The OPS-2m-NW Net is a regular VHF simplex net for licensed amateur radio operators across North West England, organised and run by the M0KKN Club. The net takes place fortnightly on 145.500MHz at 7.30pm. Operators are asked to QSY as directed by the net controller. All licence levels are welcome to join in. Barnsley and […]
Bangor and District Amateur Radio Society members are taking part in Lighthouses on the Air today, 16 August. For more information on the Society’s events and activities, visit the Society’s Facebook page or email gi6fzi@yahoo.com For details of Bushvalley Amateur Radio Club events and activities, visit bushvalleyarc.org or email bushvalleyarc@gmail.com Carrickfergus Amateur Radio Group’s regular Tuesday […]
Aberdeen Amateur Radio Society has a net on 3.740MHz from 2pm on Sundays and Tuesdays. On Thursday, the Society meets at Oakhill, Crescent Lane, Aberdeen AB15 5HY at 7.30pm. For details of the Society’s events, visit aars.org.uk Contact: secretary@aars.uk Ayr Amateur Radio Group has no meetings in August. The events calendar resumes on 11 September. The […]
Andover Radio Amateur Club has a net on Sundays on 70.475MHz, starting at 11am. There is also a net on 145.275MHz on Mondays at 8pm. Club night on Tuesday starts at 7.30pm in Wildhern Village Hall. From 8pm on Thursday, there is a net on GB7KT. More details are available at arac.org.uk Contact: Mal, G8FHI, […]
Appledore and District Amateur Radio Club has a net on 1.860MHz from 9.30am on Sundays, followed by a net on 144.260MHz USB at 10.30am and a net via the GB3DN repeater at 11am. On Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, there is a net via GB3DN from 11am. The Club meets at Appledore Football Clubhouse tomorrow, 17 […]
Aberkenfig and District Amateur Radio Club meets on Wednesdays from 7pm at Tondu Railway Club, Station Approach, Bridgend, CF32 9DY. The Club is an approved RSGB Examination Centre for those wishing to study and take their amateur radio exams. More details can be found on the Club’s Facebook page. Contact: Rob, GW0RVR, 01656 338 449, […]
Inspiring curiosity across the UK In this update I’m sharing how long-term strategy, legacy funding and in-person engagement shaped the RSGB’s British Science Week 2026 impact. British Science Week (BSW) 2026 took place in March, and the RSGB Outreach and Youth Teams are now reflecting on the significant progress made through years of steady, strategic […]
Do you believe amateur radio is a lifelong learning journey — something we keep growing into, exploring and enjoying? Do you want to help bring together trainers, clubs, online providers and the people who maintain the syllabus, so everyone feels part of the same learning community? Are you someone who enjoys connecting people, listening carefully, […]
A live, off-air, half-hour recording of the BBC World Service special Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast on 21 June 2026 beginning at 21:30 UTC.
The broadcast, hosted by Cerys Matthews, featured messages and music for the members of the staff of the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) overwintering in Antarctica at the Rothera (Antarctic Peninsula), King Edward Point, and Bird Island (South Georgia) research stations. In addition to personal messages from family and friends, there were interviews with Professor Dame Jane Francis, Director of BAS; and Lousiane Ferlier, an archivist at the Royal Society in London who is digitizing the photographs of the first midwinter celebration during Robert Scott's discovery expedition of 1901-04. As sometimes happens, the first few words of the introduction were not transmitted: "This is the BBC World Service calling Antarctica ...".
The recording is of the transmission on 12070 kHz from the BBC's Woofferton, England, transmitting station. The sender had a registered power of 300 kW with antenna beam 182 degrees. The transmission was received on a Belka-DX receiver with a Sangean ANT-60 7-metre wire antenna outdoors in Hanwell (just outside Fredericton), New Brunswick, Canada, in pseudo-synchronous (AM2) mode with 50 Hz - 2.7 kHz bandwidth. Reception was quite good with excellent signal strength but with occasional lightning burst noise and digital utility station interference. The additional parallel frequencies of 9510 kHz from Woofferton and 9460 kHz from Ascension were heard but not as well as 12070 kHz. A studio quality, slightly longer, podcast version is available on the BBC World Service website.
BBC World Service Annual Antarctic Midwinter Broadcast: June 21, 2026
Richard Langley
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