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PRELIMINARY REPORT OF GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ TRANSMISSON JULY 4 2010

 

According to received reports this transmission was one of the best ever, so far. Three reports with good readability came from the USA.

 

New countries were Belarus and Hungary. Germany had, as usually, one third of the reports.

 

The Final Summary Report will be showed on our website:

www.alexander.n.se later on.

 

 

For the Grimeton Radio/SAQ.

 

Lars Kalland

SM6NM

 

 

PRELIMINARY REPORTS ON TRANSMISSION

FROM GRIMETON RADIO/SAQ ON 17.2 KHZ

                     

Transmission 2010-07-04 “Alexanderson Day” at 09:00 UTC and 12:00 UTC.

COUNTRY

LOCATION

READABILITY

SOURCE

COMMENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Austria

Roggendorf

RST559/549

Hans Pammer

 

PA0RDT mini whip antenna

Austria

Vienna

RST559

OE1GKS/

Günter Koller

Antenna W3DZZ

Austria

Vienna

RST589

OE1RV/

Hermann Richle

Antenna 20 m wire

Belarus

Near Minsk

RST449

Boris Naneishvili

 

Ferrite antenna

Belgium

 

Weak but good readable

Patrick Wargée

Loop antenna

Belgium

Wezembeek-Oppem

25 dB

above noise

ON4LFC/

Per Hilmer Petersen

1 x 1 m loop antenna designed for medium fq

Belgium

Courcelles

RST539

No QSB

ON5DC/

Michel Daminet

Antenna long wire

Belgium

Hamme

RST599

ON5JK/

Eddy Drieghe

Square loop

Belgium

Etikhove

Excellent quality

ON5SL/

Pierre De Groote

No drift, no trace of the suppressed carrier

Czech Rep.

Milesov,

Near Pribram

Good signal

Jan Sixta

 

Long wire 80 m

Czech Rep.

Jablonec nad Nisou

RST489

Zdenek Elias

 

Mini whip antenna

Czech Rep.

Doudleby

nad Orlici

RST599

OK1MVV/

Vladimir Veverka

Via SK6SAQ

Czech Rep.

Male Svatonovice

RST589

OK1SRD/

Josef

Long wire 23 m

Czech Rep.

Milesov,

Near Pribram

RST599

OK1VEN/

Petr Kospach

Long wire 42 m

Czech Rep.

Milesov,

Near Pribram

RST599

OK2ARD/

Dan Rychlik

Dipole 2 x 27 m

Czech Rep.

Breclav

S/N 30 dB

very strong

OK2BVG/

Bob Lubomir

Thanks for your interesting SAQ transmission

Czech Rep.

Brno

Very strong signal

OK2PAD/

Zdenek Habala

40 m dipole

Czech Rep.

Hrusky

20 Db

above noise

OK2TMQ/

Tomas Mika

Mini whip

Denmark

Amager, Copenhagen

Heard tune-up.

Vy heavy QRN

OU5T/

Henry Meils

Several antennas. Two receivers

Denmark

Hadsten

RST579

OZ1ON/

Bjarme Olesen

60 x 60 cm loop

Denmark

Naestved

RST599

OZ2BS/

Bent Schatter

 

Denmark

Sönderborg

RST599

OZ6AQ/

Hans Werner Carlsen

Sloper dipole

Denmark

Hundested

RST579

OZ7HX/

Mogens Petersen

Maybe a little bit weaker than last year

Denmark

Dragör

RST589

OZ9AC/

Kaj Nielsen

Antenna 25 m wire, 6 m high

Denmark

Branderup

RST599

OZ9DR/

Ib Holst Joergensen

 

Denmark

Varde

RST549

Clear signal

OZ9QL/

Kaj Keller

26 m long wire

Finland

Helsinki

RST549

Petri Joutsi

 

 

Finland

Jyväskylän,

north from Helsinki

RST559

OH2AWS/

Pekka Saari

Antenna windom 3,5 MHz

Finland

Helsinki

RST579

OH2KT/

Günter Rühr

 

Finland

Hameenlinna/Tavastehus

RST549

OH3AVA/

Reijo Liljedahl

Much weaker signal than before

Finland

Simpele

RST589

OH5MC/

Kauko Liimatainen

Very good signal this time!

