Broadcast Frequencies

Find the right frequency for listening to our news broadcasts via shortwave radio.

We encourage our listeners to tell us when they receive our transmissions. Your reception reports, or QSL cards, help us evaluate the quality of our signal strength. Please find mailing instructions below the frequency table.

As of March 29, 2009

Burmese (4 hours daily)
0030-0130
13820 13865 17835

1230-1330 7390  9320 13675
1330-1400 7390  9320 12140
1400-1430 7390  9320
1630-1730 9945


Cantonese (2 hours daily)
1400-1430
5835

1430-1500 5835 7280

2200-2300 9355 11715 11785


Khmer (2 hours daily)
1230-1330 12140 15160
2230-2330 7580 13740


Korean (5 hours daily)
1500-1700 1350  5810  7210  7455
1700-1800 1350  5810  9370

1800-1900
1350  5810  7210

2100-2200 1350  7460  9385 12075



Lao (2 hours daily)
0000-0100 15545 15690
1100-1200 9355 15145
 

Mandarin (12 hours daily)
0300-0600 13760 15130 15615 15635 17615 17880 21550 21690
0600-0700 13760 15130 15615 15635 17615 17880 21550
1500-1600 9455  9905 11540 11625 12025 13675 15495
1600-1700 9455  9905 11540 11795 12025 13675 15530
1700-1800 7260  7280  9355  9455  9540  9905 11540 11795 13625

1800-1900 7280  7355  9355  9455  9540  9865 11540 11700 13625
1900-2000 1098  7260  7355  9355  9455  9850  9865  9905 11700 11785 13625 15510

2000-2100 1098  7260  7355  9355  9455  9850  9905 11700 11740 11785 13625

2100-2200 1098  7355  9455  9850  9905 11740 11935 13625
2300-0000 7540 11760 11785 15430 15485 15585

 
Tibetan (10 hours daily)
0100-0300 9365  9885 11695 15225 17730
0600-0700 17510 17780 21500 21690
1000-1100 15460 17750 21530
1100-1200 7470 13830 15375 17750

1200-1400 7470 11590 11605 13830 15375

1500-1600 9370 11550 11585 11795
2200-2300 5865  7500  9880
2300-0000 7470  7500  9805  9875


Uyghur (2 hours daily)
0100-0200
9350  9490 11895 11945 17640

1600-1700 9350  9370  9555 11750


Vietnamese (2 hours daily)
000-0030
7525 11580 11605 13740 15535 15560

1400-1430 1503  7520  9715  9805 11605 11680 12140
1430-1500 7520  9715  9805 11605 11680 12140
2330-0030 7520 11580 11605 13740 15535 15560

   

*Universal Time Code

E-mail your reception report to qsl@rfa.org, or send it by regular mail to: Reception Reports

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