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Saturday, February 11, 2023
SAQ scheduled to air on World Radio Day, Feb. 13th 2023
Monday, November 14, 2022
SAQ to broadcast November 16
Grimeton Radio SAQ
To commemorate the UNESCO 50th anniversary, World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station has scheduled* SAQ to be on the air at 17:00 CET (16:00 UTC) on Wednesday, November 16th, 2022, to send out a peace message to the whole world, using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator from 1924, on 17.2 kHz CW.
Transmission schedule & YouTube Live stream
16:25 CET (15:25 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.
16:30 CET (16:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
17:00 CET (16:00 UTC): Transmission of a message from SAQ.
Test Transmissions
There may be some test transmissions on Tuesday, Nov. 15th or on Wednesday, Nov. 16th. Details about the time for the tests will be published on our website, possibly with short notice. During the tests, SAQ will be on air for shorter periods of time, when we will be carrying out some tests and measurements. Your comments are welcome to info@alexander.n.se.
Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station
The event can be seen live on our YouTube Channel or by following https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-83S-l9JKD1iuhsXx3XQ3g
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Friday, December 21, 2018
Christmas Eve Programming from Grimeton Radio SAQ
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| Grimeton Radio |
Guests are welcome to attend the transmission at the radio station in Grimeton from 08:00 local time. The Alexander association will arrange coffee and Christmas cookies, free of charge. No entrance fee.
For those of you who can not attend, we will broadcast the event live from Grimeton, Sweden at https://alexander.us1.list-manage.com/track/click?u=521e9c51318e4c7f70e1e6b56&id=34585b8f40&e=043d6be82d
QSL-reports on the SAQ transmission are kindly received via
E-mail to: info@alexander.n.se
or via: SM bureau
or direct by mail to:
Alexander - Grimeton Veteranradios Vaenner
Radiostationen Grimeton 72
SE-432 98 GRIMETON
Sweden
The SK6SAQ amateur radio station will be QRV on the following frequencies:
7.035 kHz CW or
14.035 kHz CW or
3.755 kHz SSB
Two stations will be on the air most of the time.
*The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be set at short notice.
The Alexander Association Grimeton SAQ Veteran Radio Friends ·
Radiostationen Grimeton 72 · Grimeton 43298 · Sweden
(Larry Van Horn N5FPW/Clive S Carver/UDXF)
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