SAQ Alexanderson Transmission Tomorrow Monday.

Time for another transmission on the very long waves form the Alexanderson alternator transmitter at Grimeton, Sweden.

The transmitter is only operational a few times a year on 17.2 kHz. Yes, you read right: kHz. 

Tomorrow the schedule looks as follows:

15:00 CET (14:00 UTC): The transmitter hall at World Heritage Grimeton Radio Station is opened for visitors.Transmission & YouTube Live stream
15:25 CET (14:25 UTC): Live stream on YouTube begins.
15:30 CET (14:30 UTC): Startup and tuning of the Alexanderson Alternator SAQ.
16:00 CET (15:00 UTC): Transmission of a peace message from SAQ.

I have once before listened to this kind of transmission. The mode is Morse code (CW) with a moderate speed.

For reception I used my old AR7030 receiver. Officially it covers down to 30kHz, but it is working nicely from about 15kHz. The receive antenna used was an E-probe (a.k.a Mini-Whip or PA0RDT) antenna in the garden. Signals were solid copy. A friend of mine uses an HF ground plane antenna, and that works nicely for him in a quiet radio location.

I think I need to try again tomorrow.