{"id":4664,"date":"2012-10-13T06:28:54","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T10:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=4664"},"modified":"2012-10-13T06:28:54","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T10:28:54","slug":"radio-station-saq-special-transmission-on-united-nations-day-october-24","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2012\/10\/radio-station-saq-special-transmission-on-united-nations-day-october-24\/","title":{"rendered":"Radio Station SAQ special transmission on United Nations Day, October 24"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_4665\" style=\"width: 290px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SAQ+sandare_svartvitt.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-4665\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4665\" title=\"SAQ+sandare_svartvitt\" src=\"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SAQ+sandare_svartvitt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"280\" height=\"192\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SAQ+sandare_svartvitt.jpg 280w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SAQ+sandare_svartvitt-100x68.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-4665\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Alexanderson alternator in the SAQ Grimeton VLF transmitter.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(Source: <a title=\"SAQ\" href=\"http:\/\/www.alexander.n.se\/\" target=\"_blank\">SAQ<\/a> via Alokesh Gupta)<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Transmission on United Nations Day<\/p>\n<p>We have the pleasure to announce that SAQ will be on air on United<br \/>\nNations Day, Wednesday 24th October. We start the transmitter about<br \/>\n10:10 UTC, and a message will be sent at 10:30 UTC.<\/p>\n<p>The frequency is 17.2 kHz CW.<\/p>\n<p>Reports from the transmission will not be confirmed by QSL card.<\/p>\n<p>The transmission is a part of the celebration of the United Nations Day<br \/>\nin Grimeton, see<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/undayorg.files.wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/unday-english1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/undayorg.files.<wbr>wordpress.com\/2012\/09\/unday-<wbr>english1.pdf<\/wbr><\/wbr><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The start procedure will be streamed over Internet, appropriate link<br \/>\nwill soon be published here.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Source: SAQ via Alokesh Gupta) Transmission on United Nations Day We have the pleasure to announce that SAQ will be on air on United Nations Day, Wednesday 24th October. We start the transmitter about 10:10 UTC, and a message will be sent at 10:30 UTC. The frequency is 17.2 kHz CW. Reports from the transmission [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[56,3,305,288,43,1409],"tags":[1416,1418,1417,1281,1419],"class_list":["post-4664","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadcasters","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-shortwave-radio","category-specials","tag-radio-grimeton-saq","tag-radio-saq","tag-saq-radio","tag-special-broadcasts","tag-united-nations-day"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1de","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":19835,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/grimeton-radio-saq-transmission-on-july-3rd\/","url_meta":{"origin":4664,"position":0},"title":"Grimeton Radio \/ SAQ Transmission on July 3rd","author":"Thomas","date":"July 1, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Alexander Association) Reminder of Grimeton Radio \/ SAQ Transmission The annual transmission \u201cAlexanderson Day\u201d with the Alexanderson alternator on VLF\u00a017.2 kHz with the call SAQ will take place Sunday, July 3rd, 2016 at 09:00 UTC (tuning up\u00a0from after 08:30 UTC) and will be repeated at 12:00 UTC (tuning\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Current Events&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Current Events","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/current-events\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Alexanderson alternator in the SAQ Grimeton VLF transmitter.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SAQ%2Bsandare_svartvitt.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":31743,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/grimeton-radio-saq-lf-transmitter-on-the-air-may-1-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":4664,"position":1},"title":"Grimeton Radio \/ SAQ LF transmitter on the air May 1, 2018","author":"Thomas","date":"April 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL via Mike Hansgen) Low-frequency World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station, SAQ, will transmit from Sweden on May 1 as participation in the European Route of Industrial Heritage\u2019s \u201cWork It Out\u201d observance. \u201cAs part of the event, we plan for the first SAQ transmission since 2016,\u201d said Lars Kalland, SM6NM.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Longwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Longwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/longwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/SAQ%2Bsandare_svartvitt.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15142,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/10\/special-grimeton-broadcast-on-united-nations-day\/","url_meta":{"origin":4664,"position":2},"title":"Special Grimeton broadcast on United Nations Day","author":"Thomas","date":"October 12, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Extra Grimeton Radio\/SAQ transmission There will be a transmission with the Alexanderson VLF alternator on 17.2 kHz on 'United Nations Day' October 24th, 2015 at 10:00 UTC (12:00 local time). 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