Here is more info on the coming Grimeton event.
Listener reports may be send to:
Radiostation Grimeton
Telia Mobile,
Pl 3118,
Rolfstorp 430 16
SWEDEN
Phone: 0340-67 42 51
Fax: 0340-67 41 95
grimeton-radio@telia.se
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But there will be also 7S6SAQ QRV from Grimeton January 1 and 2 2000 around
0800 - 1400 GMT on 14040 CW and 14280/3750 SSB.
Antenna used will be a commercial log-periodic pointed at present to the
south. Due the very high noise level at Grimeton the receiver may be
remote-controlled from another site. QSL-adress is via the bureau. In case
you want to send your card direct to the Swedish QSL-bureau, here is their
adress:
SSA
PO Box 45
SOLLENTUNA 191 21
S w e d e n
You are welcome to listen to SAQ the Sound of Radio History! You can't
miss it, as conditions are always reliable on that frequency.
73s de Hans SM5KI
sm5ki@algonet.se
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Here is the original Grimeton message:
>The very last (as far as I know?) 17.2 kHz Alexandersson transmitter in the
>>world will be on the air the first days of 2000. On January 1st at 12:00,
>>12:30 and 13:00 and on January 2nd at 0600 - all UTC. Each transmission is
>expected to last about 10 minutes.
>>
>>There were once a chain of these antique transmitters built in the twenties
>>and constructed by the Swede Alexandersson. Radio frequency was generated by
>>motors with a special technique and enabled reliable communication all over
>>the globe and could be heard by submarines under the water during WW2.
>>
>>The QTH is Grimeton on the Swedish west coast. If you pass bye, you can't miss
>>the station, as the antenna is a couple of kilometers long on high towers.
>>This fantastic station is now a museum and visitors are welcome. Our Taeby
> club was there a couple of years ago and yours truly had a chance to send a
>couple of v v v. I will never forget the v-sounds of the generator and the
>flashes along
>>with my keying on the old CW key! If you remember the old Frankenstein
>>Monster Movies, then you can imagine what it looked like with those big
>>handles and switches. The tuning rods going up and down in the water while
>>the transmitter was tuned - up.......
>>
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