Hi everyone,
just a heads up that Alexanderson day is approaching. SAQ will be on air on Sunday, July 2, 2023, 1200 UTC.
There may be test transmissions during the days before. Details about the time for the tests will be published on their website, possibly with short notice.
I’m looking forward to listening to SAQ again 
73, Roman
Tomorrow… 
If I catch anything, it’ll probably be the YouTube stream.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-83S-l9JKD1iuhsXx3XQ3g
… there will be a first transmission already at 9:00 UTC. They just started the procedure to power up the Tx. Youtube live stream is on as well
73, Roman
Roman, hardly heard in noisy urban house with my tube superhet.
73 Chris
Well done, Chris! It’s audible even through youtube
Here 15…18 dB SNR using a MiniWhip at the roof and the upconverter with S042P.
73 & have fun with the tubes
Roman
I went to White Hill G/SP-006 to see what a rural site was like for reception. The Mini Whip was overloading my FT-817 front end so I swapped to my 40m SOTA dipole instead.
Oh, and the weather wasn’t very nice, cold and windy with occasional showers. 
73, Colin
After an extended period of building maintenance, World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station has scheduled* SAQ to be on air on UN-Day, Tuesday October 24th 2023 at 17:00 CET (15:00 UTC), 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 (14:25 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.
16:30 CET (14:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
17:00 CET (15:00 UTC): Transmission of a message from SAQ.
I took a brief listen today but I didn’t hear anything. I’ll try to listen tomorrow.
73 Chris
Signal report-
Weak and drifty.
… just a heads up:
On Christmas Eve morning, Sunday December 24th 2023, 8:00 UTC, SAQ Grimeton is scheduled to be on the air, to send out the traditional Christmas message to the whole world, using the 200kW Alexanderson alternator from 1924, on 17.2 kHz CW.
Program and transmission schedule:
Transmission & YouTube Live stream:
08:25 CET (07:25 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.
08:30 CET (07:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
09:00 CET (08:00 UTC): Transmission of a message from SAQ.
Test transmissions
We are planning to carry our some test transmissions on Friday, December 22nd, approximately between 13:00 CET (12:00 UTC) and 16:00 CET (15:00 UTC). SAQ will be on the air shorter periods of time during this interval, when we will be carrying out some tests and measurements.
Source: SAQ transmission scheduled for Christmas Eve morning, Dec. 24th – The Alexander association
Sunday, June 30th 2024 is Alexanderson Day.
The long wave transmitter at Grimeton Radio Station will be on air twice on that day on 17.2 kHz: 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC
The whole schedule can be found here: Celebrate SAQ on Alexanderson Day 2024 – The Alexander association
Besides listening to the transmission, watching the live stream on youtube is quite impressive.
73, Roman
On Dec. 1 2024, I got a very good signal and nice audio using a LW-converter. My SOTA Doublet antenna was connected like a T-Antenna.
TNX for the reminder, and TNX to the SAQ team for their efforts.
If you enjoyed listening to the transmission on December 1st (or if you missed it): The next transmission of SAQ is scheduled for the morning of December 24th, 8:00 utc.
Test transmissions are scheduled for December 20th in the afternoon.
Have fun, 73,
Roman
I have put a recording of what I received of the dec 1st transmission on my Youtube channel:
QTH : Ostend, Belgium,
Setup : IC-7300 + homebrew convertor, antenna: GP for 20m
73,
Luc ON7DQ