Finland

Mäntsälä

RST569

RST579

OH5SH/

Juha Solasaari

Antenna PA0RDT mini whip

France

Normandy

20 dB

above noise

Dominique Kremp

Thanks a lot to all the team again for this interesting test

France

Tanneron

RST599

Jean-Claude Darizcuren

 

France

Muret

20 dB

above noise

Lionel Loudet

It is always a great pleasure to hear your signals

France

Landrethun le Nord

S3 to 5 (nil to RST555)

F1PYW/

Eric Bronner

Long wire

France

Near Toulouse

30 dB

above noise

F1VL/

Xtian Thevenot

Antenna PA0RDT

France

Ris Orangis

-67 dBm

(50 Ohms)

F4DTL/

Nicolas Pelatan

Thanks to the Swedish dream team

France

La Roche sur Yon

Weak but readable

F4DZQ/

Philippe Renaudin

Mini whip antenna

France

Near Strasbourg

RST429

F4GAD/

Serge Maillet

Active antenna

France

Payre

 

F5OIH/

Vincent Lecler

 

France

Toulon

RST119 QSB

F5ROL/

Manu Aft

Active loop antenna

France

Southeast of Paris

Excellent aural copy

F5WK/

Michel Brunel

Loop antenna 1 m diameter

France

Near Beauvais

RST579/589

F5YG/

Jean-Pierre Godet

78 m long Marconi antenna, 12 m high

France

Xertigny

RST579

F6ACU/

Daniel Lecul

 

France

Near Paris

25 dB

above noise

F6AGR/

Jean-Louis Rault

Congratulations for keeping such a mechanical VLF transmitter alive!

France

Montargis Loiret

RST539

F6GVH/

Michel Godefert

100 m long wire

France

Brittany 

80% readable

F6HCC/

John

Many thanks for this transmission

Germany

Dessau

Unheard

Bernhard Hein

 

Back noise -130 dBm

Germany

Straubenhardt

RST599

Christian Krabes

 

My fist time – amazing

Germany

Pfaffenhofen

-94 dB

-89 dB

Elmar Rohé

 

Germany

Norderstedt

S8

Joachim Rabe

 

Thank you for keeping SAQ in working condition

Germany

Wabern

SIO 2 2-3 2-3

Juergen Wiegand

 

Coil antenna

Germany

Glinde

RST589

Klaus Thomsen

 

Magnetic loop

Germany

Dresden

RST221-231

Matthias Henning

 

105 m long wire

Germany

Arnsdorf

RST559

RST579

Matthias Zwoch

Antenna passive VLF loop

Germany

Zierenberg

Good signal

Peter Denzer

 

You do a good job there!

Germany

Troisdorf

414

DD1KE/

Eyke Moskopp

 

Germany

Bremen

RS57

DE8MSH/

Marco Schneider

PA0RDT mini whip

Germany

Husum,

North Sea

RST569

DF4FM/

Werner Hertig

Antenna doublet 2 x 20 m

Germany

Kamenz,

near Dresden

RST559

RST579

DF9IU/

Jörg Roller

VLF loop

Germany

Kiel

RST569

QRN4 QRM3

DF9LH/

Holger Schukies

Local thunderstorm

Germany

Toppenstedt, 40 km south of Hamburg

Very weak signal

DG1XG/

Gerd Dettmering

80 m long dipole

Germany

Munich

RST599

DG9MDB/

Peter Gaudan

Please keep the alternator running

Germany

Lörrach

 

DH0GAN/

Peter Nodler

25 m wire

Germany

Blomberg

Unheard

DH2BR/

Raimund Blask

I had some problems with my receiver today

Germany

Moers

-45 dB.

Noise -65 dB

DJ0GD/

Peter van den Akker

Mini whip

Germany

Frontenhausen,

eastern Bavaria

12 dB (10 dB)

above noise

DJ1ZB/

Hans-Joachim Brandt

Please keep on your good work!

