A wireless-type radio frequency coil apparatus (102, 202, 302, 500) for a magnetic resonance system, the wireless-type RF coil apparatus comprising: an RF transducer array, comprising a plurality of coils (120-N, 220, 520-N) tuned to acquire emitted RF signals using an MR technique from an object of interest within a scanning volume of the MR system when subject to dynamic encoding fields in the form of RF excitation and gradient fields emitted by the MR system while generating a main magnetic field through the scanning volume; a magnetic field probe array comprising a plurality of field probes (118-M, 218-M, 518-M) tuned to acquire magnetic field information of said dynamic encoding fields within the scanning volume; a local clock (124, 224, 524) configured to produce a local clock signal; and at least one controller (104, 204, 504) configured to: acquire emitted radio frequency signals from the plurality of coils of the RF transducer array including time stamping the radio frequency signals in accordance with by the local clock signal to generate an indication of a time of RF signal acquisition, acquire magnetic field strength information from the plurality of field probes of the magnetic field probe array including time stamping the magnetic field strength information in accordance with the local clock signal to generate an indication of a time of magnetic field strength information acquisition, and form k-space information based upon the acquired emitted RF signals from the plurality of coils of the RF transducer array and the acquired magnetic field strength information including the indications, wherein the at least one controller is configured to form the k-space information utilizing the indications independent of and without synchronization with a system clock of the MR system. an RF transducer array, comprising a plurality of coils (120-N, 220, 520-N) tuned to acquire emitted RF signals using an MR technique from an object of interest within a scanning volume of the MR system when subject to dynamic encoding fields in the form of RF excitation and gradient fields emitted by the MR system while generating a main magnetic field through the scanning volume; a magnetic field probe array comprising a plurality of field probes (118-M, 218-M, 518-M) tuned to acquire magnetic field information of said dynamic encoding fields within the scanning volume; a local clock (124, 224, 524) configured to produce a local clock signal; and at least one controller (104, 204, 504) configured to: acquire emitted radio frequency signals from the plurality of coils of the RF transducer array including time stamping the radio frequency signals in accordance with by the local clock signal to generate an indication of a time of RF signal acquisition, acquire magnetic field strength information from the plurality of field probes of the magnetic field probe array including time stamping the magnetic field strength information in accordance with the local clock signal to generate an indication of a time of magnetic field strength information acquisition, and form k-space information based upon the acquired emitted RF signals from the plurality of coils of the RF transducer array and the acquired magnetic field strength information including the indications, wherein the at least one controller is configured to form the k-space information utilizing the indications independent of and without synchronization with a system clock of the MR system. acquire emitted radio frequency signals from the plurality of coils of the RF transducer array including time stamping the radio frequency signals in accordance with by the local clock signal to generate an indication of a time of RF signal acquisition, acquire magnetic field strength information from the plurality of field probes of the magnetic field probe array including time stamping the magnetic field strength information in accordance with the local clock signal to generate an indication of a time of magnetic field strength information acquisition, and form k-space information based upon the acquired emitted RF signals from the plurality of coils of the RF transducer array and the acquired magnetic field strength information including the indications, wherein the at least one controller is configured to form the k-space information utilizing the indications independent of and without synchronization with a system clock of the MR system.