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PRELIMINARY

SUMMARY REPORT ON TRANSMISSION

FROM GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ ON 17,2 KHZ

Transmission 2016-07-03 “Alexanderson Day” at 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC.

COUNTRY LOCATION READABILITY SOURCE COMMENTS

Austria Neulengbach Good signal Andreas Öller

Again a fantastic

transmission

compared to the one

at Christmas Eve

Austria Roggendorf 15dB

above noise

Hans Pammer

Austria Vienna West RST459

RST459

OE1KHU/

Karl Hengl

Local noise

Austria Tulbinger Kogel 15dB

above noise

OE3GKC/

Gerhard Kreuzer

Will listen next time

again, if possible

Austria 70 km east of Vienna RST599 OE3RV/

Hermann Richle

Many thanks for

activating the

Alexanderson

transmitter

Austria South of Vienna RST579 OE3TWH/

Wolfgang Thaler

Thank you for your

transmission – great

job!

Austria Manhartsbrunn 20dB

above noise

OE3WHU/

Wolfgang Haslinger

You should do such

transmissions more

often!

Austria Vienna,

eastern part

OE3WYC/

Willy Meyrath

Many thanks for

your efforts! Have

lots of fun listening

Austria Nussdorf,

east of Salzburg

20dB

above noise

OE5MZO/

Reinhart Mazur

Thank you for this

opportunity very

much

Austria Wolfsberg RST599 QRN

RST599 QRN

OE8AJK/

Alfons Jöbstl

Thanks for the nice

transmission

Belarus Novopolotsk RST599 EW6BN/

Yuri Kazakevich

Belgium Veurne RST243 Hugo Matten

I am very proud of

having been able to

receive you again

Belgium Near Brussels Loud and clear ON2DLT/

Jacobs Leo

Thanks to the crew.

