<div dir="ltr"><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div><img src="cid:ii_ke4a04fb0" alt="image.png" width="826" height="465" style="margin-right: 0px;"><br></div></h1><h1 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:16pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Radio ham picks up Argentine Antarctic base signal</h1><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">New Delhi Television (NDTV) reports a radio amateur in West Bengal received a signal from the Argentinian base in Antarctica<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">They say:<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">An amateur radio operator from West Bengal, who intercepts radio signals from far away countries as a hobby, received one from Antarctica, the southern tip of the globe, over 11,835 km away.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The feat of 65-year-old <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Babul Gupta</strong> is unique as it is the first successful DXing - receiving and identifying distant radio signals - with Antarctica from the state in recent memory, Secretary of West Bengal Radio Club <strong style="box-sizing:border-box">Ambaresh Nag Biswas VU2JFA</strong> told PTI on Thursday.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Babul Gupta, a member of the club, received a radio transmission from a camp set up by an Argentine team of scientists in Antarctica when he was in Bakkhali, a seaside spot in the South 24 Parganas district, on August 8, he said.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">&quot;The transmission was made from LRA 36 camp. It was transmitted from the scientists&#39; camp in South Pole. I sent the recording of the audio to the Argentine team via email,&quot; Mr Gupta said.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">The Argentines have sent an acknowledgement citation to Babul Gupta referring to his tracking their radio signal on 15.476 kHz.<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">Read the full story at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amateur-bengal-ham-radio-operator-intercepts-signal-from-antarctica-camp-2282700" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/amateur-bengal-ham-radio-operator-intercepts-signal-from-antarctica-camp-2282700</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px">A picture of Babul Gupta&#39;s receiving station can be seen at<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/358599189055138206/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/358599189055138206/</a></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><br style="box-sizing:border-box">West Bengal Radio Club<br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="http://www.wbrc.in/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">http://www.wbrc.in/</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://twitter.com/wbradioclub" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://twitter.com/wbradioclub</a><br style="box-sizing:border-box"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/Wbradioclub/" target="_blank" style="box-sizing:border-box;color:rgb(0,51,102);text-decoration-line:none">https://www.facebook.com/Wbradioclub/</a></p></div>