{"id":32836,"date":"2018-06-17T08:14:15","date_gmt":"2018-06-17T12:14:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=32836"},"modified":"2018-06-17T08:14:15","modified_gmt":"2018-06-17T12:14:15","slug":"help-record-the-2018-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/06\/help-record-the-2018-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Help record the 2018 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the\u00a0British 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

After successful listener events from years past<\/a>, I\u2019m calling on all SWLing Post\u00a0<\/em>readers and shortwave radio listeners to make a short recording (say, 30-60 seconds) of the BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast<\/strong>\u00a0today and share it\u00a0here at the Post<\/em> (frequencies and time below).<\/p>\n

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Halley VI: The British Antarctic Survey’s new base (Source: British Antarctic Survey)<\/p><\/div>\n

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

Audio should be in the MP3 format and videos either hosted on YouTube or Vimeo so that I can easily embed them without having to convert and upload myself.<\/p>\n

If you submit your recording to me, I will post it here on the 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

Frequencies<\/h2>\n

This year, there have been few details about the broadcast announced in advance–I’ve seen no test broadcast announcements as in years past–so my fingers are crossed that it’ll take place on the air, on schedule.<\/p>\n

Please note that the broadcast begins at 2130 UTC on (Thursday) June 21, 2018<\/strong>. The following frequencies were provided by Mauno Ritola who sourced them from a German SWL list serve:<\/p>\n

From ASCENSION<\/strong><\/p>\n

7360 kHz<\/p>\n

From DHABAYYA<\/strong><\/p>\n

6035 kHz<\/p>\n

From WOOFFERTON<\/strong><\/p>\n

7230 and possibly 5985 kHz<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I\u2019m sure there will be live reports in\u00a0the SWLing Post chat room<\/a> during the broadcast. \u00a0Please sign in and share your report as well!<\/p>\n

I hope I\u2019ll be able to receive the broadcast this year\u2013I\u2019m traveling again, but will have a receiver in tow. Worse case, I’ll snag the broadcast from a WebSDR in Europe (which is a pretty easy catch).<\/p>\n

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Listening for the Midwinter test transmissions last week with the Elecraft KX2.<\/p><\/div>\n

The Midwinter broadcast is one of my favorite programs of the year. I suppose, in part, this is because it happens on June 21\u2013the Summer\/Winter solstice\u2013which also happens to be my birthday<\/em>! Woo hoo!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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