New transmitting-time for Radio Igloo

 Dear friends of Radio Igloo

The Radio Igloo program was not broadcast as scheduled via WRMI on February 7th.

We do not know why, but on 5010 kHz a religious program was broadcast in English and Spanish.

Now a new time has been added to broadcast our program with music and DX information. According to the schedule we have now received, the program will be broadcast on February 20th at 00.00-01.00 UTC on 5950 kHz.

Let's hope for a good reception.

Greetings from the Radio Igloo

Radio Igloo Team

Source: station's mailing list

SAQ Grimeton Christmas morning Transmission on December 24th, 2021

 What is better than starting Christmas morning with a transmission from SAQ Grimeton?

On Christmas morning, Friday December 24th 2021, SAQ Grimeton is scheduled* to be on the air, to send out the traditional Christmas message to the whole world, using the 97 year old 200kW Alexanderson alternator on 17.2 kHz CW. 

Program and transmission schedule:

08:00 CET (07:00 UTC: The transmitter hall at World Heritage Grimeton is opened for visitors.

Transmission & YouTube Live stream:

08:25 CET (07:25 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.

08:30 CET (07:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.

09:00 CET (08:00 UTC): Transmission of a message from SAQ.

Test transmissions

We are planning to carry our some test transmissions on December 23rd, approximately between 13:00 CET (12:00 UTC) and 16:00 CET (13:00 UTC). SAQ will be on the air shorter periods of time during this interval, when we will be carrying out some tests and measurements. Your comments are welcome to info/a/alexander.n.se.

Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station

The event can be seen live on our YouTube Channel

QSL Reports to SAQ

QSL reports to SAQ are most welcome and appreciated!

For guaranteed E-QSL from us,

please report using our

ONLINE QSL FORM.

We can not guarantee that reports by Email / mail / bureau will be confirmed.

The online form will be open from December 24th until January 14th.

Amateur Radio Station SK6SAQ
The Amateur Radio Station with the call “SK6SAQ” will be QRV on the following frequencies:
– 3.535 kHz CW
– 7.035 kHz CW
– 14.035 KHz CW
– 3.755 kHz SSB
– 7.140 kHz SSB

QSL-reports to SK6SAQ (NOT SAQ) are kindly received via:
– Email to info/a/alexander.n.se
– or via: SM bureau
– or direct by postal mail (link to address here)Two stations will be on the air most of the time.

Visiting World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station
Visitors are most welcome to World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station on Christmas morning, Dec 24th. The doors to the transmitter hall will open at 08:00 CET. The entrance is free of charge and we will offer free coffee with Christmas buns and ginger snaps. We ask all visitors to observe all applicable pandemic rules.

Not a member yet? Then it’s time to join the Alexander team!
We welcome you as a member of the Alexander Grimeton Friendship Association, to support our non-profit activities in preserving, documenting and bringing to life the unique Alexanderson alternator from 1924. 

As a member You get a 10% discount on World Heritage Grimeton’s entry, shop and activities, and free admission to Alexander’s evening displays and to the Alexanderson Day, upon presentation of your membership card. Four times per year, you will receive our online magazine “Alternatorn”, exclusively available only to our members.

Alexander members also have free admission to the Radio Museum in Gothenburg. 
Membership costs SEK 125 / year (approx. EUR 12.-).

*The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be cancelled at short notice.

Source: station's mailing list

SAQ Grimeton UN-Day Transmission on October 24th, 2021

 On United Nations Day, Sunday October 24th, 2021, the unique and historical Alexanderson alternator in Grimeton Sweden, with call sign SAQ, is scheduled to send out a message to the whole world on 17.2 kHz CW. 

Program and transmission schedule:

15:30 CET (13:30 UTC: Information about World Heritage Grimeton for visitors at the Visitor’s Center

16:00 CET (14:00 UTC): Transmitter Hall visit for visitors.

Transmission & YouTube Live stream:

16:25 CET (14:25 UTC): Live stream begins.

16:30 CET (14:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.

17:00 CET (15:00 UTC): Transmission of a message from SAQ.

YouTube Live Stream:

17:20 (15:20 UTC): Live music concert from the transmitter hall. More details to follow on our website.

We are proud to announce that this year’s message has been composed by the Swedish human rights lawyer and sustainability expert Ms. Parul Sharma.

