{"id":11816,"date":"2014-12-23T08:12:28","date_gmt":"2014-12-23T12:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=11816"},"modified":"2014-12-24T23:00:53","modified_gmt":"2014-12-25T03:00:53","slug":"weak-signal-dx-challenge-christmas-carols-in-antarctica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/weak-signal-dx-challenge-christmas-carols-in-antarctica\/","title":{"rendered":"Weak signal DX challenge: Christmas carols in Antarctica"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"McMurdo<\/a>

McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (Source: USAP.gov)<\/p><\/div>\n

UPDATE:<\/strong> Check out Nathaniel’s message with recordings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Many thanks to Mark Phillips (via the SWL Fest group) and Sheldon Harvey \u00a0(via the\u00a0International Radio Report<\/a>) for sharing the following message from Nathaniel Frissell (KC4\/W2NAF) who is stationed at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica:<\/p>\n

Hi, everyone. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and any other holidaysyou may celebrate!<\/p>\n

Things are going well down here (Antarctica), and I’m glad to have worked some of you on the air. I apologize for any weak signals, but there has been a lot of space weather activity recently and the station here is\u00a0rather modest.<\/p>\n

Each year, the residents of McMurdo Station, Antarctica celebrate\u00a0Christmas by singing Christmas Carols to the remote, Antarctic field\u00a0camps on the HF radio. This year, we are asking ham radio operators (and shortwave listeners) around the world to listen in and e-mail short wave listening reports telling us how far away the carols are heard. Listen on 7995 kHz USB on 24 December 2014 2300z and e-mail reports to w2naf@arrl.net.<\/p>\n

For a Christmas in Antarctica SWL QSL card, please send an SASE to my\u00a0Blacksburg address. NATHANIEL A FRISSELL, 1412 North Main Street,\u00a0Blacksburg, VA 24060 United States Special cards will be made for this event.<\/p>\n

Please share this information with as many hams and SWLs as possible. It would be really interesting to know how far we are heard. I believe we will be running about 1000 W for this.<\/p>\n

Merry Christmas!
\n73,
\nNathaniel, KC4\/W2NAF<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

UPDATE: Check out Nathaniel’s message with recordings. Many thanks to Mark Phillips (via the SWL Fest group) and Sheldon Harvey \u00a0(via the\u00a0International Radio Report) for sharing the following message from Nathaniel Frissell (KC4\/W2NAF) who is stationed at the McMurdo Station, Antarctica: Hi, everyone. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, and any other holidaysyou may celebrate! Things are […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":[3,43,1167],"tags":[419,3482,3483],"class_list":["post-11816","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-antarctica","tag-mcmurdo-station","tag-nathaniel-kc4w2naf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-34A","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":11873,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/12\/a-report-from-antarctica\/","url_meta":{"origin":11816,"position":0},"title":"A report from Antarctica","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"Regarding our post about\u00a0Christmas carols in Antarctica,\u00a0Nathaniel Frissel (KC4\/W2NAF) at the McMurdo Station in Antarctica writes: Hi, everyone! 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