Radio Free Asia
(RFA) is ready to launch a new automated reception report system! For years
DXers have been able to submit reception reports to RFA at: www.techweb.rfa.org
and receive a QSL card in the mail. In a few days RFA will relaunch the site
with system upgrades including:
- an easier-to-navigate interface
- DXer registration
- option to submit
anonymous reception reports
Background
The Q-code was
developed and instituted in 1912 in order to facilitate communication between
maritime radio operators of different nationalities. It is for this reason that
the Q-prefix has been excluded from call-signs.
Shortwave radio
listeners, or DXers, direct their "QSL" request (Can you verify
transmission?) to radio stations around the world they happened to have
monitored. "D" in DX is for distance and the "X" refers to
the unknown. DXers are hobbyists who enjoy DXing or trying to pick up radio
stations from a distance.
These reception
reports are valuable to radio stations as they assist in evaluating transmission
signal strength and quality. Radio stations usually reply by mailing a
"QSL Card". The QSL card acknowledges the receipt of the report and
confirms the details of the transmission.
To make the best of
changing propagation conditions, RFA rotates frequencies during the summer and
winter seasons to maintain the best possible coverage. As a shortwave
broadcaster, Reception Reports are important to RFA in helping determine the
best frequencies to use in order to reach our target audience.
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/english/about/frequencies.html.
You
also have the option of using the following Microsoft Tag from your smartphone.
The free mobile app for your smartphone is available at http://gettag.mobi.
Reception
reports are also accepted by email at qsl@rfa.org, and for anyone
without Internet access, reception reports can be mailed to us at:
Reception
Reports
Radio
Free Asia
2025
M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington
DC 20036
United States of America
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