{"id":63284,"date":"2025-06-26T12:10:36","date_gmt":"2025-06-26T16:10:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63284"},"modified":"2025-06-26T08:18:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T12:18:27","slug":"rti-live-test-broadcasts-in-french-on-sunday-june-29-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/rti-live-test-broadcasts-in-french-on-sunday-june-29-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"RTI Live Test Broadcasts in French on Sunday, June 29, 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26927\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1280\" height=\"848\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency-768x509.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency-1024x678.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/JRC-NRD-630-Dial-Frequency-624x413.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor David Iurescia, who shares the following news from Radio Taiwan International&#8217;s French language service. Please note that the English translation is followed by the original notice in French:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Dear listeners,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The French Service of Radio Taiwan International is pleased to inform you that during the month of August 2025, we will be broadcasting live from the Tamsui transmission center, located in northern Taiwan, to Europe and North Africa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">To best prepare for this French-language radio event, a test transmission will be carried out on Sunday, June 29, via shortwave, at the following times and frequencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Frequency 15145 kHz (325\u00b0), 17:00\u201317:10 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Frequency 11995 kHz (325\u00b0), 17:15\u201317:25 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Frequency 11995 kHz (325\u00b0), 17:30\u201317:40 UTC<\/li>\n<li>Frequency 9550 kHz (315\u00b0), 17:45\u201317:55 UTC<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Your reception reports for these 10-minute test segments will help us identify the two optimal frequencies for the 30-minute \u201cLive from Tamsui\u201d broadcast in August\u2014so we can ensure the best possible listening conditions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">This French-language broadcast will air on shortwave every Friday, Saturday, and Sunday from August 1 to August 31. Frequencies and times will be announced following the June 29 test transmission.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thank you for your valued participation!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">A special QSL card is being produced for all reception reports sent to the French Service\u2014both for the test broadcast and for the August transmissions. You can send reports by postal mail or email.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Thank you for listening and for your continued support.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Kind regards,<br \/>\nFrench Service, RTI<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rti.org.tw\/fr\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rti.org.tw\/fr\/index<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"mailto:fren@rti.org.tw\">fren@rti.org.tw<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Original message in French:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Chers auditeurs,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Le service fran\u00e7ais de Radio Ta\u00efwan International est heureux de vous informer que durant le mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt 2025, nous proc\u00e9derons \u00e0 une\u00a0diffusion\u00a0directe\u00a0depuis le centre de transmission de Tamsui, dans le nord de Ta\u00efwan, vers l\u2019Europe et l\u2019Afrique du nord.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Afin de pr\u00e9parer au mieux cette activit\u00e9 radiophonique en fran\u00e7ais, une diffusion-test sera effectu\u00e9e le\u00a0dimanche 29 juin\u00a0en ondes courtes, aux horaires et fr\u00e9quences suivants\u00a0:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Fr\u00e9quence 15145 kHz (325\u00b0), 17h00-17h10, temps universel<\/li>\n<li>Fr\u00e9quence 11995 kHz (325\u00b0), 17h15-17h25, temps universel<\/li>\n<li>Fr\u00e9quence 11995 kHz (325\u00b0), 17h30-17h40, temps universel<\/li>\n<li>Fr\u00e9quence 9550 kHz (315\u00b0), 17h45-17h55, temps universel<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Vos rapports d\u2019\u00e9coute sur ces tests par segments de 10 minutes nous aideront \u00e0 identifier les deux fr\u00e9quences optimales pour la diffusion du mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt \u00ab\u00a0en direct de Tamsui\u00a0\u00bb de 30 minutes dans les meilleures conditions d\u2019\u00e9coute possible.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Le programme de cette activit\u00e9 radiophonique en fran\u00e7ais sera diffus\u00e9 en Ondes Courtes tous les\u00a0vendredis, samedis et dimanches\u00a0du 1er\u00a0ao\u00fbt au 31 ao\u00fbt. Les fr\u00e9quences et horaires vous seront communiqu\u00e9s apr\u00e8s la diffusion-test du 29 juin.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Merci de votre contribution appr\u00e9ci\u00e9e\u00a0!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Une carte QSL sp\u00e9ciale est r\u00e9alis\u00e9e pour tous les rapports d\u2019\u00e9coute que vous nous adresserez par courrier, courriel au service fran\u00e7ais, aussi bien pour la diffusion test que lors de la diffusion du mois d\u2019ao\u00fbt prochain.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Merci de votre \u00e9coute et de votre fid\u00e9lit\u00e9.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Cordialement,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Service fran\u00e7ais, Rti<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rti.org.tw\/fr\/index\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.rti.org.tw\/fr\/index<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"mailto:fren@rti.org.tw\">fren@rti.org.tw<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor David Iurescia, who shares the following news from Radio Taiwan International&#8217;s French language service. Please note that the English translation is followed by the original notice in French: Dear listeners, The French Service of Radio Taiwan International is pleased to inform you that during the month of August 2025, [&hellip;]<\/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":[3,651,43],"tags":[4895,1884],"class_list":["post-63284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-david-iurescia-lw4daf","tag-radio-taiwan-international"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gsI","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":53111,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/rti-transmission-test-from-tamsui-on-saturday-july-2-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":63284,"position":0},"title":"RTI Transmission Test from Tamsui on Saturday, July 2, 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"June 27, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, David Iurescia (LW4DAF), who shares the following notice from RTI's French language service. 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