Until next time

Belgium Wezembeek-Oppem 20dB

above noise

ON4LFC/

Per Hilmer Petersen

Better readability

better during first

transmission

Belgium In my car in the

country side

RST549

RST539

ON5DC/m

Michel Daminet

2

Belgium Gozee RST579

RST579

ON5IS/

Bernhard Hensotte

Belgium Hamme 35dB

above noise

ON5JK/

Eddy Drieghe

Once again a

splendid reception

Belgium 10 km south of

Ghent

RST439 ON5UK/

Luk Smet

Thanks for keeping

alive the Alexander

alternator

Belgium Opwijk,

near Brussels

Strong and

clear +20dB

ON6JR/

Johnny Schollaert

Many thanks for this

nice transmission

Belgium ON6QQ/

Noel van Langeraert

Thank you for

keeping the station

alive

Belgium Hamme ON6RL/

Guido Roels

Keep up the good

tradition

Croatia Labin Nice signals 9A4WY/

Kristian Persic

Thanks for

transmission

Czech Rep. Nove Domky,

near Sumperk

RST449 Karel Rosenberg Thanks to the whole

team – excellent

work

Czech Rep. Chynov RST579 Martin Bobek

Czech Rep. Lhota pod Radcem RST569

RST589

Milos Holy Thank you for a very

enjoyable experience

Czech Rep. Studena RST448

RST588

Turzo Karel

Czech Rep. Jablonec nad Niscou RST589 Zdenek Elias

Best regards

Czech Rep. Prague RST599 OK1DSO/

Jaroslav Kladiva

Thank you for the

nice experience

Czech Rep. Hradec Kralove RST589 OK1MOW/

Ivan Kohout

Very good signal

Czech Rep. Doudleby n.Orl. RST579 OK1MVV/

Ivan Kohout

Czech Rep. North Bohemia RST599 OK1TP/

Stepnicka Tomas

Many thanks and see

you 24.12

Czech Rep. Prague RST238 OK9DAF/

Daniel Smid

Denmark Naestved S9+20dB OZ2BS/

Bent Schatter

Denmark Sönderborg RST599 OZ6AQ/

Hans Werner

Carlsen

Finland Pargas Good reception Björn Bengts

Thanks for working

with Grimeton

station and all info

on the website

Finland Simpele RST589

RST478 QRN

Kauko Liimatainen

3

Finland Janakkala RST599 OH4RM/

Risto Korhonen

Finland Mäntsälä RST549 OH5SH/

Juha Solasaari

France Grenoble 20dB

above noise

David Alloza

Indoor antenna

France Saiguede,

Near Toulouse

25-30dB

20dB

above noise

Lionel Loudet Thanks to all team

for your dedication

France Brittany RST545 F-10255/

Stephane Morice

France Chatellerault 35dB

above noise

F1AFJ/

Jean-Pierre Mere

Very good copy

France Soucieu en Jarrest 54

53

F1EVZ/

Andre Vera

France Mezeriat,

near Lyon

20dBuV F1MZC/

Francois de Franco

France South coast of

Britanny

RST519 F1SRC/

Michel Lozevis

France Gresswiller +40 ab. noise

+40 ab. noise

F2WA/

Alphonse Deckert

France Saint Martin Lalande RST596 F5BTH/

Alain Dupuy

Schechen

In December 25th the

RST was 599

France Toulon RST579 F5ROL/

Manu Aft

Happy birthday for

Alexanderson

Association

France Near Beauvais 25db

above noise

F5YG/

Jean-Pierre Godet

Solid copy

France Epinal RST579 F6ACU/

Daniel Lecul

France Sospel,

near Monaco

F6EJU/

Jean Claude Buffet

France Lyon RST589/599+19dB F6BNL/

Jean Louis

Descombes

Thanks again for the

nice job to keep the

old machine in

perfect working

order

France Bethune RST559-579 F6DFB/

Hervé Roubinowitz

France South of Brittany RST539 F6HCC/

Jean

Germany Coswig SINPO34443

SINPO34443

Andreas Boehm

Self build receiver

Germany Olfen,

near Dortmund

22dB

above noise

Christian Marbach

I wish you and your

team all the best!

Germany Hermannsburg SINPO34453 Dennis & Jordan

Walter

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Germany JN38WA RST357 Ekkehard Schulze

Keep the Old Lady

going!

Germany Marienberg RST468 Frank Schubert

Wish to continue

many events with the

SAQ transmitter

Germany Geesthacht,

near Hamburg

S4

no noise

Frans-Peter Holert It is always a great

pleasure listen into

the air and wait for

your transmission

Germany Spenge Good, quite

but very clear

Georg Morawski With sunny greetings

Germany 6dB

above noise

Gerhard Wowereis

Germany Barsinghausen,

near Hannover

15dB

above noise

Günter Kohlhagen It was a very strong

signal from the Old

Lady

Germany Sindelfingen Harald Lutz

Germany Walldorf,

near Heidelberg

S7 J. Martin

Germany Idar-Oberstein RST248 Klaus Fuchs

Germany Jena Unheard Lutz Heinisch This time too much

noise

Germany Near Frankfurt/Main RST599 Markus Pippig

Thanks for keeping

the Transmitter alive

Germany Karlsruhe Weak but

readable

Michael

Grochtdreis

My first successful

reception of SAQ

Germany Berlin 10dB

above noise

Olaf Biese Many thanks for

caring for your

historic

Alexanderson

machine

Germany Wackerow,

near Greifswald

RST455 Peter Oltmanns

Thank you for the

transmission

Germany Flensburg S7-8 R4-5 Rainer Stumpf

Germany Gilching,

West of Munich

Robin

Germany Laudert 30dB

above noise

Roland Fröhlich Thanks for your

great job

Germany Benz/Usedom Rolf Tannenhauer

Germany Lemgo,

near Bielefeld

SINPO 23422 Thomas Möbius Congratulation for

Your successful

transmission

Germany Crostwitz RST589 Uwe Busch

Thank You for your

excellent work!

