{"id":29789,"date":"2017-12-22T15:00:13","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T19:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=29789"},"modified":"2017-12-22T09:16:51","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T13:16:51","slug":"caroling-from-antarctica-december-23-on-7995-khz-usb-at-2300-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2017\/12\/caroling-from-antarctica-december-23-on-7995-khz-usb-at-2300-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"Caroling from Antarctica: December 23 on 7,995 kHz USB at 2300 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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McMurdo Station, Antarctica. (Source: USAP.gov)<\/p><\/div>\n

(Source: ARRL News<\/a>)<\/p>\n

Each year, the \u201cresidents\u201d of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, celebrate Christmas by singing and sharing Christmas Carols via HF \u2014 using a non-Amateur Radio frequency just above 40 meters \u2014 for those at remote Antarctic field camps. They\u2019ll be doing it again in 2017, on Saturday, December 23, at 2300 UTC.<\/p>\n

\u201cMultiple stations are involved, each with different equipment,\u201d explained Nathaniel Frissell, W2NAF, an assistant research professor at New Jersey Institute of Technology who has been part of the chorus in the past. \u201cMcMurdo Station and South Pole Station probably have the most powerful equipment. Field camps and remote stations could be calling in with systems that put out as little as 20 W.\u201d<\/p>\n

Frissell said McMurdo Station would serve as a net control of sorts to coordinate the various broadcasts, which will include a small choir and vibraphonist John Piper at McMurdo. Other camps and South Pole Station each will have a chance to chime in.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year, we are asking ham radio operators around the world to listen in and e-mail short-wave listening reports telling us how far away the carols are heard,\u201d Frissell said. \u201cLast time I did this, almost all of the positive QSL reports were from South Pole Station.\u201d<\/p>\n

The broadcast will take place on December 23 on 7995 kHz USB at 2300 UTC, which will be Christmas Eve in some parts of the world. Frissell requests reports via\u00a0e-mail<\/strong><\/a>. For a Christmas in Antarctica SWL QSL card, send an SASE to his\u00a0home address<\/strong><\/a>. A YouTube recording offers a\u00a0sample<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0of last year\u2019s transmission.<\/p>\n

A graduate of Virginia Tech, Frissell started HamSCI, Ham Radio Science Investigation, which sponsored the Solar Eclipse QSO Party this past year. At NJIT, he works in the Center for Solar-Terrestrial Research,<\/p>\n

Click here to read this story on the ARRL News page.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(Source: ARRL News) Each year, the \u201cresidents\u201d of McMurdo Station, Antarctica, celebrate Christmas by singing and sharing Christmas Carols via HF \u2014 using a non-Amateur Radio frequency just above 40 meters \u2014 for those at remote Antarctic field camps. They\u2019ll be doing it again in 2017, on Saturday, December 23, at 2300 UTC. \u201cMultiple stations […]<\/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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,43,1409],"tags":[419,3482],"class_list":["post-29789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","tag-antarctica","tag-mcmurdo-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-7Kt","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":35285,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/tune-in-holiday-serenades-from-mcmurdo-station-antarctica\/","url_meta":{"origin":29789,"position":0},"title":"Tune in: Holiday serenades from McMurdo Station, Antarctica","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ron, who shares the following tip from the ARRL News: Each year, volunteers at McMurdo Station, Antarctica, celebrate the holidays by serenading those at the remote, Antarctic field camps via HF radio. 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