ARLA/CLUSTER: Estação sueca SAQ recebe mais de 300 confirmações da sua recepção a 12 de Julho em 17,2 kHz a nível mundial

[João Costa > CT1FBF]

Sweden’s SAQ Alexanderson Alternator station receives nearly 300 reports

Lars Kalland, SM6NM, at the SAQ Grimeton Heritage Site station in
Sweden issued a preliminary report on July 12, noting that 297
listener reports were received, and most listeners were able to copy
at least part of the July 3 'Alexanderson Day' commemorative
transmissions on 17.2 kHz. The vast majority of the reports were from
Europe, but four listeners in the US were able to hear the SAQ signal.

“Thanks again for the nice job to keep the old machine in perfect
working order,” said Jean Louis Descombes, F6BNL. “It is such a thrill
to hear it on the air!,” said John Collins, KN1H.

Dating from the 1900s, the Alexanderson alternator - essentially an ac
generator run at extremely high speed — can put out 200 kW but
typically is operated at less than one-half that power level. Once
providing reliable transatlantic communication, it is now a museum
piece and only put on the air on special occasions. It was built in
the 1920s.

The station is managed by the Grimeton World Heritage Foundation.

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