This base was built in 1947 by the 'British Antarctic Survey',
and stayed operational until 1996 - almost 50 years ! In 1996,
it was handed over to the ukrainian scientific organization,
and under their control it was named 'Wernadski Base'
listen again to some traffic
between Faraday Base and the Research Ship
Bransfield (Rudy van Dalen, ca 1980)
a short recording from 1985:
Farady calling Signy, without
success (rb)
a very friendly letter verifying
the reception of Maarten van Delft from 1984
the PPC from Lars Lundström was accompanied by this scenic
view card (1985)
recevied from the 'Bransfield' in 1985:
a short description of the BAS stations
they even produced their own QSL-card, sent together with a nice
station description (Rudy van Dalen, 1994)
here is a link to all stations
of the 'British Antarctic Survey' in the area
this link is especially to
this station
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Callsigns:
ZHF44
Frequencies Voice:
3250
3800
4067
5080
5800
7450
7623
7775
8198
8291.1
8297.6
9106
9115
11055
11153
11453
12435.4
14915
16315
Frequencies Radioteletype:
3186
5800
11058
20545
Systems used:
50 Bd
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