Test transmissions

We are planning to carry our some test transmission on October 22nd, approximatley between 13:00 CET (11:00 UTC) and 16:00 CET (14:00 UTC). SAQ will be on air shorter periods of time during this interval, when we will be carrying out some tests and measurements. Your comments are welcome to info/at/alexander.n.se.

Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station

The event can be seen live on our YouTube Channel or by following the link below.

Source: https://alexander.n.se/en/saq-grimeton-un-day-transmission-on-october-24th-2021/

Es catches 31.05.2021

08:36	87.80	MHz	TUR	Best FM	Adana-Alihocali	25	kW	1540	km	163	°
09:29	70.64	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Krasnye Baki	17	kW	1220	km	46	°
09:36	69.47	MHz	404	Radio Peterburg (tent.)	Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino	20	kW	1070	km	359	°
09:39	66.30	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino	20	kW	1070	km	359	°
09:43	91.50	MHz	FIN	YleX	Posio	30	kW	1750	km	356	°
10:04	91.40	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Kruunupyy	60	kW	1540	km	347	°
10:08	90.60	MHz	S	SR P1	Älvsbyn (tent.)	60	kW	1780	km	346	°
10:14	90.10	MHz	FIN	YleX	Lapua/Simpsiö-Mastontie (tent.)	60	kW	1470	km	345	°
10:15	90.70	MHz	FIN?	UNID (RDS PI: 7935)	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
10:16	87.60	MHz	FIN	Me Naiset Radio	Lapua/Simpsiö-Mastontie	1	kW	1470	km	345	°
10:16	88.20	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Lapua/Simpsiö-Mastontie	60	kW	1470	km	345	°
10:16	88.80	MHz	FIN	YLE Puhe	Kruunupyy	30	kW	1540	km	347	°
10:16	89.30	MHz	FIN	Radio Rock	Orivesi/Oriahde-Notkotie	1	kW	1310	km	346	°
10:16	89.90	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Jyväskylä	30	kW	1350	km	349	°
10:17	88.70	MHz	EGY	Radio Masr	Al-Qahira (tent.)	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
10:18	90.00	MHz	FIN	NRJ Energy	Tampere/Näsinneula	0.2	kW	1300	km	344	°
10:19	90.60	MHz	404	Kostroma FM	Kostroma	3	kW	1070	km	36	°
10:19	91.00	MHz	404	Radio Vanya	Kostroma	3	kW	1070	km	36	°
10:19	91.20	MHz	404	Uyezdnoye Radio	Arkhangelsk	3	kW	1680	km	17	°
10:19	91.60	MHz	FIN	Radio SuomiPOP	Tampere/Näsinneula	0.2	kW	1300	km	344	°
10:20	90.60	MHz	S	SR P1	Älvsbyn (tent.)	60	kW	1780	km	346	°
10:21	90.50	MHz	FIN	Järviradio	Pylkönmäki/Saarijärvi	5	kW	1400	km	348	°
10:21	90.70	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Tampere/Teisko (tent.)	60	kW	1320	km	345	°
10:23	90.30	MHz	FIN	Radio 957	Parkano	3	kW	1370	km	344	°
10:24	88.10	MHz	FIN	Radio Classic (tent.)	Hämeenlinna/Ahvenisto	1	kW	1230	km	345	°
10:24	88.90	MHz	FIN	Radio City (Hämeenlinna)	Hämeenlinna/Ahvenisto	2	kW	1240	km	345	°
10:24	89.40	MHz	S	SR P1	Arvidsjaur (tent.)	60	kW	1810	km	343	°
10:24	89.90	MHz	FIN	Järviradio	Janakkala/Tietty	2	kW	1220	km	345	°
10:25	89.10	MHz	FIN	HitMix	Ähtäri	1	kW	1400	km	346	°
10:25	89.80	MHz	FIN	HitMix	Kokkola/Patamäki	0.1	kW	1560	km	347	°
10:25	90.70	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Suomi	Evijärvi	3	kW	1510	km	346	°
10:29	87.80	MHz	EGY	Mix FM 87.8	Al-Qahira	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
10:30	87.60	MHz	FIN	Radio Nostalgia	Lahti/Kolavankangas	1	kW	1210	km	348	°
10:31	88.20	MHz	FIN	Ysäri (tent.)	Lahti/Kolavankangas	0.2	kW	1210	km	348	°
10:32	91.30	MHz	S	SR P1	Kalix (tent.)	60	kW	1780	km	350	°
10:33	90.10	MHz	S	Star FM (Luleå)	Luleå	2.5	kW	1760	km	347	°
10:34	88.80	MHz	FIN	NRJ Energy	Jämsä/Matkosvuori (tent.)	1	kW	1320	km	348	°
10:34	91.10	MHz	FIN	YleX	Pihtipudas/Ilosvuori-Viitasaarentie	50	kW	1460	km	350	°
10:37	88.20	MHz	EGY	Radio Hits	Al-Qahira (tent.)	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
10:37	92.20	MHz	FIN	YLE Puhe (tent.)	Perho/Limakonkallio	3	kW	1470	km	348	°
10:38	92.10	MHz	EGY	NRJ	Al-Qahira (tent.)	10	kW	2260	km	178	°
10:41	91.40	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Kruunupyy	60	kW	1540	km	347	°
10:43	87.60	MHz	S	SR P1	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
10:54	88.10	MHz	FIN	Radio Classic	Hämeenlinna-Tavastehus	1	kW	1230	km	345	°
10:54	88.30	MHz	S	SR P1 (tent.)	Gällivare (tent.)	60	kW	1940	km	347	°
10:54	90.70	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Suomi	Evijärvi	3	kW	1510	km	346	°
10:54	91.90	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	Ähtäri	3	kW	1400	km	346	°
10:56	87.80	MHz	FIN	YLE Radio Yksi	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
10:56	91.50	MHz	FIN	Radio SUN (tent.)	Mänttä-Vilppula/Mäntänvuori	1	kW	1340	km	347	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Alexanderson Day 2021

