{"id":58625,"date":"2024-01-04T10:11:01","date_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:11:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=58625"},"modified":"2024-01-04T10:11:01","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T14:11:01","slug":"new-rfa-qsl-card-celebrating-year-of-the-dragon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/01\/new-rfa-qsl-card-celebrating-year-of-the-dragon\/","title":{"rendered":"New RFA QSL Card Celebrating Year of the Dragon"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from RFA:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Dear friends,<\/p>\n

Happy New Year! Attached is the press release for RFA’s QSL card # 84, celebrating the year of Dragon. (Click to download PDF.<\/a>)<\/p>\n

We hope you enjoy this new QSL card and we look forward to receiving your reception reports by email to qsl<at>rfa.org, or by snail mail.<\/p>\n

Reception Reports<\/strong><\/p>\n

Radio Free Asia
\n2025 M. Street NW, Suite 300
\nWashington DC 20036
\nUnited States of America<\/p>\n

– –
\nAungthu Schlenker
\nRadio Free Asia<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia, who shares the following announcement from RFA: Dear friends, Happy New Year! Attached is the press release for RFA’s QSL card # 84, celebrating the year of Dragon. (Click to download PDF.) We hope you enjoy this new QSL card and we look forward to receiving your […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,894,43],"tags":[4895,224,1529,1093],"class_list":["post-58625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-qsl-gallery","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-qsl-card","tag-radio-free-asia","tag-rfa"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ffz","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":60528,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/09\/rfa-announces-qsl-card-86\/","url_meta":{"origin":58625,"position":0},"title":"RFA Announces QSL Card #86","author":"Thomas","date":"September 3, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following announcement from Radio Free Asia: Dear friends, Below is the press release for RFA's QSL card # 86, our latest QSL card design, which marks Radio Free Asia 28 Anniversary. 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All codes consisted of three letters beginning with \"Q\". 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All codes consisted of three letters beginning with \"Q\". Later some of these \"Q\" codes were adopted by radio-telegraphists and radio listeners. QSL means\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "International Broadcasting"","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Radio-Prague-QSL-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":32113,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/05\/kbs-worlds-latest-qsl-card-honors-the-2018-inter-korean-summit\/","url_meta":{"origin":58625,"position":3},"title":"KBS World’s latest QSL card honors the 2018 Inter-Korean summit","author":"Thomas","date":"May 16, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0David Iurescia (LW4DAF) who writes: [Here's a] picture of the new QSL Card from KBS World Radio dedicated to the Inter-Korean Summit that took place last April 27th. Whoever sends a reception report to KBS will be answered with this QSL Card. Thank you, David!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QSL-2018.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QSL-2018.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QSL-2018.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/QSL-2018.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":41675,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/2020-radio-prague-qsl-cards\/","url_meta":{"origin":58625,"position":4},"title":"2020 Radio Prague QSL Cards","author":"Thomas","date":"January 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who writes: \"These are the new 2020 QSL Cards from Radio Prague International. 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