{"id":19566,"date":"2016-06-21T08:28:55","date_gmt":"2016-06-21T12:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=19566"},"modified":"2016-06-21T09:23:57","modified_gmt":"2016-06-21T13:23:57","slug":"help-record-the-2016-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/help-record-the-2016-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Help record the 2016 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast today!"},"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><\/p>\n<p>Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.antarctica.ac.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">British Antarctic Survey Team<\/a>.\u00a0The BBC plays\u00a0music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations.\u00a0Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy catch!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/06\/listening-across-the-globe-2015-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/\">After the successful listener event last year<\/a>, I\u2019m calling on all <em>SWLing Post\u00a0<\/em>readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the <strong>BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast<\/strong>\u00a0today and share it\u00a0here at the <em>Post<\/em> (frequencies and time below).<\/p>\n<p>The recording can be audio-only, or even a video taken from any recording device or smart phone. It would be\u00a0helpful\u00a0to have a description and\/or photo of your listening environment and location, if possible.<\/p>\n<p>If you submit your recording to me, I will post it here on the <em>SWLing Post\u2013<\/em>and insure that the British Antarctic Survey\u00a0receives\u00a0the post, too. \u00a0The recordings will be arranged by geographic location.<\/p>\n<p>The broadcast will take place from 2130-2200 UTC today on the following frequencies (thanks to <a href=\"http:\/\/alokeshgupta.blogspot.com\/2016\/06\/bbc-antartic-mid-winter-broadcasts-for.html\" target=\"_blank\">Alokesh Gupta<\/a> for the tip):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>5,985 kHz WOF 300 kW \/ 184 deg to Antarctica English<\/li>\n<li>6,035 kHz DHA 250 kW \/ 203 deg to Antarctica English<\/li>\n<li>7,360 kHz ASC 250 kW \/ 207 deg to Antarctica English<\/li>\n<li><strong>UPDATE:<\/strong> 9,720 kHz WOF 300 kW\u00a0(Thanks to Richard Langley who notes that, per\u00a0Glenn Hauser&#8217;s DXLG group, this frequency is not confirmed.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_6744\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6744\" class=\"wp-image-6744 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica-300x168.jpg\" alt=\"Halley VI: The British Antarctic Survey's new base (Source: British Antarctic Survey)\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica-100x56.jpg 100w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6744\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halley VI: The British Antarctic Survey&#8217;s new base (Source: British Antarctic Survey)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;m sure there will be live reports in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/chat-room\/\">the SWLing Post chat room<\/a> during the broadcast. \u00a0Please sign in and share your report as well!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m uncertain if I&#8217;ll be able to receive the broadcast this year&#8211;I&#8217;m traveling at the moment in Qu\u00e9bec, but will have my trusty Sony ICF-SW55 and C.Crane CC Skywave in tow.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll plan to seek out a quiet park away from man-made noise and give listening a go!<\/p>\n<p>The Midwinter broadcast is one of my favorite programs of the year. I suppose, in part, this is because it happens on June 21&#8211;the Summer\/Winter solstice&#8211;which also happens to be my birthday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the\u00a0British Antarctic Survey Team.\u00a0The BBC plays\u00a0music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations.\u00a0Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and certainly a DX-worthy catch! After [&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":[56,3,746,651,43,1167],"tags":[3892,419,3919,327,420,1998],"class_list":["post-19566","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-recordings","category-schedules-and-frequencies","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-55A","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":19566,"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":38277,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/06\/reminder-help-record-the-2019-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-today\/","url_meta":{"origin":19566,"position":1},"title":"Reminder: Help record the 2019 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast today","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the\u00a0British Antarctic Survey Team.\u00a0The BBC plays\u00a0music requests and sends special messages to the small team of 40+ located at various Antarctic research stations.\u00a0Each year, the thirty minute show is guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic, and\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-1024x681.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-1024x681.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/06\/Halleywinter-BAS-Antarctica-Survey-1024x681.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":19566,"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). 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":57060,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2023\/06\/june-21-2023-the-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-from-the-bbc\/","url_meta":{"origin":19566,"position":3},"title":"June 21, 2023: The Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast from the BBC","author":"Thomas","date":"June 18, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"It's that time of year again! Time to tune into one of the most unique broadcasts transmitted by the BBC World Service: the Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica. If you have confirmed the 2023 frequency details, please share them in the comments. (Source: BBC Media Centre) Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast The Antarctic\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\/2022\/06\/Tecsun-PL-330-BBC-Midwinter-Antarctica.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tecsun-PL-330-BBC-Midwinter-Antarctica.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tecsun-PL-330-BBC-Midwinter-Antarctica.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tecsun-PL-330-BBC-Midwinter-Antarctica.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Tecsun-PL-330-BBC-Midwinter-Antarctica.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":19403,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/today-test-transmission-for-the-bbc-midwinter-antarctic-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":19566,"position":4},"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). 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