After days with intensive heat, close to 35C, Alexanderson Day 2026 was blessed with normal Swedish summer temperatures around 20C with some gusts of wind. Nice conditions for a transmission with SAQ from 1924! The Alexander association was prepared with
SAQ scheduled to air on Alexanderson Day July 5th, 2026
Experience the wings of history where they are really heard!On the 5th of July 2026 the World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station and the Alexander Grimeton Friendship Association invite you to the Alexanderson Day – a unique and lively family day
SAQ delivered Christmas Greetings to the World 2025
It was a fresh and crisp winter morning in southern Sweden, December 24th 2025. At the arrival to the station in the early morning, the temperature was -5C with overcast skies, with no snow. Good conditions for a transmission with
SAQ scheduled to send a Christmas message on Dec 24th 2025.
On December 1st 1924, the 200kW Alexanderson alternator with the call sign “SAQ” was put into commercial operation with telegram traffic from Sweden to the United States. 101 years later, the transmitter is the only remaining electro-mechanical transmitter from this