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RTI French Service Announces August 2026 Shortwave Broadcasts to Europe and North Africa

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement noting that Radio Taiwan International’s French Service will once again broadcast directly from the Tamsui transmission site in northern Taiwan during August 2026. The special shortwave broadcasts are intended for listeners in Europe and North Africa and will air every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from August 7–30, 2026.

The broadcasts details:

  • 15145 kHz from 1700–1730 UTC
  • 11850 kHz from 1730–1800 UTC

RTI notes that the second frequency has been changed from 11995 kHz to 11850 kHz after listeners reported persistent interference on 11995 kHz during the German Service’s July transmissions. The French Service also thanks listeners who helped verify the suitability of the new frequency.

Listeners who send reception reports to [email protected] will receive a special QSL card commemorating these August transmissions.

Below is the original announcement in French:

Chère auditrice, cher auditeur,

Le service français de Radio Taïwan International est heureux de vous rappeler que, durant le mois d’août 2026, nous procéderons à une diffusion directe depuis le centre de transmission de Tamsui, dans le nord de Taïwan, vers l’Europe et l’Afrique du Nord.

À cette occasion, notre programme en français sera diffusé en ondes courtes tous les vendredis, samedis et dimanches du 7 au 30 août. Voici les fréquences et les horaires de diffusion :

15145 kHz : de 17h00 à 17h30 (temps universel)
11850 kHz : de 17h30 à 18h00 (temps universel)

En raison d’un bruit parasite répétitif sur la fréquence 11995 kHz, signalé par nos auditeurs lors des diffusions du service allemand en juillet, le service français utilisera la fréquence 11850 kHz. Nous remercions tous les auditeurs qui nous ont aidés ces derniers jours à vérifier la possibilité d’utiliser cette fréquence.

Une carte QSL spéciale vous sera envoyée en confirmation de tout rapport d’écoute que vous pourrez nous adresser par courriel à l’adresse du service français de RTI : [email protected].

Merci de votre écoute et de votre fidélité.

Cordialement,

Le service français

RTI

RTI Test Broadcast on Sunday, June 21, 2026

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from Radio Taiwane International’s French Language service (first the English translation, then the original in French):

Dear Listener,

The French Service would like to inform you that during August 2026 (August 7–30), Radio Taiwan International (RTI) will broadcast directly from its Tamsui transmission site in northern Taiwan to Europe and North Africa.

To determine the most suitable frequencies, we will conduct a test broadcast on Sunday, June 21. The frequencies and schedule are as follows:

15145 kHz — 1700–1710 UTC
11995 kHz — 1715–1725 UTC
11995 kHz — 1730–1740 UTC
9545 kHz — 1745–1755 UTC

The two frequencies that provide the best reception will be selected for the August broadcasts.

A special QSL card will be sent to listeners who submit reception reports. Reports may be sent by email to the French Service or via the radio’s online reception report form.

Thank you for listening and for your continued support.

French Service
Radio Taiwan International

Original message in French:

Chère auditrice, cher auditeur,

Le service français vous informe que durant le mois d’août 2026 (du 7 au 30 août), Rti procèdera à une diffusion directe depuis le centre de transmission de Tamsui, dans le nord de Taïwan, vers l’Europe et l’Afrique du nord.

Afin de chosir les fréquences les plus appropriées, nous prévoyons un essai de diffusion le dimanche 21 juin. Voici les fréquences et horaires de cette diffusion :

Fréquence 15145 kHz, 17h00-17h10, temps universel

Fréquence 11995 kHz, 17h15-17h25, temps universel

Fréquence 11995kHz, 17h30-17h40, temps universel

Fréquence 9545 kHz, 17h45-17h55, temps universel

Les deux fréquences les plus appropriées seront retenues pour cette diffusion estivale.

Une carte QSL spéciale vous sera envoyée pour confirmer vos rapports d’écoute que vous pouvez nous adresser par courriel au service français ou via le formulaire en ligne de la radio.

