{"id":66421,"date":"2026-06-21T17:15:01","date_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:15:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=66421"},"modified":"2026-06-21T17:15:23","modified_gmt":"2026-06-21T21:15:23","slug":"please-share-your-recording-of-the-2026-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-here","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/please-share-your-recording-of-the-2026-bbc-midwinter-broadcast-to-antarctica-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Please share your recording of the 2026 BBC Midwinter Broadcast to Antarctica here!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_63259\" style=\"width: 1510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-63259\" class=\"size-full wp-image-63259\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1125\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/Halley_VI_Antarctic_Research_Station_-_Science_modules-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-63259\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Halley VI Antarctic Research Station<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>In the comments section of this post, I&#8217;d like you to share your recording of the 2026 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h1>Time and frequencies<\/h1>\n<p>Thanks to Dave Porter, who has confirmed these three shortwave frequencies for the annual BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast (2130\u20132200 UTC Sunday, June 21, 2026):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>9460 kHz from Woofferton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>9510 kHz from Ascension<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>12070 kHz from Woofferton<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Also on DAB in the UK at 2130 UTC (2230 BST).<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h1>Please comment with your recording on this post!<\/h1>\n<div id=\"attachment_26639\" style=\"width: 487px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Midwinter-KX2-SW100.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-26639\" class=\"size-full wp-image-26639\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Midwinter-KX2-SW100.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"477\" height=\"636\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Midwinter-KX2-SW100.jpg 477w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/Midwinter-KX2-SW100-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 477px) 100vw, 477px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-26639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Listening to the 2017 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast from the back of my vehicle in Saint-Anne-de-Beaupr\u00e9, Qu\u00e9bec, Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve created this dedicated post where you can comment and include links to audio and video of your 2026 Midwinter Broadcast recordings. This will allow you to post your logs and recordings at your convenience without my availability becoming the bottleneck.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the format I\u2019d like you to leave in your comment on this post:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Name:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Listening location:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Notes:<\/strong> <em>(Include frequencies and any details about your receiver and antenna.)<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><strong>Link to audio or video:<\/strong> <em>(YouTube, Vimeo, Internet Archive, SoundCloud, etc.)<\/em><\/p>\n<h1>Video and Audio Recordings<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10002\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"509\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic-300x238.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic-100x79.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There is no way to directly upload audio in your comments; however, you can link to your recordings if you upload them to <a href=\"http:\/\/archive.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the Internet Archive<\/a> (which I\u2019d highly recommend) or any of the video streaming services like <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/vimeo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vimeo<\/a>\u2014or audio services like <a href=\"http:\/\/soundcloud.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SoundCloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear: I will not have the ability to upload your videos for you\u2014so please don&#8217;t email me your video files. Simply upload them to one of the services above and share the link here in the comments. ?<\/p>\n<p>As with each year, I\u2019ll make sure the BAS team and the BBC receive a link with all of your recordings!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the comments section of this post, I&#8217;d like you to share your recording of the 2026 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast! Time and frequencies Thanks to Dave Porter, who has confirmed these three shortwave frequencies for the annual BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast (2130\u20132200 UTC Sunday, June 21, 2026): 9460 kHz from Woofferton 9510 kHz from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_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},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[3,746,43],"tags":[10842,3892,10127],"class_list":["post-66421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","tag-2025-antarctic-bbc-midwinter-broadcast","tag-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast","tag-midwinter-broadcast"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-hhj","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":66419,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2026\/06\/help-record-the-2026-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast-later-today-june-21-2026\/","url_meta":{"origin":66421,"position":0},"title":"Help record the 2026 BBC Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast later today (June 21, 2026)","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the scientists and support staff in the British Antarctic Survey Team. 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