 The annual transmission event on the Alexanderson Day with the Alexanderson Alternator from 1924 on VLF 17.2 kHz CW with the call sign SAQ, is scheduled for Sunday, July 4th, 2021.

The Alexander Grimeton Association are planning to carry out two broadcasts to the world from the old Alexanderson alternator SAQ. Only required staff will be in place, due to the ongoing pandemic.

Transmission schedule:

1. Startup and tuning at 10:30 CET (08:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 11:00 CET (09:00 UTC)

2. Startup and tuning at 13:30 CET (11:30 UTC) with a transmission of a message at 14:00 CET (12:00 UTC)

Live Video from World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station

Both transmission events can be seen live on our YouTube Channel.

The live video starts 5 minutes before the startup and tuning.

QSL Reports to SAQ

QSL reports to SAQ are most welcome and appreciated!

For guaranteed E-QSL from us, please report using our ONLINE FORM.

Our confirmation of reports by Email / mail / bureau is not guaranteed.

Please only send ONE report covering both transmissions.

The online form will be open from July 4th until August 3rd.

Amateur Radio Station SK6SAQ

The Amateur Radio Station with the call “SK6SAQ” will be QRV on the following frequencies:

– 3.535 kHz CW or

– 7.140 kHz SSB

QSL-reports to SK6SAQ (NOT SAQ) are kindly received via:

– Email to info(a)alexander.n.se

– or via: SM bureau

– or direct by postal mail (link to address here)Two stations will be on the air most of the time.

Visiting World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station

If you are planning to visit World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station on the Alexanderson Day, first see grimeton.org for visitor’s information.

Due to the ongoing pandemic, there will be no particular visitor activities on this day and no visitors will be allowed to the transmitter hall, during the transmissions. The association will try to carry out the transmissions to the world from the old Alexanderson alternator SAQ with minimal staff in place.

For further details, se grimeton.org or alexander.n.se

*The world heritage site Grimeton is a living cultural heritage. All transmissions with the long-wave transmitter SAQ are therefore preliminary and may be cancelled at short notice.

