Christmas Eve with SAQ at 8 am

SAQ came up this morning sending out a Christmas Eve message on their VLF frequency of 17.2kHz The signal was received quite clearly.

An 8kHz sampled copy of the audio signal from the 08:00 transmission received indoors in Glastonbury

This was received inside the house, given the cold and early-ish start ;) using a similar rig to last time, using SAQrx to record the raw RF signal sampled at 96kHz, then passing this through Spectrum Lab for better selectivity and impulse noise handling. The ferrite rod is longer than last time, I discoverd the hard way that longer rods are more fragile so I store this on in some foam pipe lagging.

Christmas Message

I had to cheat as my morse has no hope… message follows

This is Grimton Radio Station/SAQ in a transmission using the Alexanderson 200kW alternator from 1924 on 17.2kHz

From a wintery northern and Grimeton Radio Station we want to send a Christmas message with a wish for love, community and peace. Wishing you a merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

Signed world heritage Grimeton Radio station and Alexander Grimeton Friendship association. For QSL info please see our website alexander.n.se.

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SAQ livestreams

Below is the SAQ livestreamed video of the alternator being started and the transmission