Merci de votre écoute et de votre fidélité.

Service français

Radio Taiwan International

Radio Taiwan International and Radio Prague Recent Highlights

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares two stories from the world of international broadcasting:

First, Radio Taiwan International highlights a recent long-distance shortwave exchange between students in Taiwan and Norway. The project combines broadcasting, media literacy, cultural exchange, and disaster-resilient communications, and even prompted reception reports from listeners across northern Europe. Click here to read the full article: https://www.rti.org.tw/en/news?uid=3&pid=188096

Second, Radio Prague International is marking 90 years of international broadcasting this year. To commemorate the anniversary, RPI has released a new series of QSL cards. Click here to read the full article: https://english.radio.cz/90-years-air-radio-prague-international-marks-anniversary-qsl-cards-8875728

RTI: One-Hour English Broadcast from Taiwanese Students to Norway

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Paul Jamet, who shares the following tip: 

Dear Thomas,

This morning I received a message from Meg Wang, Head of the French Service at Radio Taiwan International. Although this message is intended for listeners of RTI’s French and German services, I think it may be of interest to all DXers, especially English-speaking DXers:

Dear listener,

As part of an exchange between Yilan Senior High School and the municipality of Vardø in northeastern Norway, RTI is going to broadcast a one-hour program in English produced by Taiwanese high school students for listeners in Vardo. Tune in to 15150 kHz to listen to this shortwave program on January 22, from 08:00 to 09:00 UTC, which corresponds to 09:00 to 10:00 local time in Norway.

The transmission will be broadcast from the Tamsui transmitter site in northern Taiwan, on 15150 kHz, with a power of 300 kW and a beam heading of 325 degrees.

RTI invites listeners of the French and German services to send us an audio recording of the program as received at your location, which we will pass on to the Yilan students.

For every recording sent, you will receive a mobile phone shoulder strap and a pad of sticky notes featuring the Formosan blue magpie, along with the RTI logo.

Thank you for sharing this information around you.

Thank you in advance!

RTI French Service.

RTI’s English service is expected to publish an announcement on its Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RadioTaiwanInternational/

Have a nice day. Best regards.

Paul JAMET

RTI’s Spanish & Japanese programs ranking among shortwave broadcasters

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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares this article from Radio Taiwan International highlighting how RTI’s Spanish and Japanese shortwave programs have placed in global listener polls, with the Spanish service especially popular across dozens of countries and the Japanese service recognized at Japan’s largest amateur radio event. Read the full article here: https://www.rti.org.tw/en/news?uid=3&pid=186281

Taiwan on Shortwave – Then and Now

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by Dan Greenall

For nearly a half-century, The Voice of Free China broadcast programs via shortwave to a worldwide audience from Taipei, Taiwan. As a relatively new SWL in the early 1970’s, I was always excited to hear English language programs from that part of the world, far away from southern Ontario, Canada, where I lived. There was no relay from WYFR or Radio Miami International at that time, so the signal from Taiwan needed to travel over 12,000 km (7500 miles) to reach my receiver.

I made this recording of their interval signal and sign-on in early 1971.

In 1998, the name of the station changed to Radio Taipei International, then again in 2003 to Radio Taiwan International.

Today, Radio Taiwan International continues to offer programs on shortwave in a number of languages from a transmitter in Taiwan, though there appears to be only one English-language broadcast per day, that being from 1600 to 1700 hours UTC on 9405 kHz. Here is a recording of the station signing on at 1600 UTC on January 1, 2026 using a remote SDR located in Japan:

And here they are signing off for the day on December 27, 2025 at 1700 UTC on 9405 kHz, again using a Kiwi SDR in Japan.

 

The station is received well in southern Ontario during their daily 2200 UTC broadcast in Spanish on 15770 kHz. This transmission is aired using the facilities of Radio Miami International in Okeechobee, Florida. The Kiwi SDR used for this recording is located in my hometown of London, Ontario.