{"id":63371,"date":"2025-07-11T06:59:55","date_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:59:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=63371"},"modified":"2025-07-11T06:59:55","modified_gmt":"2025-07-11T10:59:55","slug":"can-you-help-adi-identify-radio-gear-from-the-1957-commonwealth-antarctic-expedition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/can-you-help-adi-identify-radio-gear-from-the-1957-commonwealth-antarctic-expedition\/","title":{"rendered":"Can You Help Adi Identify Radio Gear from the 1957 Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Adi, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;m reading the book about the 1957-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It hold many remarks of their radio operations with various antarctic bases and even with hams in Europe.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">So I went to Youtube, I found two contemporary films<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PFVlge6RYVw?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">one at 17:20, frankly I don&#8217;t think it was shot during the expedition, it looks too &#8220;un-antarcticy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">And shorter but better quality is this:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SkLO9w0JGlY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">At about 9:07 a &#8220;New Zealand&#8217;s radio sets&#8221; are mentioned<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I wonder if any of the devoted readers can tell more about the radios they see in those pictures.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Best regards, Adi<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Adi, who writes: Hi Thomas, I&#8217;m reading the book about the 1957-58 Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition. It hold many remarks of their radio operations with various antarctic bases and even with hams in Europe. https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Commonwealth_Trans-Antarctic_Expedition So I went to Youtube, I found two contemporary films one at 17:20, frankly I [&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":[3,305],"tags":[10853,419],"class_list":["post-63371","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","tag-adi","tag-antarctica"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gu7","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41558,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/arcangel-san-gabriel-lra36-special-broadcasts-and-lu1zv-activation\/","url_meta":{"origin":63371,"position":0},"title":"Arc\u00e1ngel San Gabriel (LRA36) special broadcasts and LU1ZV activation","author":"Thomas","date":"January 12, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tracy Wood, who writes: I listened to LRA36 streaming this past Friday with their special show, including callouts to other Argentine scientific stations via satphone and lots of greetings by ham radio enthusiasts, both recorded and via live call-in. ...At the conclusion the announcer\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Ham Radio&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Ham Radio","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/ham-radio\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LRA36-Arcangel-Antarctica-4-e1578837010394.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LRA36-Arcangel-Antarctica-4-e1578837010394.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LRA36-Arcangel-Antarctica-4-e1578837010394.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/LRA36-Arcangel-Antarctica-4-e1578837010394.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40452,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/any-real-world-experience-shortwave-listening-in-antarctica\/","url_meta":{"origin":63371,"position":1},"title":"Any real world experience shortwave listening in Antarctica?","author":"Thomas","date":"November 4, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post reader,\u00a0Delmar Williams, who writes: I am going to Antarctica for 9 days on an \"expedition.\" I always travel with my radio as I like to to go to remote locations sometimes where there is little or no internet or constant power blackouts. 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