SAQ sent a Christmas message on Dec 24th SAQ to air on Christmas Eve Morning, Dec 24th 2024 SAQ celebrated with centennial transmission Two successful SAQ transmissions on Alexanderson Day Read more in the SAQ Library SAQ sent a Christmas message on Dec 24th On a dark and damp Christmas Eve Morning with temperatures just above freezing, on Dec 24 2024, the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station opened its... Read more SAQ to air on Christmas Eve Morning, Dec 24th 2024 On Christmas Eve morning, Tuesday December 24th 2024, SAQ Grimeton is scheduled* to be on the air, to send out the traditional Christmas message to... Read more SAQ celebrated with centennial transmission One hundred years ago, SAQ was put into service. On December 1st 1924, SAQ was put into commercial operation. The transmitter was started at 09:50 and... Read more Two successful SAQ transmissions on Alexanderson Day Rainy skies and cold temperatures did not stop SAQ from airing on Alexanderson Day 2024. Close to 200 visitors at the radio station and over... Read more Read more in the SAQ Library The Alexander SAQ Grimeton document library contains a great amount of unique documents, exclusively available to our members. The library is focused around historical documents... Read more


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100 year old VLF transmitter SAQ Grimeton Christmas transmission Dec 24th, 2024.

The VLF transmitter, with call sign “SAQ” at Grimeton Radio Station, was put into commercial operation, with transmissions across the Atlantic ocean, on December 1st 1924. One hundred years later, SAQ is still operational and will be started up on Christmas Eve morning, December 24th, to deliver a Christmas greeting to the World. SAQ can be heard on VLF 17.2 kHz CW, and the entire event can be followed live here: 08:20 CET (07:20 UTC): Live video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station begins 08:30 CET (07:30 UTC): Startup of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ from 1924. 09:00 CET (08:00 UTC): Transmission of a Christmas message from SAQ. *The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be cancelled at short notice.
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