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Thursday, August 10, 2023

Radio Taiwan International’s annual Tamsui transmissions

Radio Taiwan International (RTI) continues its tradition of annual direct transmissions on shortwave from Taiwan. RTI’s German service has activated frequencies from Taiwan since 2011 or earlier, and its French service joined in 2022.

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Tamsui launch, RTI French service’s 2022 QSL card

Just as last year, the German service broadcast from Tamsui station in northwestern Taiwan on the weekends of July, Fridays through Sundays, and the French service is currently running its direct transmissions on the same weekdays of August.

Times and frequencies

11995 kHz from 17 to 18 hours GMT (or 18 to 19 hours in Algeria and 19 to 20 hours in France), and 9545 kHz from 18 to 19 hours GMT.

Observations

I listened to the French transmissions last weekend, on 9545 kHz on August 4, from 18:00 to 18:24 GMT, and on 11995 kHz on August 5, from 18:00 to 19:00 GMT. These broadcasts didn’t create quite the radio feeling the German programs did in July, and the reason was that there was no music played between the different program items in French. The German service threw in a few songs by Teresa Teng, and played songs by Namewee in their national-hitparade digest. Maybe French and North African listeners aren’t as much into music as German-speaking people are, but I find that hard to believe.

Outlook

Either way, opportunities to listen to programs directly from Taiwan continue for the remaining weekends of August, and hopefully, the tradition will also be kept to in the coming years.

Between these annual shortwave highlights, RTI broadcasts via Kostinbrod in Bulgaria, also on shortwave, on 5900 kHz in German from 19 to 19:30 GMT, and on 6005 kHz in French, also from 19 to 19:30 GMT – every day of the week. The times and frequencies haven’t changed for years, and both frequencies usually provide good signals to central and western Europe.

Happy listening!

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Sunday, July 2, 2023

Radio Taiwan International, Direct Transmissions from Tamsui, Summer 2023

Radio Taiwan International’s German crew have made their choice of frequencies for their direct transmissions from Tamsui, on Taiwan’s northwestern coast, in summer 2023.

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去年中央廣播電台德語節目的淡水分台 QSL

Starting on July 7, and running through all remaining weekends of this month, Radio Taiwan International will be on air from Tamsui in German, on 11995 kHz from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC and on 9545 kHz from 18:00 to 19:00 UTC:

July 7 to July 9; July 14 to July 16; July 21 to July 23 and July 28 to July 30.

Contact options for QSL cards there.

RTI’s German service tested these two frequencies, plus two frequencies in the 41-meter band. The failure of the latter two was predictable; propagation forecast saw the 41-meter band at the limit: communication between Taiwan and central Europe only with luck at that time of the day on 41 m. However, listeners in Europe (and maybe elsewhere, too) can expect fair or great reception on the chosen frequencies in the 25 and 31 meter band.

RTI’s French service tested the same frequencies last night UTC, and it would surprise me if listeners’ findings were different now (mine weren’t). The French service will broadcast from Tamsui on the weekends of August.

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Tuesday, August 2, 2022

Émissions Ondes Courtes de Tamsui, Taiwan, en Français

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Update: Tamsui 2023 transmissions info ->there.

Le retour du service français de Radio Taiwan International aux ondes courtes, printemps 2020 QSL

Le retour du service français de Radio Taiwan International aux ondes courtes, printemps 2020 QSL

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Radio Taiwan International’s direct programs from Tamsui Émissions directes de Radio Taiwan Internationale de Tamsui
Shortwave is gaining ground: Radio Taiwan International’s French service will broadcast from its shortwave transmission site in Tamsui this month – every weekend (Fridays through Sundays) from 17:00 to 18:00 UTC on 11995 kHz and from 19:00 to 20:00 UTC on 9545 kHz.
August 05 – 07
August 12 – 14
August 19 – 21
August 26 – 28.		 Pour la première fois, il y aura des émissions françaises de Tamsui, Taiwan, pour les regions européennes et nord-africaines. Selon Radio Taiwan Internationale,
Le programme de cette activité radiophonique en français sera diffusé en Ondes Courtes tous les vendredis, samedis et dimanches du mois d’août.
Fréquence 11995 kHz, 17h00-18h00, temps universel (19 h à Paris),
Fréquence 9545 kHz, 19h00-20h00, temps universel (21 h à Paris),
tous les week-ends.

mappemonde des émissions ondes-courtes de Radio Taiwan Internationale

Bonjour le Monde – les émissions réguliers de Radio Taiwan Internationale – source: RTI

