SAQ transmissions on June 30th, 2019 (NOT FOR QSL)

[AlexanderSAQ]

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Grimeton Radio / SAQ Transmission on June 30th, 2019.

The annual transmission on “Alexanderson Day” with the Alexanderson alternator on VLF 17.2 kHz with the call SAQ will take place Sunday, June 30th, 2019.
Two transmissions are scheduled as follows:

1. Startup of tuning at 10:30 (08:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 11:00 (09:00 UTC).
2. Startup of tuning at 13:30 (11:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 14:00 (12:00 UTC)
   Both transmission events will be broadcasted live on our YouTube Channel.

NEW! ONLINE RECEPTION REPORT FORM TO REPLACE E-MAIL REPORTS
We are introducing a new online SAQ reception report form to be used by listeners to report reception of any SAQ transmissions. We are kindly asking listeners not to send SAQ reception reports via E-mail.

QSL-reports to SAQ are kindly received via:
– Reception report form at alexander.n.se/receptionreport
– or via: SM bureau
– or direct by postal mail to:

Alexander Association
Radiostationen
Grimeton 72
SE-432 98 GRIMETON
S W E D E N

The Amateur Radio Station with the call “SK6SAQ” will be QRV on the following frequencies:
– 7.035 kHz CW or
– 14.035 kHz CW or
– 3.755 kHz SSB

QSL-reports to SK6SAQ are kindly received via:
– Email to info@alexander.n.se
– or via: SM bureau
– or direct by postal mail (see address above)Two stations will be on the air most of the time.

The station will be open to visitors between 10.00 am to 4.00 pm.

WELCOME!

World Heritage Grimeton Radio station and The Alexander Association

For further details, se grimeton.org or alexander.n.se

 

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[Aldo]

Very good signal received from Roccatederighi, near Grosseto, ITALY.
Many thanks for this transmission.
Equipment SPR1A, random antenna.

[Uwe Kraaz]

Dear friends,

I had in Schmölln / Germany at 11.00 AM and 2.00 PM with a magnetic loop
and the SAQ.exe – software a good receiving from SAQ.

Many thank to all actives friends from SAQ for the good work.

Vy 73

de Uwe (DL5KU)

[Alexander Küffer]

Hello everybody, the Signal from SAQ was very good to hear.

QTH/P: 47º09.414’N 7º 32.091’E JN37SD
RST: 599 ufb
RX: Telefunken ELK639
Ant: Loop

VY73 Alexander HE9EFY/p

[Gheorghe Balan]

Yesterday I received for the first time the SAQ transmission.
The SAQ signal, here in Romania, Pitesti, KN24KU, was much better than expected for my all home made equipment : 599+ some statics, for the first transmission and 489+QRN for the second transmission.
My rig : VLF converter (based on the DL4ZAO VLF conv.), 14 MHz cw/ssb Rx, G5RV antenna (a kind of !).
Many thanks to the entire crew for these transmissions and for all their work,
73, Gigi, YO7GYQ.

[Walter Barteczek]

Yesterday transmission was a bid noisy but readable at 12:00, 2 hours later 599. SDR-Receiver, 9m high 80m dipole in “T-configuration” against ground with additional 197,3 mH.

Walter Barteczek
DK8KV in JO30QU

[Jose Magi]

Very good signal of two transmissions received from Catalonia, Spain near Barcelona
Equipment Rohde Schwarz ESH3 with HFH2-Z2 Active Loop Antenna
73 Jose EA3JAA

[Rudolf OK1PW]

Big signal receiver very old wave meter Rohde+Schwarz WEN435 /2tube/ ant 80m loop

[Laurence Howell]

Hello from a smoky and hot Alaska – was awake for the first transmission only and signals around 339 signal 10-12 dB above noise. I had to employ my single turn 3m diameter loop/Spectrumlabs to cut high QRN, and much better, and rarely, than the L400b probe which I typically use for SAQ. Thanks for the Signals and congrats on getting the signal over the Pole in the middle of summer – 73 Laurence KL7L

