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Author Topic: BBC Antarctic Midwinter Special Transmission June 21, 2017 2130 UTC  (Read 2378 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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This is a very unique, homey annual transmission aimed at British researchers in Antartica on their "shortest" day of the year.  Well wishes are sent by friends, family, and co-workers.  I think "Happy Birthday" was sung and "Here Comes the Sun" was played last year.  The best I could glean from online information (did not hear back from a BBC Inquiry) is that they will broadcast it at 2130z for 30 minutes on 21 June 2017.  The frequencies will be 5985, 6035, 7230, and 7360.  I had success with 7360 last year (posted here about it, you can search), 7230 appears to be a new frequency for the special event.
« Last Edit: June 21, 2018, 0902 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 0036 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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Hey guys

Hard to copy here, lotsa noise but it's still day, 17:40 local. 5985 audible, 6035 nada, 7230 audible and 7360 audible.
7230 "best", using USB. Edit: 7230 seems to be CRN1 from China

Later
« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 2115 UTC by Cornel »
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2130z YL "Welcome to BBC Midwinter Broadcast" 7360 am from Ascension - reception fair.  No reception on any other frequency (Ham on 7230)
2132z Unid music
2134z YL talking, laughing, some sort of greeting.  (I've been tuning in last 3-4 years, worst reception of the bunch).
2139z More unid music
« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 2139 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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2131 7360 is best around S-6, 5985 weaker around S-4, no other frequencies heard here, reception poorer than last year.,
The audio is up on BBC.com, just put Antarctic Broadcast in the search engine.

Here is the link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p056bgm4
« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 2314 UTC by Chris Lobdell »
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2145 UTC - 7360 kHz is the only one I can hear audio on. Signal is S3-S5 in WNY.
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7360

2146  OM "A very Happy mid-winter's day".  Fair reception, S7 peaks with a lot of fade.
« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 2200 UTC by flexoman61 »
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2152- YL with "Hi this is a message..."  S6-7 on 7360 AM
2153- Asian YL talking
2154- British YLs with special messages
2155- bit of rock music OM vocals then YL talking
2156- OM with "hi there, this is John Carpenter...enjoy your midwinter celebration"
2157- two British YLs talking and laughing
2158- YL with "that's it, have a wonderful day" then a bit of music
2159- YL with mention of BBC World Service
2200- off.
« Last Edit: June 21, 2017, 2200 UTC by JoeFLIPS »

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At Mount Evelyn (south-eastern Australia), 5985 was very good, 6035 started fair but improved towards the end, and 7360 was barely audible and unusable. Actually, I thought 7360 ASC would have been better than it was – it’s almost an all darkness path from ASC to Mt Evelyn. The short path takes it south, skimming the Antarctic coastline, along the southern Antarctic Ocean and up near Tasmania. But not to be – perhaps there was some absorption near the polar region.
……Oh, and the neighbour’s TV was coming in very strongly as well this morning…..until they went off to work at 2150!  🙁
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