{"id":49488,"date":"2021-07-04T07:49:10","date_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:49:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=49488"},"modified":"2021-07-04T07:49:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-04T11:49:10","slug":"live-video-of-startup-tuning-and-transmitting-from-alexanderson-alternator-saq","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/07\/live-video-of-startup-tuning-and-transmitting-from-alexanderson-alternator-saq\/","title":{"rendered":"Live video of startup, tuning, and transmitting from Alexanderson Alternator SAQ"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-467\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1.jpg 450w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a>Hats off to the crew at the UNESCO World Heritage <a href=\"https:\/\/grimeton.org\/?lang=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimeton Radio Station<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p>Today is Sunday July 4, 2021. Besides being <em>Independence Day<\/em> here in the States, it&#8217;s also <em>Alexanderson Day<\/em> in Sweden!<\/p>\n<p>This morning, I discovered a video on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC-83S-l9JKD1iuhsXx3XQ3g\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Grimeton Station YouTube channel<\/a>: a recording of their live stream live stream starting around 08:30 UTC today.<\/p>\n<p>In the video, you can watch the crew of the Grimeton station startup, tune, and transmit on their 1924\u00a0 Alexanderson Alternator with the callsign SAQ. Their message is sent in CW on 17.2 kHz. The video is absolutely <em><strong>fascinating<\/strong><\/em> and I highly recommend watching it. The startup and tuning procedure are simply amazing. I can only imagine the dedication and resources it takes to keep this marvel of 1920s engineering fully functional today:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lbvsHUBM18Y?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/lbvsHUBM18Y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to watch on YouTube.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Happy July 4th, everyone!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hats off to the crew at the UNESCO World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station! Today is Sunday July 4, 2021. Besides being Independence Day here in the States, it&#8217;s also Alexanderson Day in Sweden! This morning, I discovered a video on the Grimeton Station YouTube channel: a recording of their live stream live stream starting around [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,305,288,304,3485],"tags":[3619,3487,1416,1417,4093,3486],"class_list":["post-49488","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-nostalgia","category-radio-history","category-videos","category-vlf","tag-alexanderson-alternator-station-saq","tag-grimeton-radio","tag-radio-grimeton-saq","tag-saq-radio","tag-videos","tag-vlf"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-cSc","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":54625,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/11\/grimeton-radio-station-broadcast-nov-16-2022-to-celebrate-unesco-50th-anniversary\/","url_meta":{"origin":49488,"position":0},"title":"Grimeton Radio Station broadcast Nov 16, 2022 to celebrate UNESCO 50th Anniversary","author":"Thomas","date":"November 14, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: The Alexander association) SAQ scheduled to air on November 16th, 2022. To commemorate the UNESCO 50th anniversary,\u00a0World 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\u00a0to the whole world, using\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":19835,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/grimeton-radio-saq-transmission-on-july-3rd\/","url_meta":{"origin":49488,"position":1},"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":43813,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/06\/grimeton-radio-saq-transmission-on-sunday-july-5-2020\/","url_meta":{"origin":49488,"position":2},"title":"Grimeton Radio \/ SAQ Transmission on Sunday, July 5, 2020","author":"Thomas","date":"June 10, 2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: SAQ via Mike Terry) The annual transmission on Alexanderson Day with the Alexanderson Alternator on VLF 17.2 kHz with the call sign SAQ will take place Sunday, July 5th, 2020. Two transmissions are scheduled as follows: Startup and tuning at 10:30 (08:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message\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\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":35182,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/12\/saqs-17-2-khz-christmas-eve-transmission\/","url_meta":{"origin":49488,"position":3},"title":"SAQ&#8217;s 17.2 kHz Christmas Eve transmission","author":"Thomas","date":"December 22, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: ARRL News via Ron) Sweden\u2019s Alexanderson alternator station SAQ has planned a Christmas Eve transmission on 17.2 kHz. The transmitter will be tuned up starting at around 0730 UTC, and a message will be transmitted at 0800 UTC. The 200 kW Alexanderson alternator is an electromechanical transmitter dating back\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":31743,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/04\/grimeton-radio-saq-lf-transmitter-on-the-air-may-1-2018\/","url_meta":{"origin":49488,"position":4},"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":39297,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/08\/saq-receives-438-listener-reports\/","url_meta":{"origin":49488,"position":5},"title":"SAQ receives 438 listener reports","author":"Thomas","date":"August 24, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) Alexanderson Alternator station\u00a0SAQ\u00a0says it received 438 listener reports \u2014 'an incredible amount' \u2014 for its June 30 Alexanderson Day transmissions from Sweden including 8 'super' DX reports, five from the USA and three from Canada. The historic electro-mechanical transmitter, which dates back to the 1920s, is fired\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/11\/450px-grimeton_vlf_mast_row1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49488","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49488"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49488\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49488"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49488"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49488"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}