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Germany Jena 30dB SNR Volker Tympel Received with

Smart-phone

Germany Heide QSA4 QRK5 Walter Jangel

Thanks a lot for your

engagement to keep

and old lady/man

alive

Germany Aschaffenberg SINPO34344 Wolfgang Schnabel

Thanks to the SAQ

Team for your work

Germany Northern Bavaria 30dBuV DB1NV/

Jochen Jirmann

The best signal ever

received

Germany Schechen 7-8dB

above noise

DB4MP/

Klaus Osterschek

Germany Dillendorf 30dB ab. Noise

DC0VD/

Winfried Schreiner

Germany Westerheim RST589 DC1MAK/

Michael Schroeder

Please keep this great

machine on air!

Germany Bad Salzdetfurth DC1WR/

Wolf-Rüdiger Buck

Germany Berlin RST4/579

QRN

DE7RXA/

Ralf Siegel

At 12:00 nothing

heard

Germany Solingen 10-12dB

above noise

DF1EO/

Jürgen Pott

First transmission,

the second one

unheard

Germany Cologne 45dBuV DF1KZ/

Wolfgang Pohl

Keep the machine

running!

Germany Forst 20dB

above noise

DF2UA/

Klaus Fraissl

Germany Kiel-Holtenau 40dB SNR 400hz DF3LP/

P.W. Schnoor

Germany Husum RST579 DF4FM/

Werner Hertig

Germany Hatten-Sandkrug RST539 DF5KA/

Karsten Schubert

Thanks for

transmission

Germany Aalen RST579

QSB QRM

DF6SM/

Alfred Bieger

Germany Karlsruhe RST569 DF8UO/

Daniel Kähny

Best regards for

providing us with

regular transmissions

on VLF

Germany Kelheim RST469 DF8RY/

Heinrich Emmerl

Germany Cranzahl RST559 DG0EW/

Walter Zapf

Germany Langenbernsdorf S9 DG0JN/

Gottfried Müller

The signal at 12:00

UTC was slightly

weaker

Germany Hamm RST499 DG2JA/

Juergen Aust

Many thanks to the

SAQ Team

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Germany Oschatz Good readable DG3VSM/

Werner Hoffmann

DO8JH/

Jutta Hoffmann

Germany Garmisch-

Partenkirchen

S2 DG4MY/

Erwin Sobolewski

Many thanks for the

transmission

Germany Greifenstein RST555 DG8ZO/

Stefan Loebl

After few years of

trying I received

SAQ

Germany München -80 dBm DG9MGC/

Fritz Simma

Germany Sulzbach RST599

QRM

DH1HL/

Lothar Hermann

Germany Karlsruhe RST458-599 DH2ID/

Alex Hahn

Germany Ulm/Danube Unheard DH6SBN/

Jochen Dreier

Too many solar

inverters nearby

Germany Erbach 20dB

above noise

DH8AP/

Alfred Punzet

Germany Moers RST597 DJ0GD/

Peter van de Akker

Germany Frontenhausen,

eastern Bavaria

RST589 DJ1ZB/

Hans-Joachim

Brandt

100 m outside. No

QRM

Germany Near Schleswig RST569-579 DJ3LE/

Hans Juergen Marx

First time to take part

in listening to a SAQ

transmission

Germany Goslar/Harz 12,5

above noise

DJ6HA/

Ekkehard Reichelt

Germany Wienhausen RST539 DJ7RS/

Matthias Neuss

Not so strong as

Christmas

transmission

Germany Neumuenster,

North of Hamburg

RST579 DJ8OM/

Oskar Mayer

Thanks for your

efforts! Keep SAQ

alive!

Germany Penzberg 15dB

above noise

DF9MF/

Bernhard Sturma

Germany Anzing SNR 8dB DK1OP/

Harald

Wickenhäuser

Germany Bavaria S/N 15-20dB DK1RS/Rainer

DG9RAK/Heribert

DG9NEF/Hannes

Field-day in Bavaria

Germany Near Hamburg RST539 DK2LO/

Olaf Achterberg

Germany Bentwisch,

near Rostock

Good signal DK3PM/

Peter Mohn

Germany Oehringen 30dB

above noise

DK3SML/

Mike Lippold

Thank you for two

nice transmissions

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Germany Goslar RST519 DK3VK/

