{"id":49289,"date":"2021-06-16T06:32:46","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49289"},"modified":"2021-06-17T08:06:33","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:06:33","slug":"possible-frequencies-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/possible-frequencies-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast\/","title":{"rendered":"Possible frequencies for the 2021 BBC Midwinter Broadcast"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6744\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/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=\"size-full wp-image-6744\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg 640w, 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\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/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><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/four-frequencies-will-be-used-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast\/\">Click here to read an update to this post (17 June 2021).<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Richard Langley, who follows up with the following information about the <a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-next-week\/\">2021 Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>As usual, there was a test of this year\u2019s possible frequencies yesterday (14 June) from 21:30 to 21:45 UTC. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>They were:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>6035 kHz from Dhabbaya<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>6170 kHz from Ascension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>7305 kHz from Woofferton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9505 kHz from Woofferton<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>As has been the case in past years, three of these frequencies will be chosen for the actual broadcast. Here in NB yesterday, good signals were received on 6170, 7305, and 9505 kHz. 6035 kHz was not heard.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thank you for sharing this, Richard!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Click here to read an update to this post (17 June 2021). Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who follows up with the following information about the 2021 Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica: As usual, there was a test of this year\u2019s possible frequencies yesterday (14 June) from 21:30 to 21:45 UTC. They were: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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],"tags":[9318,3919,3516],"class_list":["post-49289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-2021-antarctic-bbc-midwinter-broadcast","tag-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-test-broadcasts","tag-richard-langley"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cOZ","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":49299,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/06\/four-frequencies-will-be-used-for-the-2021-bbc-midwinter-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":49289,"position":0},"title":"Four frequencies will be used for the 2021 BBC Midwinter Broadcast","author":"Thomas","date":"June 17, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to Richard Hollingham with Boffin Media, who writes: Hi \u2013 I\u2019m (proudly) the Executive Producer of the Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast. It\u2019s made by Boffin Media for the BBC\u2026.I\u2019m about to deliver this year\u2019s edition. In terms of the broadcast itself, following the test on Monday, the BBC\u2019s decided\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","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&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 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":49289,"position":1},"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":53042,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/bbc-midwinter-broadcast-second-set-of-test-transmissions-on-friday-june-17-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":49289,"position":2},"title":"BBC Midwinter Broadcast: Second set of test transmissions on Friday, June 17, 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"June 16, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following message from Dave (M0MYA): Hello All, There is to be a second set of test transmissions for the BBC Antarctic special. The will take place tomorrow (Friday 17.06.2022) at 2130 - 2145 UTC. The frequencies are the same\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\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","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&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/06\/1024px-Antarctica_6400px_from_Blue_Marble.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":53076,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/06\/bbc-midwinter-broadcast-frequencies-and-schedule-june-21-2022\/","url_meta":{"origin":49289,"position":3},"title":"BBC Midwinter Broadcast Frequencies and Schedule: June 21, 2022","author":"Thomas","date":"June 20, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Richard Langley, who shares the following note from Alan Pennington via the WoR io group: BBC Antarctic Midwinter broadcast - June 21 frequencies confirmed From: Alan Pennington Thanks to Dave Passey at Woofferton who has just confirmed to me the frequencies for the BBC\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\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":43946,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/2020-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-time-and-frequencies\/","url_meta":{"origin":49289,"position":4},"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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