[DL7LA – Günter]

Located in Berlin City, JO62PL

Signals excellent about 20 dB over man made noise (abt 5 dB less than JXN on 16.4 kHz) in a city location.
The second transmission slightly noisier anbd abt 2 dB weaker, but solid copy.
Greetings to the old Lady, keep her up and running, mni tnx to all operators.
73
DL7LA

[Wolfgang Sprodofsky]

Dear Ladies and Gentlemen

I have received your Transmission today (30.06.2019) at 9 UTC with RST 589 with slight QRN on 17,2kHz on my QTH 13507 Berlin , loc: JO62PN .

My Hardware for your Station:

Ant : End-Fed 24m grounded with many burried radials
VLF-Converter : (0…600)kHz —> (2000…2600)kHz with Tubes , Home-made
TRX : FT991A , Mode CW , BW: 150 Hz
Decoder-SW : CW-Get

vy 73 es 55 de Wolfgang , DM2SP

[Holger DL1BLE]

Hi,
heard both transmission wid 559. Rig: Mini-Whip, VLF Converter (SO42P) and IC7600.
Locator: JO43KB
mni tks to crew
73
Holger

[Ian Harling]

Ian Harling G7HFS
Good reception here in Eastbourne JO00DR using my Yeasu FT -817ND with Datong VLF converter and a 1 mtr whip aerial.Signal S9.73☺

[Peder Rodhe]

SM5DWF again my QTH is JP90JA on the beautiful island of Väddö in the Stockholm archipelago, tried 3755 kHz but nil sofar. Rig of HA8DH take the price!

[Peder Rodhe]

Hi
This is SM5DWF doktor on waves, SAQ heard 339 between UTC 1135 and 1140 and between 1155 and 1208. RX CR304 Antenna 80/160 m dipole.
Keep on with the old lady!

73/Peder SM5DWF

[hegyi lorand]

Tnx for SAQ team!

I have homebrew morse ink (tape) writer and
record the transmission.

RST is 579, QRM
QRA KN06DK, QRB 1305 km.
(Hodmezovasarhely, Hungary)

My SAQ setup on video:

73 Lori
HA8DH
hegyi_lorand@hotmail.com

[Marcel Bos PA9M]

Good copy this morning. Ant. Mini Whip pa0rdt on SAQ panoramic VLF receiver v0.94, also on home brew converter to 10mhz and K3. S5-7.
TNX cu at Chrismas EVE.
73 Marcel PA9M
Oldenzaal Netherlands

[Michael Krauss]

As a member of the Alexanderson Association i am proud of being able to hear the “old lady” again.

Keep this 95 years old fascinating peace of history running !

At 12:00 utc i used an AEG E800/2
feeded by an active tuned Rod Antenna.
Signal was loud and clear at S9.
Little QRM and QRN now.

73 de DC1MAK
Micha JN48UL

[Greg Fismer DF2IC]

Missed the first transmission, but was ready for the second. Great signal and perfect copy in JN49jo near Heidelberg.
RX: Skonti TRP-8250
Ant: PA0RDT Mini Whip
Keep up the excellent work and hope to hear from you soon again!
Worked SK6SAQ a bit earlier in 20m, excellent signal too.

73 de Greg DF2IC

[Benjamin, HB3YIW]

Dear SAQ-Team

Many thanks for this transmission. Perfect copy in Bern Switzerland (JN36rx).
Setup this year :
DIY E202 receiver
Xonar Audiocard
Spectrum Lab Software
Video you can watch here : https://youtu.be/v7C7EYOwtJQ

73 de,
Benjamin (HB3YIW)

[Peter Eijlander (PA0PJE)]

Just listened to the transmission on my old Murphy B41 receiver. Good reception at the Fort near Edam

[Fred, pe0fko, NL]

Perfect signal in the Nederlands, JO32CD.
Receiver SA612 converter to 14MHz, IC7300 backend, USB to PC SBSpectrum. 17m long wire antenne.
Received RST 585

73, Fred
pe0fko.