Michael Kamla

Germany Cologne RST599 DK4KK/

Joachim Rostek

Germany Syrau RST589 DK5ASO/

Andreas Schultz

Germany South of Kiel RST459 DK5LC/

Many thanks for

these charming

sounds

Germany Ulm RST447

QRM

DK5TS/

Ursula Spitzberg

Germany Eggolsheim RST518

RST478

DK6DW/

Dirk Schubert

Germany Hamburg RST329 DK6HM/

Martin Genzel

Very weak. Only

partly readable

Germany Near Darmstadt -79dBm DK6WA/

Gerhard Marx

Thank you for

keeping SAQ alive

Germany Lengede,

near Salzgitter

RST239 DK8AR/

Henri Lüddecke

The signal was hard

to read in

summertime

Germany Salzgitter Bad 10dB

above noise

DK9MBS/

Markus Bühler

Many thanks for

your hard work!

Germany Neuendettelsau 59+109 DK9NP/

Peter Haberzettl

DK0ND/

Club station

Germany Osnabrück RST529 DL1BIB/

Joachim Glüder

Received with a

crystal radio

Germany Hildesheim,

near Hannover

23dB ab.noise

8db ab. Noise

DL1CF/

Heinz Hildebrand

QSB and QRN

Germany Wiesloch,

near Heidelberg

RST459 DL1HW/

Harald Woerner

Many thanks for

your transmission

with this historic

transmitter

Germany Near Chemnitz RST579 DL1JCI/

Klaus Erler

Germany Ringethal,

near Mittweida

RST569

RST559

DL1JIF/

Sven Spiller

Thank you for this

transmission

Germany Flensburg R5 S7 59 DL1LAE/DE1LAE/

Fritz-Johannes

Carstensen

Germany Northeast Germany Readability 5

But very weak

DL1NZA/

Hajo Fritze

Germany Neuhausen 3dB

above noise

DL1XKA/

Dieter Anger

Germany Greifswald RST599+

RST599+

DL2KZA/

Uwe Hethke

Very strong signals

Germany Munich West RST589 DL2MRB/

Ralf Ballis

8

Germany Laichingen S9+12dB DL2NI/

Jörg Logemann

Wonderful quality

again

Germany Hannover RST339

QRM

DL2ZQ/

Juergen Olsson

Interfering carrier

200 Hz above

Germany Schwendi 20dB

above noise

DL3GAK/

Udo Häussler

Germany Wilsdruff RST599 DL3UT/

Torsten Berger

Thank you very

much for the great

transmission

Germany Bernstadt RST218

QSB

Dl4DRG/

Reinhard Guenzel

Germany Eckental RST486 DL4NCG/

Otto Schubert

Germany Postmünster S8 DL4RAJ/

Clemens Paul

Second transmission

slightly was weaker

Germany Grünhain RST539 DL4WW/

Helmut Teumer

Germany Bruchsal 30dB

above noise

DL5AB/

Klaus Goebel

It is fun to decode

morse-code by brain

Germany Near Erfurt 25dB

above noise

DL5AKF/p

Volker Kilinski

Germany Kolbermoor RST579

RST579

DL5MCN/

Dietrich

Rechkemmer

Germany Leinefelde RST567-579 DL6ATI/

Hans Streich

Thanks for the

transmission today

Germany Kiel RST579

RST577

DL6HAK/

Walter Krafft

DO5GK/

Gerlinde Krafft

We hope we will

meet you next year

in Grimeton

Germany Evenhausen RST589 DL6LM/

Michael Löw

Ultra FB signal

Germany Hannover RST459 DL6OBJ/

Manfred Reimann

Strong interference

by static noise

Germany Berlin fine signals

weak

DL7HU/

Wolf Preusse

Thanks again for

your effort, keeping

SAQ

Germany Berlin City RST599

RST499

DL7LA/

Guenter Richter

Germany Near Kiel RST589

RST589

DL7RU/

Andy Grossman

It was a pleasure

again to hear your

signals

Germany Puchheim RST589 DL7SAQ/

Chris Schumaker