Source: https://alexander.n.se/alexanderson-day-2021/?lang=en

Es catches 19.05.2021

15:31	87.70	MHz	S	SR P1	Halmstad/Oskarström (tent.)	60	kW	1350	km	309	°
15:31	88.60	MHz	DNK	Radio Nordjyske	Hjørring	0.5	kW	1550	km	309	°
15:31	89.00	MHz	DNK	Radio Nordjyske	Tolne	1	kW	1530	km	309	°
15:31	91.00	MHz	DNK	DR P1	Tolne	10	kW	1530	km	309	°
15:31	91.20	MHz	S	SR P2	Halmstad/Oskarström (tent.)	60	kW	1350	km	309	°
15:37	89.40	MHz	POL	Radio Maryja	Stargard	2	kW	1110	km	293	°
15:37	90.30	MHz	POL	Twoje Radio	Stargard	2	kW	1110	km	293	°
15:38	87.60	MHz	D	NDR 2	Hamburg-Moorfleet	80	kW	1430	km	292	°
15:38	87.70	MHz	HOL	Radio 10	Lelystad	110	kW	1740	km	288	°
15:38	89.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur	Schwerin	30	kW	1340	km	293	°
15:38	89.50	MHz	D	NDR 1 Welle Nord	Hamburg-Moorfleet	10	kW	1430	km	292	°
15:38	89.80	MHz	HOL	Omroep Flevoland	Lelystad	25	kW	1740	km	288	°
15:38	90.30	MHz	D	NDR 90,3	Hamburg-Moorfleet	80	kW	1430	km	292	°
15:38	90.50	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV	Helpterberg	100	kW	1200	km	293	°
15:38	92.00	MHz	POL	PR Radio Szczecin	Szczecin/Kołowo	60	kW	1130	km	293	°
15:39	89.30	MHz	D	Bremen Eins (tent.)	Schiffdorf (Bremerhaven)	25	kW	1530	km	292	°
15:39	90.00	MHz	D	NDR Kultur	Aurich	25	kW	1600	km	291	°
15:39	91.10	MHz	D	NDR 1 Niedersachsen	Steinkimmen	100	kW	1540	km	290	°
15:39	92.10	MHz	D	Bremen NEXT	Schiffdorf (Bremerhaven)	25	kW	1530	km	292	°
15:40	88.30	MHz	D	Bremen Zwei	Bremen-Walle	100	kW	1520	km	290	°
15:40	89.10	MHz	HOL	Grunn FM	Groningen	4	kW	1660	km	290	°
15:40	91.20	MHz	D	NDR 1 Niedersachsen	Dannenberg/Zernien	25	kW	1370	km	290	°
15:40	91.80	MHz	HOL	NPO Radio 1	Hoogersmilde	93	kW	1670	km	289	°
15:40	92.20	MHz	HOL	Omrop Fryslân Radio (tent.)	Jirnsum	25	kW	1720	km	290	°
15:41	88.60	MHz	HOL	NPO 3FM	Hoogersmilde	40	kW	1670	km	289	°
15:41	88.80	MHz	D	rbb 88.8	Berlin	80	kW	1210	km	288	°
15:41	90.70	MHz	D	NDR Info (tent.)	Dannenberg/Zernien	3	kW	1370	km	290	°
15:41	91.00	MHz	HOL	SLAM!	Tjerkgaast (tent.)	10	kW	1720	km	289	°
15:41	91.30	MHz	HOL	Simone FM	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
15:48	91.30	MHz	D	NDR 1 Welle Nord	Kronshagen (Kiel)	15	kW	1450	km	296	°
15:50	88.20	MHz	D	NDR Kultur	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	160	kW	1310	km	296	°
15:50	88.70	MHz	DNK	DR P1 (tent.)	Ølgod	10	kW	1570	km	301	°
15:50	90.60	MHz	DNK	Pop FM	Sønder Højrup	1	kW	1440	km	300	°
15:51	91.00	MHz	D	NDR 1 Radio MV (tent.)	Rostock-Toitenwinkel	100	kW	1310	km	296	°
15:52	88.30	MHz	DNK	Globus Guld	Holsted/Glejbjerg	0.63	kW	1550	km	300	°
15:55	87.80	MHz	DNK	Nova	Varde/Nordenskov	10	kW	1560	km	300	°
15:55	90.70	MHz	DNK	DR P3	Vejle/Gl. Højen	10	kW	1510	km	301	°
15:55	91.10	MHz	DNK	Skala FM	Odense C	1.6	kW	1450	km	300	°
15:55	92.10	MHz	DNK	Classic FM	Kolding	0.5	kW	1510	km	300	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole

