA Year of the Ox QSL to 30 April, 2021

There are still a few weeks to the close of April and your chance of the RFA Year of the Ox QSL. Stay tuned to this blog for the latest RFA QSL news of a new edition, when it becomes available. 

Special thanks to A.J. Janitschek, Director, Program and Operations Support, Radio Free Asia

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    RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES YEAR OF THE OX QSL

JANUARY 2021

 Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card commemorating 2021 as the Year of the Ox according to the Chinese astrology calendar. People born in ox years are considered kind, caring, logical, positive, having a great deal of common sense, and live with their feet ‘firmly planted on the ground.’ They are also considered to be hard workers in order to provide comfort and security for their families, while also highly intelligent and strong-minded. The ox is one of 12 animals used in the Chinese Zodiac; the others are tiger, rabbit, dragon, snake, horse, goat, monkey, rooster, dog, pig, and rat.  This QSL card confirms all valid reception reports from January 1 – April 30, 2021. The design was created by RFA’s Brian Powell.

 Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 our 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

 

Radio Free Asia announces new QSL card now available

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 RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES 24th ANNIVERSARY QSL SEPTEMBER 2020

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its 24^th 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 Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, North Korea, the People’s Republic of China, and Vietnam. Below the RFA logo is a sample of an audio wave created on a digital audio workstation when an RFA announcer said, "This is Radio Free Asia." This is RFA’s 74^th QSL and used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from September – December 2020. The design was created by RFA’s Brian Powell.

RFA’s 24^th Anniversary QSL  

Created by Congress in 1994 and incorporated in 1996, RFA broadcasts in Burmese, Cantonese, Khmer, Korean to North Korea, Lao, Mandarin Chinese, Vietnamese, Tibetan (including Uke, Amdo, and Kham dialects), and Uyghur. RFA strives for accuracy, balance, and fairness in our editorial content. As a ‘surrogate’ broadcaster, RFA provides news and commentary specific to each of our target countries, acting as the free press these countries lack. RFA broadcasts only in local languages and dialects, and most of our broadcasts comprise news of specific local interest.  More information about RFA, including our current broadcast frequency schedule, is always 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 our 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)

Current summer RFA schedule, effective to 24 October 2020

Burmese                 
0030-0130   12120 15110 15700
1230-1330    7530  9370 11805
1330-1400    7530 11805 12140
1400-1430    7530 11805

Khmer                   
1230-1330    9700 12140
1430-1500    9355 12140
2230-2330    9890 12140

Korean                 
1000-1100    1566
1500-1700    1188  9850  9990 11985
1700-1900    1188  9990 11985
2100-2200    9540 11945 11985

Lao                     
0000-0100    9940
1100-1200   15195

Mandarin               
0300-0400   11570 11895 11985 17690
0400-0500   11895 13750 17690 21505
0500-0600   11895 17690 21690
0600-0700   11895 13790 17690 17810
1500-1600    9940 11675 13810
1600-1700    7540 11610 13570 13810
1700-1800    9360  9970
1800-1900    9360  9970 11745
1900-2000    1557  9360  9720
2000-2100    1557  6080  9360  9535
2100-2200    1557  7435  9685
2300-2400    9535  9720 15555

Tibetan                 
0100-0200    9370  9510  9705 11705 13765
0200-0300    9370 11705 11745 13765 *FNP
1100-1200   13580 15265 15470 17640
1200-1300   11570 13580 15470 17690 17720
1300-1400   11570 13835 15275 15470 17860
2300-2400    5965  9555  9875

Uyghur                 
0100-0200    9350  9780  9800 11640 11790
1600-1700    9355  9480 11675 15700