[Domenico LINDO / IZ7SLZ]

Good copy in Apulia, South Italy (Loc. JN80nu).
QSA4 with Miniwhip antenna + audio card + software Spectrum Lab
You can listen on https://qsl.net/iz7slz/VLF/SAQ_jun_2019.wav

Hoping to visit your site in Sweden one day.

Best wishes
73
Domenico IZ7SLZ
Putignano, Italy

[IZ6BMP Rino]

Hello, nice signal for the morning transmission here in JN72AG (Alanno, close to Pescara, 200km east fromo Rome), 20dB above noise floor.
Conditions:
Antenna: PA0RDT mini-whip “on-a-cane” 😀
Front-end: ART USB-Dual-Pre audio pre-amplifier and digitizer
Demod: SDR# V1.0.0.1361 running on Windows XP
PC: An old SIEMENS AMILOpro (Intel Core2 T5500@1.66GHz, 2GB RAM)

[Per Tjernlund]

Signal 599 as usual
My qth is Kramfors, Sweden in the middle of Norrland
Receiver Racal 1772, antenna end fed wire 20m
Thanks for the highlight of the summer and for all your work.
73’s de Per SM0WHL/3

[Michael Krauss]

As a member of the Alexanderson Association i am proud of being able to hear the “old lady” again.

Keep this 95 years old fascinating peace of history running !

At 09:00 utc i used an AOR AR7030
feeded by an active tunes Rod Antenna.
Signal was loud and clear at S9+20dB.
No QRM or QRN here 🙂

At 12:00 utc i will try the AEG E800/2.

73 de DC1MAK
Micha JN48UL

[klubnl.pl]

Fine signal as usual, also the frequency stability seems to have been improved.

A video showing how this was received in Warsaw/Poland:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2scGOCFOrEI

VY 73 DE
Jacek/SQ5BPF and Marcin/SQ2BXI

https://klubnl.pl/wpr/en/

[Martin Ehrenfried]

Good signals into the UK.

15dB above the noise floor into Farnham WEB SDR http://farnham-sdr.com/ in SE UK

12dB above the noise floor into Kernow KiWI WEB SDR http://kernow.hopto.org:8073/ at Goonhilly Earth Station in Cornwall SW tip of UK (despite a very high noise floor)

Unfortunately too much switched mode power supply noise on my SWUK KiWi SDR http://southwest.ddns.net:8073/ which masked the SAQ signal.

Martin – G8JNJ – Admin for Farnham / Kernow and SWUKSDR

[Martin Smyth]

Dear Grimeton,

5/9 into UK and Farnham WEBSDR at 10:00 BST. An excellent 8 minute transmission and well done all. I could see 7 different users listening on the WEBSDR.

Hoping to visit you one day soon.

Best wishes
73
Martin
M0MGA

[Peter Wassink]

Nice signals, the morning transmission peaked upto about S9 here in Holland on a pa0rdt-whip active antenna,
received it in Vorden, JO32dc eastern part of the netherlands

Keep up the good work and keep that magnificent radiostation running,
was able to visit your beautifull sstation and ejoyed every bolt of it .. 🙂 hi

73 Peter Pd0pha

[DK3SML, Mike]

tnx for transmission!

Good copy here in South Germany, no QRN RST 569, almost about -95db

RX: ELAS FDM2-SDR, antenna Wellbrook ALA-1530+ (magnetic loop)

73s de Mike, DK3SML

[Carsten Görner DG0JCG]

Locator: JO60MU
Feldstärke S5…7
Lesbarkeit 3…4
My Call DG0JCG
Vy tnx fo the Transmission

[Jean-Marie POLARD F5VLB]

Hello, I will have a try to hear you tomorrow with earth probes electrodes and a one ESH-2 from Rhode and Schwarz. My report will be sent later that day.

Best regards from Brittany, France
Jean Marie F5VLB
IN88IN

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