{"id":9991,"date":"2014-06-22T15:12:29","date_gmt":"2014-06-22T19:12:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=9991"},"modified":"2014-06-23T21:32:23","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T01:32:23","slug":"shortwave-radio-recordings-bbc-to-the-2014-british-antarctic-survey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/shortwave-radio-recordings-bbc-to-the-2014-british-antarctic-survey\/","title":{"rendered":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: BBC to the 2014 British Antarctic Survey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10006\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg\" alt=\"800px-Antarctica.svg\" width=\"650\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_.jpg 650w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_-300x156.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/800px-Antarctica.svg_-100x52.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/a>As\u00a0promised, here are the\u00a0recordings of <a title=\"Today: Catch and record the BBC\u2019s broadcast to the British Antarctic Survey Team\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/today-catch-and-record-the-bbcs-broadcast-to-the-british-antarctic-survey-team\/\">the BBC World Service\u2019s thirty minute broadcast to the British Antarctic Survey<\/a>. The broadcast started at 21:30 UTC on June 21, 2014 and was broadcast on 5,875, 5,985, 7,350 and 9,890 kHz.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/British_Antarctic_Survey_Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-9992\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/British_Antarctic_Survey_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"British_Antarctic_Survey_Logo\" width=\"640\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/British_Antarctic_Survey_Logo.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/British_Antarctic_Survey_Logo-300x70.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/British_Antarctic_Survey_Logo-100x23.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As in\u00a0previous years, this broadcast was lighthearted, filled with humorous shout-outs\u00a0from the team&#8217;s family and friends. Even a couple of special guests were included. Listen for yourself:<\/p>\n<p>This excellent recording was made by <em>SWLing Post<\/em> reader, <strong>Dominik,<\/strong> in Europe:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/07350BbcAtlanticMidwinterBroadcast1406212330\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"download\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/07350BbcAtlanticMidwinterBroadcast1406212330\/07350_bbc-atlantic-midwinter-broadcast_140621_2330.mp3\" target=\"_blank\">Click here to download Dominik&#8217;s recording as an MP3<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><em>Post<\/em> reader<strong> Rob Wagner (<span style=\"color: #000000;\">VK3BVW)<\/span><\/strong>, in Australia, could receive the broadcast on three frequencies (5,875, 5,985, and 7,350). He&#8217;s included clips of each broadcast on his excellent blog,\u00a0<a title=\"Rob Wagner's blog\" href=\"http:\/\/medxr.blogspot.com.au\/2014\/06\/bbc-antarctic-transmission-great.html\" target=\"_blank\">The Mount Evelyn DX Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for me, I was traveling\u00a0to visit family yesterday afternoon when the broadcast started. \u00a0I knew from listening endeavors on previous visits\u00a0that receiving\u00a0a broadcast indoors\u00a0at their home is not feasible; there is some sort of power line noise in that area that overwhelms anything on the short or medium wave bands, unless the station is <em>very<\/em> strong.<\/p>\n<p>To cope with this noise, I knew I would need to move my operation outdoors, away from the house, and employ\u00a0an outdoor antenna. So I packed the following, all\u00a0into\u00a0my small flight case: the <a title=\"Review of the CommRadio CR-1 software defined radio\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/review-of-the-commradio-cr-1-software-defined-radio\/\">CommRadio CR-1<\/a>, a\u00a0NASA PA-30\u00a015 foot passive wide-band wire antenna, and the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B005CQ2ZY6\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B005CQ2ZY6&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;linkId=PRW5UGYNTJN4HTVI\">Zoom H2n Handy Recorder<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;\" src=\"http:\/\/ir-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/ir?t=swlcom01-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=B005CQ2ZY6\" alt=\"\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" \/><br \/>\n.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10001\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CommRadio-CR-1-Zoom-H2N-BBC-Antarctica.jpg\" alt=\"CommRadio-CR-1-Zoom-H2N-BBC-Antarctica\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CommRadio-CR-1-Zoom-H2N-BBC-Antarctica.jpg 480w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CommRadio-CR-1-Zoom-H2N-BBC-Antarctica-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/CommRadio-CR-1-Zoom-H2N-BBC-Antarctica-75x100.jpg 75w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hung the PA-30 antenna in a nearby tree, spread\u00a0a wool army blanket on the ground for lounging, and put\u00a0the mini flight case to use as a stand to hold the radio and recorder. The CR-1 required no external power supply, as its internal battery had been charged in advance (one of the reasons <a title=\"Traveling light, SWLing right: the best shortwave radios for travel\" href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/04\/traveling-light-swling-right-the-best-shortwave-radios-for-travel\/\">I love this little receiver for travel<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>To try out the set-up, I tuned around the bands. Conditions were rough, thunderstorms were in the region, but I was most impressed that I could hear several broadcasters on 31 meters. I knew that the BBC broadcast would be a tough catch; after all, none of their transmissions were targeting my part of the globe\u2013rather, the opposite!