On UN-Day, October 24th 2023 SAQ was able to air again after a few months of maintenance and spread a peace message to the world. Building and equpiment maintenance During the period of August until mid October, there has been
The 99 year old Alexanderson alternator SAQ was able to spread a peace message to the world on World Radio Day, February 13th, 2023. The weather was beautiful with mild temperatures and sunny. The transmission was initiated at 15.30 CET
On UN Day, October 24th, 2020 the old Alexanderson alternator was again delivering a message to the world. The startup began at 16:30 (14:30 UTC) and a message was transmitted at 17:00 (15:00 UTC). The transmitted message CQ CQ CQ
The odds were not optimal this year, with the ongoing Corona pandemic and in the early Sunday morning, the rain was pouring down and heavy wind gusts made it hard to even take a peek at the antennas outdoors. The
The scheduled Christmas Eve transmission from the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station was a success. Operators from the Alexander association was able to start the old Alexanderson Alternator from 1924 without a ny trouble and send out Christmas greetings to
Here is the final report of the two transmissions on Alexanderson Day, June 30th 2019. In total, we received 438 listener reports – an incredible amount! We are very thankful for all your enthusiastic and positive reports, with images, recordings
It was a beautiful Christmas Eve morning in Grimeton, Sweden with clear, dry weather and with a temperature of -6C. Many visitors had come to the transmission hall to enjoy coffee, cake and Swedish ginger snaps, as they were watching
Here is the final report of the three transmissions on Alexanderson Day on July 1st, 2018. In all, we received 323 listener reports, whereof 6 was unheard. UPDATED 2018-08-26: FINAL SUMMARY REPORT OF TRANSMISSION ON ALEXANDERSON DAY 2018-REV4.PDF Please
All three transmissions on Alexanderson Day, July 1st, 2018 went well. Close to 300 listeners’ reports has been received so far. Thank you all listeners! Here is the preliminary list (version 2) for you to download: PRELIMINARY REPORT OF TRANSMISSION
On Christmas morning December 24, 2016 the traditional transmission with the old Alexanderson alternator SAQ at World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station, Sweden took place at 08:00 UTC on 17,2 kHz CW. Unfortunately, our web site got overloaded and could not