AW: [A-DX] Fw: [BDXC-UK] Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2012 today

["Nils Schiffhauer" <dk8ok@xxxxxxx>]

... hatte mir letzte Woche im Natural History Museum diese Ausstellung über
Scotts letzten Weg zum Südpol angeschaut. Ist ja Olympiade, und
dementsprechend wenig los in London. Der Heldenton ("brave and hardy
scientists") stammt durchaus noch von früher. Ausstellung geht noch bis zum
2. September. Falls jemand vorbei kommt: Vielleicht sieht ja wer mit
jüngeren Augen irgendetwas Funktechnisches. Aber ich meine, die haben nix
mitgehabt.

Apropos: Die Funktechnikabteilung im Science Museum nebenan verstaubt mehr
und mehr. Nur eine Frage der Zeit, wann die Röhrensender gesprengt bzw.
gegen eine unterhaltsam aufbereitete Gen-Schnitzeljagd ("Infotainment")
ausgetauscht werden. Man beeile sich. Wobei durch Vermeidung der
Museumsrestaurants der Gewinn nicht allein im Zeitlichen liegt ...

73 Nils

> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: owner-liste@xxxxxxx [mailto:owner-liste@xxxxxxx] Im Auftrag von
Wolfgang
> Bueschel
> Gesendet: Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:20 AM
> An: liste@xxxxxxx
> Betreff: [A-DX] Fw: [BDXC-UK] Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2012 today
> 
> FYI  - Also damit sind auch alle Fragezeichen bezüglich dem Sendetag
> obsolet:
> 
> > [Scheduled 21 June:
> > 2130-2200 UTC on 5950 kHz (via Skelton), 7360 kHz (via
> > Ascension) and 9850 kHz (via Skelton)
> 
> 73 wb
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "alan_pennington_dx" Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2012 11:42 AM
> Subject: [BDXC-UK] Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast 2012 today
> 
> 
> > from BBC website:
> >
> > The BBC's Martin Redfern presents half an hour of music requests and
> > special
> > messages for the staff at the British Antarctic Survey.
> >
> > Produced and presented for an audience of just 44 - the brave and hardy
> > scientists and technical staff who keep the Antarctic bases of the
British
> > Antarctic Survey running through the long, cold darkness of the polar
> > winter - the Antarctic Specials are possibly the World Service's most
> > unusual broadcasts.
> >
> > Once a year, on 21 June, in the dark days of the Southern winter, staff
at
> > the four Antarctic bases cluster round their shortwave radios to hear
the
> > BBC present half an hour of music requests and special messages from
their
> > loved ones back home.
> >
> > This year there are eight people stationed at King Edward Point on South
> > Georgia, just four on Bird Island nearby. There are 18 at the biggest
> > base,
> > Rothera, on Adelaide Island near the Antarctic Peninsula, and 14 at
> > Halley,
> > the furthest South, on the Brunt Ice Shelf. Halley VI is a brand new
> > base -
> > the previous one was getting buried in snow and was threatened by a
> > break-up
> > of the ice shelf.
> >
> > [item has photo of Martin Redfern recording for BBC World Service inside
> > an
> > ice cave in the Rothera Glacier]
> >
> > There are special messages in the programme from surprise celebrity
> > guests,
> > and a selection of music that reveals a deep longing for sunshine!
> >
> > This year the broadcast is presented by Martin Redfern, who was
fortunate
> > to
> > spend a month in Antarctica four years ago, reporting on research and
> > visiting field sites and the Rothera base.
> >
> > As a result, says Martin, "We feel we are talking to friends. We can
> > imagine
> > the scene down there.
> >
> > "And, although we were only there for a few weeks in Summer, we know how
> > food fantasies turn to salad and fresh fruit!"
> >
> > For more details about the work of the British Antarctic Survey visit
the
> > link on the right - http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/
> >
> > First broadcast on 21 June 2012
> >
> >
>
http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/programmes/2012/06/120620_antarctic_midwin
te
> r_broadcast_2012.shtml?bw=bb&mp=wm&bbcws=1&news=1
> >
> > [Scheduled 21 June:
> > 2130-2200 UTC on 5950 kHz (via Skelton), 7360 kHz (via
> > Ascension) and 9850 kHz (via Skelton)
> > - presumably audio will also appear on the above linked page]
> >
> > Midwinter's Day this year was actually yesterday, 20th June, per this
> > article on British Antarctic Survey's website:
> > "Usually Midwinter's Day falls on 21st June, but because 2012 is a leap
> > year, it will occur on the 20th June. The last time this happened was
more
> > than 30 years ago in 1975. Since it takes the Earth 365.25 days to orbit
> > the
> > Sun, every four years an extra day is added in February to prevent a
> > gradual
> > drift of date through the seasons."
> > Full article at:
> > http://www.antarctica.ac.uk/about_bas/news/news_story.php?id=1841
> 
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