Es catches for August 2020

01.08.2020

08:29	69.44	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Kotlas	17	kW	1570	km	33	°
08:45	69.56	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
08:46	69.92	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Velsk	17	kW	1420	km	27	°
08:50	67.76	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Shilega	17	kW	1720	km	23	°
12:53	89.40	MHz	TUN	Jawhara FM	Al-Qayrawan/Djebel Trozza	1	kW	2350	km	233	°
12:55	88.50	MHz	I	Radio Fantastica (Gruppo RMB)	Palermo/Monte Pellegrino Est	20	kW	1910	km	231	°
13:00	90.10	MHz	I	RDS	San Giovanni Gemini (tent.)	1	kW	1950	km	230	°
13:01	91.10	MHz	I	RAI Radio 1	San Giovanni Gemini (tent.)	200	kW	1950	km	230	°
13:03	87.70	MHz	I	Radio Italia SoloMusicaItaliana	San Giovanni Gemini (tent.)	1	kW	1960	km	230	°
13:03	92.20	MHz	I	Radio Deejay	San Giovanni Gemini (tent.)	32	kW	1950	km	230	°

02.08.2020

08:38	66.30	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino	20	kW	1070	km	359	°
08:39	69.47	MHz	404	Radio Peterburg	Sankt-Peterburg/Olgino	20	kW	1070	km	359	°

04.08.2020

11:01	92.20	MHz	I	RDS	Ostuni (tent.)	1	kW	1460	km	228	°
11:02	91.80	MHz	I	RDS	Rossano (tent.)	4	kW	1610	km	227	°
11:03	88.70	MHz	I	Radionorba Music	Monopoli	7.9	kW	1470	km	229	°
11:03	90.70	MHz	I	Radio Kiss Kiss	Rossano	0.9	kW	1620	km	227	°
11:04	88.30	MHz	I	RDS	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
11:04	91.50	MHz	I	Radio Deejay	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
11:41	88.70	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Corato (tent.)	16	kW	1500	km	232	°
11:41	88.90	MHz	I	Radio Maria	Monopoli (tent.)	6.3	kW	1470	km	229	°
11:41	90.10	MHz	I	RAI Radio 2	Abriola/Monte Pierfaone (tent.)	80	kW	1580	km	232	°

15.08.2020

   

08:45	67.76	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Shilega	17	kW	1720	km	23	°
08:49	70.19	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Onega	17	kW	1570	km	15	°
08:54	69.56	MHz	404	Radio Rossii Pomorye	Vazhskiy	17	kW	1560	km	24	°
10:27	90.80	MHz	S	SR P1	Pajala (tent.)	60	kW	1920	km	351	°
10:33	89.40	MHz	S	SR P1	Arvidsjaur (tent.)	60	kW	1810	km	343	°
10:39	92.20	MHz	FIN	YLE Yksi	Kolari	50	kW	1940	km	352	°
10:40	88.60	MHz	FIN	YLE Yksi	Tervola (tent.)	30	kW	1780	km	352	°
10:45	88.20	MHz	FIN	YLE Yksi	Rovaniemi (tent.)	30	kW	1820	km	353	°

19.08.2020

   

08:44	88.20	MHz	S	SR P4 (tent.)	Tåsjö	60	kW	1760	km	336	°
08:44	89.30	MHz	S	SR P1	Sollefteå (tent.)	60	kW	1630	km	336	°
08:44	89.90	MHz	S	SR P1	Tåsjö (tent.)	60	kW	1760	km	336	°

23.08.2020

   

10:51	70.43	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
11:10	67.76	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	?	?	kW	????	km	???	°
11:17	66.14	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Tikhvin (tent.)	17	kW	1050	km	9	°
11:20	70.19	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Onega (tent.)	17	kW	1570	km	15	°
11:23	69.95	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Podporozhye (tent.)	1.6	kW	1190	km	9	°
11:27	69.23	MHz	404	Radio Rossii	Plesetsk (tent.)	17	kW	1500	km	20	°

All the stations were identified by ID jingles, RDS, playlists, podcasts, parallel frequencies or parallel web streams. Power values are ERP, distances are approximate.

RX: Airspy Mini SDR

ANT: 80 mb dipole