Germany Schwedt/O RST579 DL8BTL/

Ulli Kühne

A great job

Germany Pirmasens RST599 DL8EB/

Jörg Blinn

I wish the whole

SAQ team a nice

summer

9

Germany Dessau 12dB

above noise

DL9FR/

Frank Lahr

Thanks for the

transmission

Germany Wunswiedel SINPO44444 DL9NDM/

Juergen Mösel

Germany Wathlingen RST559 DL9OBM/

Thorsten Wulff

Germany Unterhaching RST488 DM1CR/

Christian Rausch

Thank you for the

fine transmission

Germany Wanzleben RST529 DM1LM/

Lutz

Messerschnmidt

Very strong QRM

and QRN

Germany Marktbreit RST599 DM1SR/

Robert Stahl

Hope to visit

Grimeton again soon

Germany Marienwerder,

near Eberwalde

RST588 DM2MM/

Lennart Bechmann

Germany Walldorf,

near Heidelberg

S7 DM5JM/

Jan Martin

Good signal

Germany Burgstaedt SNR 30dB DM5SB/

Stefan Richter

Some QRN from

lightning strikes

Germany Cottbus RST449 DM-6707/F

Peter Grimler

Thanks for the nice

transmission

Great Britain Oxford S/N 18dB John Graham

Thanks for providing

another opportunity

to listen for this

historic transmitter

Great Britain Buxton Very good signal Nick Rank

Seemed stronger and

clearer signal than

previous years

Great Britain Barton-on-Sea,

Hampshire

RST589

No QSB

No QRH

G0VDI/

J. E. Drake

No QRH during the

transmission

Great Britain Shifnal RST599

Armchair copy

G0VSJ/

Phil Taylor

Many thanks for

your good

transmission

message and the

teams effort

Great Britain Near Leicester QRK4 QSA4

QRK4 QSA3

G3MCK/

Gerald Stancey

Thank you for

keeping this

wonderful machine

going

Great Britain North Cornwall 100% copy G3YPQ/

Phil Williams

Thank you for the

transmission

Great Britain Leeds,

West Yorkshire

RST599

RST599

G4DMP/

David Pratt

Keep up the good

work at Grimeton

Great Britain Ware,

Hertfordshire

25dB

above noise

G4GNK/

Phil Jones

Both transmissions

were good

Great Britain Romsey,

near Southampton

RST588

RST588

G4ORF/

Thomas Toth

Thank you for

keeping her going

10

Great Britain Whitworth,

Lancashire

RST579 G4TMV/

Alan Gale

Another enjoyable

Alexanderson Day

Great Britain West of Leeds 59 G8BBZ/SA4PXB/

Peter Barker

I try to visit

Grimeton whenever I

am in Sweden

Great Britain Rainham,

east of London

20dB

above noise

G8FJG/

Ron Shoulder

Excellent. Keep up

the good work

Great Britain Yeovil 20dB above

noise

G8JNJ/

Martin Ehrenfried

Good signals today

from SAQ

Great Britain Near Peterhead,

Scotland

Good clear signals

both transmissions

GM3ZMA/

Jim Butler

Great Britian Edinburgh,

Scotland

4&6 to 5&8 GM8ARV/

David Taylor

Great Britain Bramley RST599

RST599

M0KER/

Robert Kerswill

Very good signal.

Clean tone

Great Britain West London 5-9 M0WWA/

Juan Jose de Onate

Thank you for

keeping

transmissions along

the years

Great Britain East Yorkshire Good reception M0XBR/

Andrew Brade

Nice to hear you

again

Great Britain East Hunsbury RST457 M0XDK/

Corrie Griffiths

Loved it. Thank you

Greece Athens Weak but steady

signal

SV1XV/

Costas Krallis

Hungary Cegléd Excellent copy Zoltan Kosik Thank you for this

exciting event!

