[MCARC] [Fwd: ARLX021 Christmas Eve SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission Set]

[Dennis Mason]

Good thing we don't use wireline carriers anymore...  When I was in No 
Platte, we had interference on a "base to sub" station in Washington State 
that came in once in a while.
Dennis

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Nate Bargmann" <n0nb at n0nb.us>
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Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2016 1:55 PM
Subject: [MCARC] [Fwd: ARLX021 Christmas Eve SAQ Alexanderson Alternator 
Transmission Set]


> Looks interesting, if your radio will receive 17.2 kHz!
>
> 73, Nate
>
> ----- Forwarded message from ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org> -----
>
> Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2016 14:30:29 -0500 (EST)
> From: ARRL Web site <memberlist at www.arrl.org>
> To: n0nb at n0nb.us
> Subject: ARLX021 Christmas Eve SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission 
> Set
>
> SB SPCL @ ARL $ARLX021
> ARLX021 Christmas Eve SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission Set
>
> ZCZC AX21
> QST de W1AW
> Special Bulletin 21  ARLX021
> From ARRL Headquarters
> Newington CT  December 22, 2016
> To all radio amateurs
>
> SB SPCL ARL ARLX021
> ARLX021 Christmas Eve SAQ Alexanderson Alternator Transmission Set
>
> The Alexander Association has announced that it plans to have
> Alexanderson alternator transmitter SAQ on the air for its
> traditional Christmas Eve transmission. The 200 kW Alexanderson
> alternator will transmit on 17.2 kHz on the morning of Christmas
> Eve, December 24, starting with transmitter tune-up at around 0730
> UTC. The message transmission will take place at 0800 UTC.
>
> "Since the plant is old, there is always the risk that the
> transmission will be cancelled on short notice," the Association
> said in an announcement. Repairs following an early October fire in
> the longwave antenna, attributed to arcing, had put the Christmas
> Eve transmission in jeopardy this year.
>
> Dating from the 1900s, the Alexanderson alternator - essentially an
> AC generator run at extremely high speed - can put out 200 kW but
> typically is operated at less than one-half that power level. Once
> providing reliable transatlantic communication, it is now a museum
> piece and only put on the air on special occasions. It was built in
> the 1920s.
>
> Christmas Eve activity will also take place on Amateur Radio
> frequencies from SK6SAQ on or about 7.035 and 14.035 MHz (CW). Send
> reception reports of SAQ or SK6SAQ via email at, info at alexander.n.se
> .
> NNNN
> /EX
>
> ----- End forwarded message -----
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