<\/p>\n<p>When I tuned to the BBC broadcast on 7,350 kHz, here&#8217;s what I heard:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/archive.org\/embed\/BBCAntarctica7390kHz21June142130Z\" width=\"500\" height=\"30\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is (very) rough copy; for five or so minutes, you&#8217;ll hear me switching between AM\/USB and LSB to find the best mode for the signal. I also check the other BBC frequencies to see if any were more audible.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, using ECSS (zero-beating the signal in USB) seemed to work best.<\/p>\n<p>For fun, I had also brought along the <a title=\"Tecsun PL-660\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B004H9C4JK\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=B004H9C4JK&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=swlcom01-20&amp;linkId=7MMZVF6CCHCLLUYB\" target=\"_blank\">Tecsun PL-660<\/a>&#8211;a choice portable radio for weak signal DX.\u00a0I tuned to 7,350 and could just hear the BBC signal in the noise, but voice and music were unintelligible.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/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=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic.jpg\" alt=\"Tecsun-PL-660-BBC-Antarctic\" 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>What did I get out of the experience? \u00a0Good copy? \u00a0Alas, no.<\/p>\n<p>But there&#8217;s nothing like the fun of playing radio outdoors! Even though the copy was rough, propagation deplorable, and static crashes abundant, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience. \u00a0Moreover, I was amused\u00a0to note\u00a0that while I listened\u00a0(and sweated) outside in the very hot, muggy\u00a0conditions of the American southeast, a few scientists huddled near the extremely\u00a0chilly southern pole at that exact moment, were tuning in the exact same broadcast. \u00a0It somehow made the heat bearable.<\/p>\n<p><strong>That&#8217;s the remarkable camaraderie\u00a0of radio: truly, a wireless community.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As\u00a0promised, here are the\u00a0recordings of the BBC World Service\u2019s thirty minute broadcast to the British Antarctic Survey. The broadcast started at 21:30 UTC on June 21, 2014 and was broadcast on 5,875, 5,985, 7,350 and 9,890 kHz. As in\u00a0previous years, this broadcast was lighthearted, filled with humorous shout-outs\u00a0from the team&#8217;s family and friends. Even a [&hellip;]<\/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":[56,960,3,288,746,43,1154,1167],"tags":[419,327,420,1998,1625,3034,3033,330],"class_list":["post-9991","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-international-broadcasting","category-news","category-radio-history","category-recordings","category-shortwave-radio","category-travel","category-whats-on-shortwave","tag-antarctica","tag-bbc-world-service","tag-bbc-ws","tag-british-antarctic-survey-team","tag-commradio-cr-1","tag-nasa-pa-30","tag-nasa-pa-30-antenna","tag-tecsun-pl-660"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-2B9","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6750,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/shortwave-radio-recordings-bbc-world-service-to-the-british-antarctic-survey\/","url_meta":{"origin":9991,"position":0},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recordings: BBC World Service to the British Antarctic Survey","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Mentioned earlier today, here is the recording of the BBC World Service's thirty minute broadcast to the British Antarctic Survey. I was able to receive a relatively strong signal at 21:30 UTC on 9,890 kHz from the World Service's Wooferton transmission site. Click here to download the full recording as\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Broadcasters&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Broadcasters","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/broadcasters\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"View of Bird Island, South Georgia, where one of the British Antarctic research stations is located. 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Ahead of this, two frequencies will be\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":19403,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/06\/today-test-transmission-for-the-bbc-midwinter-antarctic-broadcast\/","url_meta":{"origin":9991,"position":2},"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). I think we can assume three of these frequencies will be used for the annual mid-winter transmission to Antarctica\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Halley VI: The British Antarctic Survey's new base (Source: BBC)","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/halleyvi_antony_dubber_bas-Antarctica.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6743,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/06\/catch-the-bbcs-annual-broadcast-to-the-british-antarctic-survey-team\/","url_meta":{"origin":9991,"position":3},"title":"Catch the BBC&#8217;s annual broadcast to the British Antarctic Survey Team","author":"Thomas","date":"June 21, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Every year, the BBC broadcasts a special program to the 41 scientists and support staff in the British Antarctic Survey Team. The BBC will play music requests and send special messages to the team of 41.\u00a0It's guaranteed to be quirky, nostalgic and certainly DX worth catching. 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