Italy Padova Weak but

audible

Antonio Ruzzarin/

Maria Ruzzarin

Self-made receiver

Italy Saronno SINPO23222 Davide Borroni

Italy Pietranera RST599 I1IMA/

Paolo Serravalle

QTC correctly

received

Italy Genoa RST599 I1UP/

George Torre

Thanks for the fine

job

Italy Gerenzano,

Varese

RST465 I2-71072/

Antonio Oliva

Italy Crocetta del

Montello, TV

RST599 I-4979/VE/

Giorgio de Luca

Italy Tavarnelle,

FI

RST577 I5XMN/

Marcello Manetti

Congratulations for

very interesting

transmitter

Italy Latina,

near Rome

10dB

Above noise

IK0VVE/

Max Recchia

Italy Buccinasco, MI RST599

RST599

IK2GFT/

Mauro Giroletti

Best wishes and

peace

11

Italy Cologno Monzese,

MI

SINPO43334 IK2ULS/

Antonio Iacino

It is always very

fascinating to hear

this type of

transmission

Italy Maddaloni,

CE

SINFO54454 IK8ESU/

Domenico

Caradonna

Italy Vertemate con

Minoprio

RST467 IT2021SWL/

Claudio Tagliabue

Cordial greeting to

all the staff

Italy Palermo IT9GMR/

Guiseppo Macaluso

Italy Podenzano,

PC

RST457 IU4ASI/

Daniele Murelli

Italy Casalgrande,

near Bologna

RST439 IU4FNP/

Giuliano Carrozzi

Always exciting

hearing a

transmission from

Sweden with this 91-

year old generator

and antenna

Italy Montereals Valc. RST539

RST539

IV3PVD/

Giuseppe Povoledo

Italy Northeast Italy Signals always

over 9

IV3RYQ/

Maurizio Balducci

Italy Angrogna RST579 IW1CPZ/

Romeo Borinato

Thanks for the

wonderful work you

do!

Italy Turin 17dB S/N IW1DTU/

Ferruccio Paglia

Thanks to all great

people in Grimeton

Italy Vertova S1-S3 IW2KBK/

Ivan Guerini

Italy JN55TI IW3IAB/

Andrea

Thanks a lot for your

great job in

maintaining live this

station

Italy Boretto RST599

Very clean signal

IW4BLG/

Pierluigi

Thanks for the nice

transmission

Italy Palermo IW9HKP/

Michele Magro

Italy Gaeta,

LT

Very strong signal IZ0QRK/

Francesco Nardi

Italy Bagnacavallo,

RA

RST469 IZ4PGF/

Fausto Ballardini

Italy Putignano-Apulia QSA4 IZ7SLZ/

Domenico Lindo

Latvia Ulbroka RST569 YL3HA/

Vilnis Luste

Lithuania Kaunas RST358 LY3AY/

Vitalis Rimsa

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Malta Gozo Island RST559-569 9H1ES/Fortunato

9H5MX/ Brandon

9H1VW/Joseph

Netherlands Heeze RST579 QRM Corné Janssen Thanks for another

successful trans-

mission

Netherlands Amsteleveen SINPO55545 Jan Feenstra

Very strong signal

Netherlands Zoetermeer Great reception Rene van der Weerd

Netherlands Rijnsburg RST59+9

RST59+9

PA0ANK/

Jan Mullers

Keep her on the air

and congrats with the

anniversary. Well

done

Netherlands Goirle RST599 PA0BFO/

Jan van Dommelen

Netherlands Deventer RST449

RST459

PA0FEN/

Nico van Rossen

Netherlands Hengelo Very good signal PA0JGF/

Jan Frankot

Thank you for your

power putting in the

machine to keep it

working!

Netherlands Delft S55 PA1MV/

Jaap Kleinjan

Netherlands Middelburg RST599+10dB PA3ALX/

Herman Wolters

Netherlands Vlaardingen QSA4 QRK5 PA3DSJ/

Huib Barendrecht

A big thank to all the

veterans how for 20

years have kept the

station on air

Netherlands Haarlem Not strong,

Local QRM

PA3DXI/

Roel van Gulil

In 2014 I visited the

Grimeton station.

Fascinating

equipment

Netherlands Eersel RST559 PA3ECL/

Rene Plug

This time steady and

excellent signal copy

Netherlands Utrecht RST549 PA3FYZ/

Jan Terranea

Netherlands Nieuwegein Loud and clear

Weak + QRM

PA3GDO/

Harm de Wit

Many thanks for both

transmissions

Netherlands Boskoop,

north of Rotterdam

RST589 PA5V/

Bob Ackx

Steady and strong

signal

Netherlands Assen SINPO54554 PC9C/

Michel Mulder

Netherlands Amsterdam Loud and clear PD0JVG/

Jaap van Gulik

Thank you for your

efforts to keep

Alexanderson

alternator alive!