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Tests were carried out in July in a range of 308 to 325° reportedly, which suggests that both northern Africa and Europe should be good places to listen to the transmissions from Tamsui, northwestern Taiwan. Des émissions testes ont été effectués en juillet, dans un azimut de 308 à 325°.
RTI’s French service usually broadcasts for Europe on 6005 kHz, from 19:00 to 19:30 UTC, via Kostinbrod relay, Bulgaria. Listeners who don’t usually listen to the station’s internet programs (one hour of programming per day) will have a great opportunity to get to listen to programs they wouldn’t usually hear on shortwave. Normalement, il y a une émission par jour de Kostinbrod, la Bulgarie, chaque jour de 19:00 à 19:30 temps universel (21 – 21:30 h à Paris) sur 6005 kHz, pour l’Europe et l’Afrique du nord. En outre, il y a une transmission pour l’Afrique ouest tous les dimanches, en 13835 kHz (apparemment à partir d’Issoudun, Centre-Val de Loire, en France).
Si vous n’écoutez, d’habitude, les programmes français en ligne (il y en a une demie-heure sur les ondes courtes, mais des 30 minutes additionnels en ligne), les émissions de Tamsui vous donneront une belle occasion d’écouter des programmes rares sur les ondes courtes en août, car il y en aura 60 minutes par émission de Tamsui.

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Saturday, July 16, 2022

Radio Taiwan International (RTI) 2022 Shortwave Transmissions to Europe, from Tamsui, in French and in German

Update: Tamsui 2023 transmissions info ->there.
Taiwan Blue Magpie, aka "long-tailed mountain lady", featured on RTI German Service's 2021 special QSL card

Taiwan Blue Magpie, aka “long-tailed mountain lady”, featured
on RTI German Service’s 2021 special QSL card

Test transmissions led to the choice of 11,955 11995 kHz for broadcasts at 17:00 UTC, and 9545 kHz for broadcasts on 19:00 UTC. All broadcasts in German are one-hour transmissions, and they provide listeners with an idea of the content they don’t usually get to hear on shortwave, as regular broadcasts via Kostinbrod relay, Bulgaria, are only 30 minutes long.
The other half of the program can usually only be found online.
The special summer transmissions at 17 and 19 hours from Tamsui can be heard on 17 and 19 h UTC on every Friday, Saturday and Sunday for the rest of July.

In August, every Friday, Saturday and Sunday, there will be direct transmissions from Tamsui in French, also one-hour programs, at 17:00 on 11,995 kHz and at 19:00 UTC on 9545 kHz.

Reception reports are reliably confirmed with special QSL cards for Tamsui transmissions, and the German and the French services issue QSL cards different from each other – so reporting on both language programs makes a lot of sense for collectors.

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Sunday, June 19, 2022

Radio Taiwan International (RTI) 2022 Shortwave Transmissions to Europe, from Tamsui, in French and in German

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Update: Tamsui 2023 transmissions info ->there.

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Tamsui transmitters site, NW Taiwan, RTI QSL card 2015

Tamsui transmitters site, NW Taiwan, RTI QSL card 2015

Update: weekend transmissions in July and August from Tamsui, Taiwan

RTI German Service

As is tradition at RTI’s German Service, Radio Taiwan International has scheduled one-hour broadcasts directly from Tamsui, NW Taiwan, to Europe. Those are a great opportunity to listen to a wider range of RTI programs. Usually, outside this special summer season, you only get to hear about half of the gems RTI German has in store for its listeners – the other half can only be listend to online. Also, the usual RTI German broadcasting routine goes through a relay transmitting site in Bulgaria, on 5900 kHz from 19:00 to 19:30 UTC.

There will be test transmissions from Tamsui to Europe on Saturday, June 25, at the following times and on the following frequencies:

Time UTC/GMT Frequency
17:00 – 17:10 11995 kHz
17:30 – 17:40 11995 kHz
19:00 – 19:10 9545 kHz
19:20 – 19:30 7240 kHz
19:40 – 19:50 7250 kHz

Your reception reports will probably matter, because Radio Taiwan International  says they are going to choose the two frequencies that are reported to work best for their one-hour broadcasts in July.

Those July broadcasts are scheduled as follows (time only, for now):

Friday, July 08, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Saturday, July 08, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Sunday, July 08, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Friday, July 15, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Saturday, July 16, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Sunday, July 17, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Friday, July 22, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Saturday, July 23, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Sunday, July 24, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Friday, July 29, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Saturday, July 30, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC
Sunday, July 31, 2022; 17:00 – 18:00 UTC & 19:00 – 20:00 UTC

RTI French Service

For the first time, Radio Taiwan International’s French service also broadcasts directly from Tamsui, Taiwan.

They plan to test the same frequencies as RTI German does, but on Saturday, July 2. The times and frequencies for the test transmissions, also ten minutes each, will be the same as the German service’s tests on June 25.

Here, too, listeners’ reception reports will define the choice of frequencies, according to RTI French. Their one-hour broadcasts are scheduled for August, on every weekend from Fridays through Sundays, i. e. the month following the German weekends, also at 17:00 UTC and 19:00 UTC respectively.

Radio Taiwan International reliably confirms reception reports with QSL cards.

Good DX, and happy listening!

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