{"id":61154,"date":"2024-11-21T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=61154"},"modified":"2024-11-21T08:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-11-21T12:08:57","slug":"december-1-2024-grimeton-station-celebrates-100-years-on-the-air","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2024\/11\/december-1-2024-grimeton-station-celebrates-100-years-on-the-air\/","title":{"rendered":"December 1, 2024: Grimeton Station celebrates 100 years on the air"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_55112\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-55112\" class=\"size-full wp-image-55112\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ.jpeg 1920w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ-300x169.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ-1024x576.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ-768x432.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ-1536x864.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/SAQ-624x351.jpeg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-55112\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAQ antenna tower #1 with its tuning coil. (Photo source: The Alexander association)<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Hi Thomas,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">The purpose of this message is to inform you that the Grimeton station (Sweden) will be on air on December 1st to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its commercial commissioning:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/grimeton.org\/en\/2024\/11\/12\/saq-to-air-on-dec-1st-100-years-of-communication\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/grimeton.org\/en\/2024\/11\/12\/saq-to-air-on-dec-1st-100-years-of-communication\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Find out more about the Grimeton station:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alexander.n.se\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/alexander.n.se\/en\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1134\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1134\/<\/a><\/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\/yhqMa_ymYcQ?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=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Have a nice day. Best regards.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Paul JAMET<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who writes: Hi Thomas, The purpose of this message is to inform you that the Grimeton station (Sweden) will be on air on December 1st to celebrate the 100th anniversary of its commercial commissioning: https:\/\/grimeton.org\/en\/2024\/11\/12\/saq-to-air-on-dec-1st-100-years-of-communication\/ Find out more about the Grimeton station: https:\/\/alexander.n.se\/en\/ https:\/\/whc.unesco.org\/en\/list\/1134\/ Have a nice [&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],"tags":[3619,9691,1416],"class_list":["post-61154","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-alexanderson-alternator-station-saq","tag-paul-jamet","tag-radio-grimeton-saq"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-fUm","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63267,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/06\/saq-at-100-celebrating-a-century-of-global-vlf-communication\/","url_meta":{"origin":61154,"position":0},"title":"SAQ at 100: Celebrating a Century of Global VLF Communication","author":"Thomas","date":"June 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Paul Jamet, who shares the following news: Grimeton SAQ turns 100! 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