RFA QSL

01/05/2024

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES QSL CARD #85

Radio Free Asia (RFA) is excited to announce its latest QSL card design, which marks the beginning of summer. RFA is committed to providing timely, accurate and uncensored domestic news to tens of millions of people living in oppressive places in Asia who would otherwise have little or no access to information. This is RFA’s 85th QSL design and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from May – August 2024.

06/02/2024

Coming Feb 13: World Radio Day!

13 February

01/01/2024

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES QSL CARD #84

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.

06/09/2023

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES QSL CARD #83

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.

21/04/2023

RADIO FREE ASIA ANNOUNCES QSL CARD #82

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 celebrating 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 [email protected] and by mail to:
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America

30/12/2022

To welcome the Year of the Rabbit, Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces its latest QSL card. RFA is closing out an 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 and will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports from January – April 2023.

04/09/2022

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.

03/08/2022

Interesting use of audio to recruit people for the Australian Navy. Reminds me a bit of the shortwave Radiograms which have been around for a while.

Global audio company Squeak E.

02/05/2022

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 radiotelegraphic 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.

02/05/2022

A great resource for DX’ers from Loyd Van Horn. Check out their YouTube videos too when you can. 73. AJ at RFA QSL

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27/03/2022

Happy A22!

Here is the new Radio Free Asia radio broadcast schedule for Mar 27 to Oct 29

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

Burmese
0030-0130 UTC 12140 15250 15700
0200-0300 UTC 15250
1230-1330 UTC 7530 9370 15230
1330-1400 UTC 7530 12140
1400-1430 UTC 7530

Cantonese
1400-1500 UTC FNP*

Khmer
1230-1330 UTC 9960 12140
1430-1500 UTC 9355 12140
2230-2330 UTC 12140 13715

Korean
1000-1100 UTC 1566
1200-1300 UTC 9700
1300-1400 UTC 9900
1500-1700 UTC 1188 9910 9990 11985
1700-1900 UTC 1188 9990 11985
2100-2200 UTC 9540 11945 11985

Lao
0000-0100 UTC 15210
1100-1200 UTC 15195

Mandarin
0300-0400 UTC 11570 11895 11985 17690
0400-0500 UTC 11895 13750 17690 21505
0500-0600 UTC 11895 17690 21690
0600-0700 UTC 11895 13790 17690 17810
1500-1600 UTC 9940 11675 13810
1600-1700 UTC 7540 11610 13570 13810
1700-1800 UTC 9360 9970
1800-1900 UTC 9360 9970 11760
1900-2000 UTC 1557 9360 9720
2000-2100 UTC 1557 6080 9360 9535
2100-2200 UTC 1557 7435 9685
2300-2400 UTC 9535 9720 15555

Tibetan
0100-0200 UTC 9370 9510 9705 11705 17670
0200-0300 UTC 9370 11705 11745 17670 FNP*
0600-0700 UTC 15720 21690 FNP*
1000-1100 UTC 13800 15330 FNP*
1100-1200 UTC 13580 15265 15470 17640
1200-1300 UTC 11570 13580 15470 17690 17860
1300-1400 UTC 11570 13835 15275 15470 17860
1500-1600 UTC 9355 11975 FNP*
2200-2300 UTC 7505 9380 FNP*
2300-2400 UTC 5965 9555 11700

Uyghur
0100-0200 UTC 9350 9780 9800 11640 11790
1600-1700 UTC 9355 9480 11675 15625

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

24/12/2021

How it started ... How it's going!
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.

27/10/2021

RFA frequencies for B21 (Oct 31, 2021 to Mar 26, 2022)

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

Burmese
0030-0130 UTC 7340 7510 15110 15250
0200-0300 UTC 15250
0700-0800 UTC 15320 17815
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 15155
1430-1500 UTC 9720 11750
2230-2330 UTC 9390 11850

Korean
1000-1100 UTC 1566
1200-1300 UTC 9580
1300-1400 UTC 9560
1500-1700 UTC 1188 9985 11510 11550
1700-1900 UTC 1188 9985 11550
2100-2200 UTC 9940 9985 11945

Lao
0000-0100 UTC 9910
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 1557 5890 7520 9455 9860
2000-2100 UTC 1557 5890 7520 9410 9455 11525
2100-2200 UTC 1557 7520 9410 9455
2300-2400 UTC 9860 11525 11775

Tibetan
0100-0200 UTC 9665 11895 11950 13765
0200-0300 UTC 9450 11540 11895 11950 12010
0600-0700 UTC 15255 15665 17675 21480
1000-1100 UTC 9690 15665
1100-1200 UTC 9315 12050 15745
1200-1300 UTC 9315 11935 12050 13830 15745
1300-1400 UTC 9315 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

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

23/08/2021

In case you missed it on FB and Twitter last week, 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.

18/08/2021

Radio Free Asia's 25th anniversary QSL card will be issued for all valid RFA reception reports September - December 2021.

04/06/2021

RFA announces its 76th QSL card. This design commemorates the 2020 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan rescheduled to July 23 – August 8, 2021 due to the global pandemic that defined 2020. Even though the Games will be held in 2021, the year 2020 was maintained by the Olympics, so we kept it on our design too. 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 is used for all valid RFA reception reports from May – August 2021.

04/06/2021

We recently changed a few frequencies. Here is our current list for A21. You can always find it online too at https://www.rfa.org/about/info/frequencies.html

RFA Frequencies for A21 (through Oct 30, 21)

All times are UTC.

Burmese
0030-0130 UTC 7280 12140 15110 15250 15700
0200-0300 UTC 15250
0700-0800 UTC 15110 17690
1230-1330 UTC 7530 9370 15230
1330-1400 UTC 7530 12140
1400-1430 UTC 7530

Cantonese
1400-1500 UTC FNP*

Khmer
1230-1330 UTC 9700 12140
1430-1500 UTC 9355 12140
2230-2330 UTC 9940 12140

Korean
1000-1100 UTC 1566
1200-1300 UTC 9580
1500-1700 UTC 1188 9910 9990 11985
1700-1900 UTC 1188 9990 11985
2100-2200 UTC 9540 11945 11985

Lao
0000-0100 UTC 15210
1100-1200 UTC 15195

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

Tibetan
0100-0200 UTC 9370 9510 9705 11705 17670
0200-0300 UTC 9370 11705 11745 17670 FNP*
0600-0700 UTC 15720 21690 FNP*
1000-1100 UTC 13800 15330 FNP*
1100-1200 UTC 13580 15265 15470 17640
1200-1300 UTC 11570 13580 15470 17690 17720
1300-1400 UTC 11570 13835 15275 15470 17860
1500-1600 UTC 9355 12085 FNP*
2200-2300 UTC 7505 9380 FNP*
2300-2400 UTC 5965 9555 11700

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

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