Radio Free Asia QSL commemorates 25th Annual SWL Fest

Radio Free Asia (RFA) announces the release of 44th QSL card. This QSL commemorates the 25th annual SWL Fest, March 1-3, in Plymouth Meeting, Pennsylvania. The SWL Fest is a premier DX'er event in the USA attracting hundreds of attendees. It is sponsored by the North American Shortwave Association (NASWA) and covers shortwave, mediumwave (AM), scanning, satellite TV, pirate broadcasting and more. This QSL card will be used to confirm all valid RFA reception reports for March 2012. RFA's new QSL card commemorates the 25th annual SWL Fest.

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 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://www.techweb.rfa.org/ (follow the QSL REPORTS link) not only from DX'ers, but also from its general listening audience. 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:
Reception Reports
Radio Free Asia
2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
Washington DC 20036
United States of America.
Upon request, RFA will also send a copy of the current broadcast schedule and a station sticker.

(Radio Free Asia)

Winter SWL Fest - Online registration & hotel booking now available!

You can now register for the 2001 Fest via PayPal and also reserve your hotel room at the special Winter SWL Fest rate online as well.

For details, check out the Winter SWL Fest 2011 update page at :
http://www.swlfest.com/2011-fest-news/

See you in 85 days (give or take...)

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Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA

(Via ODXA List)

SWL Fest 2011

Richard Cuff and John Figliozzi, co-chairs of the Winter SWL Festival, are pleased to announce the dates and venue for the 24th (!) Annual Fest.

The Fest will be held March 4-5, 2011 at the Doubletree Guest Suites in Plymouth Meeting, PA. Plymouth Meeting is a Philadelphia suburb convenient to key regional highways, such as the Pennsylvania Turnpike (I-276/I-476/I-76), I-476, and the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76), as well as the Philadelphia region's public transportation network.

The change in venue will enable the Fest to continue many of the traditions that have contributed to its long-standing popularity, including a full complement of forum sessions, the Hospitality Room, the Silent Auction, and the Saturday Night Banquet and Raffle. For those who choose to stay at the Doubletree, your room rate now includes a full breakfast for each day's stay.

The registration form for the Fest itself will be available in the NASWA Journal beginning with the November edition. A printable copy of the Fest reservation form will also be posted at the SWL Fest website, http://www.swlfest.com , by early November.

Hotel reservations should be made directly with the Doubletree at 610-834-8300; a special $89 room rate is available but you must mention the "Winter SWL Fest" rate to get this special price. The Doubletree Guest Suites also has a special website set up for online hotel reservations at the special SWL Fest hotel rate; a link to this website will be posted by early November at the Fest website.

Updates and additional information will be posted at the Fest website, and will also be available in the NASWA Journal and the Fest e-mail reflector as the Fest approaches.

Please check the SWL Fest website for updates and additional information.

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Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA

International broadcasting / shortwave blog:
http://www.intlradio.blogspot.com

(Via ODXA List)

2010 Winter SWL Fest registration form, new website, and online registration are now available

The 2010 Winter SWL Fest registration form is now available, along with a completely new website and new, online Fest registration option.

The URL remains the same: http://www.swlfest.com

The new website is the handiwork of NASWA webmaster Ralph Brandi, who has created a site that is easy for John and Richard to keep up to date with the latest info. As part of Ralph's efforts, we have added the capability to submit your Fest registration electronically, complete with online registration payment through PayPal. Links to online registration are available through the main Fest website.

You can also still register the old-fashioned way -- by filling out the paper form and sending in a check -- but we suspect many will find the online registration to be easy and convenient.

Doing our part to Whip Inflation Now, we have kept the registration fees the same as last year. The Best Western hotel has also kept its room rates the same as well. As usual, the registration rates are cheaper if you get your registration in to us early; for 2010, the magic date is February 19th.

We'll also keep the Fest blog active, with its URL of http://swlfest.blogspot.com

Please let either John or Richard know if you have any questions. As a reminder, the dates for the 23rd annual Fest are March 5th and 6th, 2010.

Hope to see many of you there!
Best wishes for a happy holiday season,

Richard Cuff and John Figliozzi
Co-Festmeisters

(Via ODXA yg)

Winter SWL Fest registration form now available

It's just 66 days until the Winter SWL Festival comes to the Philadelphia region; we've been privileged to have several ODXA members join us for the Fest in years past, and we hope ODXA members will again help the US balance of trade by spending some foreign currency in the USA for a change. The registration form can be downloaded from the Fest website,
http://swlfest.com

Hope you can join us!

Richard Cuff / co-chair
Richard Cuff / Allentown, PA USA

Via ODXA yg