{"id":13653,"date":"2015-06-16T10:09:39","date_gmt":"2015-06-16T14:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13653"},"modified":"2015-06-16T15:19:11","modified_gmt":"2015-06-16T19:19:11","slug":"2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-frequencies-confirmed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-frequencies-confirmed\/","title":{"rendered":"2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast frequencies confirmed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10006\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg\" alt=\"800px-Antarctica.svg\" width=\"650\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/shortwave.am\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stephen Cooper<\/a>, who has confirmed the frequencies that will be used for the <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/help-record-the-2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-on-june-21\/\">2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast<\/a> on June 21 at 21:30 UTC.<\/p>\n<p><em>Again,\u00a0this year, I\u2019m calling on all SWLing Post readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the show and share it here at the Post. <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/help-record-the-2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-on-june-21\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here for details<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Stephen received confirmation of the following frequencies directly from the BBC World Service:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>5,985 kHz,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9,590 kHz,<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>and 5,905 kHz<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Evidently, these were the frequencies chosen from the following that were tested:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>7,425 kHz, Ascension, 207 degrees<\/li>\n<li>5,985 kHz, Woofferton, 184 degrees<\/li>\n<li>9,590 kHz, Woofferton, 182 degrees<\/li>\n<li>5,905 kHz, Dhabayya, 203 degrees<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I think it&#8217;s safe to assume that the same antenna paths will be used from the tests. I had hoped an Ascension Island frequency would have made the cut as it&#8217;s typically the frequency I hear best here in eastern North America. Of course, the selections were made based on actual test reception in the various parts of Antarctica where the team is located.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note these frequencies and take a little time to <a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/help-record-the-2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-on-june-21\/\">submit your recording<\/a>! We look forward to sharing and mapping them across the globe.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Stephen Cooper, who has confirmed the frequencies that will be used for the 2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on June 21 at 21:30 UTC. Again,\u00a0this year, I\u2019m calling on all SWLing Post readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the show and [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,3,651,43,1167],"tags":[3892,419,327,420,1998],"class_list":["post-13653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast","tag-antarctica","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-ws","tag-british-antarctic-survey-team"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-3yd","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":43861,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/british-antarctic-survey-annual-midwinter-broadcast-test-today-june-14-2020-at-2130-utc\/","url_meta":{"origin":13653,"position":0},"title":"British Antarctic Survey Annual Midwinter Broadcast test today (June 14, 2020) at 2130 UTC","author":"Thomas","date":"June 14, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to the British DX Club who shares the following information about a BBC Midwinter Broadcast test being held later today: The annual 30-minute Midwinter broadcast to British Antarctic Survey staff in Antarctica is scheduled by BBC WS for Sunday 21st June. Ahead of this, two frequencies will be\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-e1561117722151.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53076,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/bbc-midwinter-broadcast-frequencies-and-schedule-june-21-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":13653,"position":1},"title":"BBC Midwinter Broadcast Frequencies and Schedule: June 21, 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"June 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following note from Alan Pennington via the WoR io group: BBC Antarctic Midwinter broadcast - June 21 frequencies confirmed From: Alan Pennington Thanks to Dave Passey at Woofferton who has just confirmed to me the frequencies for the BBC\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","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\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13713,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/reminder-help-record-the-2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":13653,"position":2},"title":"Reminder: Help record the 2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast today!","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"As a reminder:\u00a0I\u2019m calling on all SWLing Post\u00a0readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast and share it\u00a0here at the Post (frequencies and time below). 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