[CW] Ye Old Continuous Wave Station SAQ Annual Broadcast from Sweden on 17.2 kHz

[D.J.J. Ring, Jr.]

Live recording done bySAQ Peter SM2CEW who made a live recording from his
QTH: https://www.sm2cew.com/SAQ_2021-07-04_09_00_utc_cw.mp3.

>From the 200 kW alternator on 17.2 kHz!  Amazing.  Watch the video, it's
impressive what has to be done to get SAQ on the air.  Great history.

73
DR

On Sat, Jul 3, 2021 at 3:23 PM D.J.J. Ring, Jr. <n1ea at arrl.net> wrote:

> The annual transmission event on the Alexanderson Day with the
> Alexanderson Alternator from 1924
>
> on VLF 17.2 kHz CW with the call sign SAQ, is scheduled for Sunday,
> July 4th, 2021.
>
> The Alexander Grimeton Association is planning to carry out two broadcasts
> to the world from the old Alexanderson alternator SAQ. Only required staff
> will be in place, due to the ongoing pandemic.
>
> *Transmission schedule:*
> 1. Startup and tuning at 10:30 CET (08:30 UTC) with a transmission of a
> message at 11:00 CET (09:00 UTC)
> 2. Startup and tuning at 13:30 CET (11:30 UTC) with a transmission of a
> message at 14:00 CET (12:00 UTC)
>
> *Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station*
> Both transmission events can be seen *live* on our YouTube Channel
> <https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-83S-l9JKD1iuhsXx3XQ3g?sub_confirmation=1>
> .
> The live video starts 5 minutes before the startup and tuning.
>
> https://alexander.n.se/alexanderson-day-2021/?lang=en
>
> 73
>
> DR
> [image: SAQ Antennas.jpg]
>
>
>
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