{"id":13687,"date":"2015-06-18T06:27:53","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T10:27:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=13687"},"modified":"2015-06-18T08:28:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T12:28:15","slug":"correction-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-transmission-tests-take-place-on-friday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/correction-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-transmission-tests-take-place-on-friday\/","title":{"rendered":"Correction: Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast transmission tests take place on Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-9503\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg\" alt=\"SX-99-Dial\" width=\"640\" height=\"120\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-1024x192.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-300x56.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial-100x18.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/SX-99-Dial.jpg 1544w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/today-test-transmission-for-sundays-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/\">In the title of my last post<\/a>, I noticed that I&#8217;ve incorrectly stated that the Friday, June 19 BBC\u00a0Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast tests were to take\u00a0place &#8220;today.&#8221;\u00a0While the post content was correct, the date in this title\u00a0was not. \u00a0My apologies for the mix-up&#8211;I&#8217;ve since corrected and noted this in the original post.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, the transmission tests for Sunday\u2019s Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast will take place on<strong> Friday, June 19 2015<\/strong> <strong>from 21:30-21:45 UTC<\/strong> on the following frequencies:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>7,425 kHz, Ascension, 207 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5,985 kHz, Woofferton, 184 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9,590 kHz, Woofferton, 182 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>5,905 kHz, Dhabayya, 203 degrees<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Apologies\u00a0for any confusion.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the title of my last post, I noticed that I&#8217;ve incorrectly stated that the Friday, June 19 BBC\u00a0Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast tests were to take\u00a0place &#8220;today.&#8221;\u00a0While the post content was correct, the date in this title\u00a0was not. \u00a0My apologies for the mix-up&#8211;I&#8217;ve since corrected and noted this in the original post. To be clear, the [&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":[56,960,3,43,1167],"tags":[3892,419,3919,327,420,1998],"class_list":["post-13687","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast","tag-antarctica","tag-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-test-broadcasts","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-3yL","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":13671,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/today-test-transmission-for-sundays-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":13687,"position":0},"title":"Friday: transmission tests for Sunday&#8217;s Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"June 17, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Rob Wagner, who reports: HFCC is now listing a test transmission (as the BBC usually does) before the official Antarctic broadcast. The test will be held on Friday June 19 at 2130-2145 UTC. All frequencies listed [below]\u00a0will be tested INCLUDING the 7425 Ascension outlet!\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Current Events","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/current-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":13653,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-frequencies-confirmed\/","url_meta":{"origin":13687,"position":1},"title":"2015 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast frequencies confirmed","author":"Thomas","date":"June 16, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"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\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"800px-Antarctica.svg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19403,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/today-test-transmission-for-the-bbc-midwinter-antarctic-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":13687,"position":2},"title":"Today: Test transmission for the BBC Midwinter Antarctic Broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"June 14, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Dan Ferguson via Mauno Ritola on the WRTH Facebook group) Babcock has tests today, June 14, at 2130-2145, to Antarctica on 5985 (Woofferton), 6035 (Dhabayya), 7360 (Ascension), and 9720 (Woofferton). I think we can assume three of these frequencies will be used for the annual mid-winter transmission to Antarctica\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Halley VI: The British Antarctic Survey's new base (Source: BBC)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg?resize=525%2C300 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":13687,"position":3},"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). The recording can be audio-only, or even a video taken from any recording device\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"800px-Antarctica.svg","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53025,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/today-transmission-tests-for-the-2022-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":13687,"position":4},"title":"Today: Transmission tests for the 2022 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"June 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who writes: Hi Thomas: According to a posting on the WoR io group, the frequencies for the 21 June broadcast won't be finalised until after the test transmissions, but the latter have now been scheduled. They will be on air today Tuesday,\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":43946,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/2020-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-time-and-frequencies\/","url_meta":{"origin":13687,"position":5},"title":"2020 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: Time and Frequencies","author":"Thomas","date":"June 19, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"The BBC Antarctica winter solstice broadcast will take place on June 21, 2020 at 2130-2200 UTC. 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