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Author Topic: BBC Test for Antarctic Broadcast 12065 AM 2131 utc 14 Jun 2021  (Read 518 times)

Offline Ct Yankee

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Excellent reception, English service.  Test broadcast for next week's Mid-Winter Antarctic broadcast. Faint reception on 7305 and 9505 here.
https://swling.com/blog/2022/06/today-transmission-tests-for-the-2022-bbc-antarctic-midwinter-broadcast/
Sounds like they are using World Service for test transmission.


2131 YL with News: Ethiopian war, Natural Gas price
2132 Football: Costa Rica defeats New Zealand 1-0 for final World Cup spot
2133 Outlook program
2143 Stoty about woman finding family in Australia
2145 OFF as test scheduled to end
« Last Edit: June 14, 2022, 2147 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: BBC Test for Antarctic Broadcast 12065 AM 2131 utc 14 Jun 2021
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2022, 1431 UTC »
Nothing on the iceberg the size of Florida that's broken off the ice pack? The Penguin Invasion has begun and we're asleep at the wheel.

 

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