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Netherlands Vorden S7-S9

QRM

PD0PHA/

Peter Wassink

Will visit your

beautiful station

again

Netherlands Rottum Very weak PD1ET/

Erik Tiddens

I visited Grimeton in

the summer of 2015

Netherlands Stramproy RST59 PE1CTK/

Jos Hendrikx

Netherlands Sexbierum PE1DCF/

Rommert

Zonneveld

Received by means

of a morse inker

Netherlands Amstelveen PE1JAS/

Anton Kroes

Start up before 09:00

UTC was very

strong!

Netherlands Zevenhuizen RST557

RST557

PE1NOJ/

Erik Knol

The strongest signals

received yet

Netherlands Zoetermeer RST535

RST535

PE1RKT/

Rene van den

Weerd

I think the station is

ready for daily

operation again

Norway Skien 18-20dB

above noise

LA2AL/

Ottar Helgeveit

Norway RST339-439 LA9QV/

Stein-Olav Lund

Poland Szczecin RST557 SP1WSW/

Tomasz

Dobrowolski

Again fantastic event

for VLF fan

Poland Niepolomice RST599 SP9HSQ/

Mariusz Cieluch

Thank You very

much for Your

passion!

Poland Niepolomice RST599 SP9MOA/

Club station

Poland Niepolomice RST487

RST487

SP9TOM/

Tomasz Szreniawa

Poland Gdansk RST599 SQ2BXI/

Marcin Skora

Thanks for fantastic

activity

Poland Wyszkow RST599 SQ5BPF/

Jacec Lipkowski

I wish you another

100 prosperous years

for the Alexander

Association and

SAQ

Poland Knurow SQ9ROP/

Pawel Rutkowski

Romania Iasi RST559 YO8RHQ/

Cristi Jelescu

Romania Campina RST589 YO9GJX/

Bratu Florian

Gabriel

Russia Belgorod City RST468 Pavel Ivanov

14

Russia Moscow Very weak CW RA3DQT/

Vladimir Timokhov

Russia Near Moscow RST579

QRN

RN3AUS/

Alex

Very good! Many

thanks!

