{"id":43861,"date":"2020-06-14T10:02:54","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:02:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=43861"},"modified":"2020-06-14T10:02:54","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T14:02:54","slug":"british-antarctic-survey-annual-midwinter-broadcast-test-today-june-14-2020-at-2130-utc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/british-antarctic-survey-annual-midwinter-broadcast-test-today-june-14-2020-at-2130-utc\/","title":{"rendered":"British Antarctic Survey Annual Midwinter Broadcast test today (June 14, 2020) at 2130 UTC"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Halley VI Research Station on the Brunt Ice Shelf in Antarctica (Source: British Antarctic Survey)<\/p><\/div>\n

Many thanks to the British DX Club<\/a> who shares the following information about a BBC Midwinter Broadcast test being held later today:<\/p>\n

The annual 30-minute Midwinter broadcast to British Antarctic Survey staff in Antarctica is scheduled by BBC WS for Sunday 21st June.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ahead of this, two frequencies will be tested Sunday 14th June 2130-2145 UTC from Woofferton (UK): 5790 and 7360 kHz.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Other frequencies to be confirmed.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I will certainly attempt to catch the test broadcast as I plan to record the 2020 Midwinter Broadcast on June 21 as I do each year.<\/p>\n

Of course, I’ll also collect, curate and share SWLing Post<\/em> community recordings of the midwinter service as well. Always a highlight of my listening year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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 tested Sunday 14th June 2130-2145 […]<\/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":[3,651,43],"tags":[8599,3892,3924,3919,1998,34,4082,4333],"class_list":["post-43861","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-schedules-and-frequencies","category-shortwave-radio","tag-2020-antarctic-bbc-midwinter-broadcast","tag-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast","tag-bas","tag-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-test-broadcasts","tag-british-antarctic-survey-team","tag-shortwave","tag-shortwave-radio","tag-test-broadcasts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-bpr","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19403,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/today-test-transmission-for-the-bbc-midwinter-antarctic-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":43861,"position":0},"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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