Slovakia Valaska RST589 Vladimir Paprcka

Thanks for the

transmission

Slovenia Bohinj RST559 S51DA/David

S51YL/Eva

Slovenia Novo Mesto RST559

Local QRM

S52AS/

Roman Hocevar

Slovenia Gorenja vas pri

Smarjeti

RST599 S52ST/

Sinisa Trputec

Spain Naron RST559 EA1EXV/

Manuel Padin

Thank you for

activating the old

transmitter one more

year

Spain Madrid RST569

RST569

Jesus Bartolome

Spain San Sebastian RST599

RST339

EA2HB/

Fredrico Zabala

Sweden Varberg Good reception Benny Johansson

Good work

Sweden Huvdaby Näset,

Härryda, Göteborg

SINPO34353 Nils Törnström

Sweden Orsa RST418 SA4CFP/

Roland Andersson

Sweden Göteborg Loud and clear SA6BJU/

Tomas Nilsson

Sweden Södra Sandby SINPO43333 SA7ZZZ/

Olof Brandoné

Sweden Vällingby RST599 SM0BHN/

Günter Kuess

Sweden Föringsö,

west of Stockholm

RST599 SM0IWP/

Tomas Axelsson

Sweden Near Bollnäs RST539

RST529

SM0MRS/

Nils Nilsson

I have visited

Grimeton once

Sweden Outside Kramfors RST599 SM0WHL/

Per Tjernlund

Sweden Luleå RST579 SM2CEW/

Peter Sundberg

Thanks for keeping

this World Heritage

up and running

Sweden Umeå RST589

RST579

SM2GFU/

Börje Gustafsson

Sweden Bergsjö 20dB

above noise

SM3BYA/

Gudmund

Wannberg

Thanks for keeping

the Old Lady alive

and in a good mood

Sweden Föllinge Unheard SM3CIQ/

Ulf Åsell

QRN

15

Sweden Ludvika RST559 SM4ANQ/

Ulf Åkesson

Sweden Nyköping RST599 SM5DRW/

Erik Källberg

Sweden Ransäter RST599 SM4DZR/p

Christer

Falkenström

Portabel

Sweden Filipstad RST579 SM4EFQ/

Stig Linnarud

Sweden Strängnäs RST589

RST589

SM5EJW/

Peter Lidberg

Thanks for this time

Sweden Åtvidaberg RST589 SM5BXC/

Karl-Axel

Axelssson

Sweden Skärblacka RST599 SM5CMM/

Ove Eriksson

Some QRM

Sweden Kinna RST579 SM6BGP/

Gunnar Ivarsson

Sweden 10 km north of

Motala

RST569

QRM

SM6BVV/

Morgan Lorin

Thanks for the

transmission today

Sweden Göteborg Good reception SM6ERS/

Ingvar Andersson

Looking forward to

Christmas

transmission

Sweden Figeholm RST559 SM7FCN/

Björn Fagerholm

Switzerland Gurten, Bern RST588 HB3YIW/

Benjamin Grogg

I hopefully can see

this great station with

my own eyes

Switzerland Boscha RST569-579 HB9DRT/

Jochen Richert

Many thanks for

activating the Old

Lady every year

Switzerland Near Zurich Good quality HB9LEO/

Stephan Germann

Very nice feeling

when receiving at

this very low

frequency

Switzerland Solothurn RST579 HE9EFY/

Alexander Küffer

USA San Francisco,

CA Unheard K6VK/

Bart Lee

To much daylight

over the pole

USA Palmer/Wasilla,

Alaska

RST459

RST459

KL7L/

Laurence Howell

USA Charlestown,

NH

QRB QSN KN1H/

John Collins

It is such a thrill to

hear it on the air!

USA Burlington,

CT

W1VD/

Jay Rusgrove

The second won due

to lower static

USA Chester County,

Pennsylvania Unheard W3LW/

Larry Will

16

USA Churchville

(Rochester),

NY

A few characters

heard (maybe)

WA2OSA/

John Zima

One of these days I

will hear you

Note: RSTXXX (first transmission)

RSTXXX (second transmission)

Note:

Also some listeners were listening to SAQ via WebSdr receivers.

All well done as a compliment, but the reports are not valid for QSL-card.

Message:

CQ CQ CQ DE SAQ SAQ SAQ =

THIS IS GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ IN A TRANSMISSION USING THE

ALEXANDERSON

200 KW ALTERNATOR ON 17.2 KHZ. =

IT IS NOW 20 YEARS SINCE THE ALEXANDER

ASSOCIATION STARTED, THEN MOSTLY

WITH MEMBERS OF EARLIER AND PRESENT

EMPLOYEES AT GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ. WE ARE NOW 650 MEMBERS AND OF

THEM 26 NONE SWEDISH. THE STATION IS NOWADAYS MANAGED BY

GRIMETON WORLD HERITAGE FOUNDATION.

SIGNED: WORLD HERITAGE GRIMETON RADIO STATION AND THE ALEXANDER-

GRIMETON VETERANRADIOS VAENNER ASSOCIATION + =

FOR QSL INFO PLEASE READ OUR WEBSITE: WWW.ALEXANDER.N.SE =

DE SAQ SAQ SAQ @

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Reports from:

Country Received Unheard

Austria 10

Belarus 1

Belgium 10

Croatia 1

Czech Rep. 10

Denmark 2

Finland 4

France 15

Germany 116 2

Great Britain 19

Greece 1

Hungary 1

Italy 26

Latvia 1

Lithuania 1

Malta 1

Netherlands 24

Norway 1

Poland 7

Romania 2

Russia 3

Slovakia 1

Slovenia 3

Spain 3

Sweden 24

Switzerland 4

USA 6 2

TOTAL 297 4

Note.

An up-dated version of this Summary Report will be published on our website,

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