Germany

Göppingen

S+N/N 50 dB

DJ3TU/

Norbert Bissinger

Loop antenna 6 m diameter

Germany

Bessenbach

Unheard

DJ4CE/

Karl Stolz

 

Germany

Nuernberg

S9+8dB

DJ6LB/

Klaus Korn

Antenna 26 m long wire

Germany

Wienhausen,

Near Celle

RST569

DJ7RS/

Mathias Neuss

 

Germany

Wennigsen

 

RS46

DJ8MP/

Fritz Lauenstein

Antenna frame 2,2 x 2,2 m, 20 turns

Germany

Anzing

7 dB

DK1OP/

Harald Wickenhäuser

Thanks again for your historical work

Germany

Senden

RST458

DK1SFA/

Albert Fetscher

Indoor loop

Germany

Goslar,

Harz

35 dB

above noise

DK3VK/

Michael  Kamla

Very strong signal

Germany

Syrau

RST368

DK5ASO/

Andreas Schultz

Ferrite antenna

Germany

10 km south of Kiel

SINPO 45454

DK5LC/

Nicolaus Carstens

Thank you for recalling these early days of wireless

Germany

Dresden

RST579

DK5NOA/

Enno Stündel

60 m long wire in a loop

Germany

Near Bonn

RST579

DK6PE/

Hans-Marten Koch

1 m indoor loop

Germany

Maintal,

near Frankfurt

RST429

QRM QSB

DK8WB/

Harry Specht

Ferrite antenna

Germany

Hattingen

RST229

DL1DBC/

Sabine Cremer

10 m wire

Germany

Dessau

10 dB (15 dB) above noise

DL1HRG/

Guido Borkenhagen

Active antenna

Germany

Wiesloch

RST15?

Heavy QRN

DL1HW/

Harald Woerner

Many thanks for your transmission with this historic transmitter

Germany

Ringethal,

Saxony

RST549

RST539

DL1JIF/

Sven Spiller

18 m long antenna

Germany

Gross Ossnig

10 dB /6 dB

above noise

DL1XKA/

Dieter Anger

50 m long wire

Germany

Cologne

RST559

DL2KHU/

Hans-Ulrich Eick

5 m Marconi antenna

Germany

Munich

RST566

DL2MRB/

Ralf Ballis

Together with DH1NSR/Robert

Germany

Ronnenberg

RST225

QRN QRM

DL4OBU/

Josef Reinelt

Not copied completely

Germany

Postmünster

SNR 25 dB

SNR 15 dB

DL4RAJ/

Clemens Paul

PA0RDT mini whip

Germany

Böblingen

30 dB

above noise

DL4SDC/

Andreas Czechanowski

Magnetic loop

Germany

Rostock

RST579

DL5KUR/

Adi Kern

10 m wire

Germany

Munich

S7

Noise S3

DL5MFC/

Wolfgang Bauer

Thank you for maintaining the SAQ

Germany

Schwerin

RST559

DL5SWB/

Wilfried Burmeister

Square loop 1m x 1 m

Germany

Plauen

Unheard

DL5WF/

Wolfgang Fross

 

Germany

Erfurt

RS 52

DL6AKC/

Gerhard Roleder

Ferrite antenna

Germany

Hamminkeln

10-12 dB (6 dB)

above noise

DL6EBS/

Karl-Heinz Gansel

Active antenna

Germany

Near Hannover

Fine signals

DL6OBJ/

Manfred Reimann

Thank you for a pleasant day on my favourite mountain

Germany

Puchheim

 

DL7SAQ/

Christoph Schumacher

Via SK6SAQ

Germany

Berlin

4-5 dB

above noise

DL7UAZ/

André Zwadlo

Loop 300 cm diameter 36 turns

Germany

Dessau

13 dB

above noise

DL9FR/

Frank Lahr

Thanks a lot for this yearly event

Germany

Neubukow

RST579

DL9GKJ/

Raik Hodam

 

Germany

 

Salzkotten

RST559

DL9YEB/

Mathias Köhler

40 m lazy delta loop

Germany

Grossdubrau

RST449

DM1USL/

Steffen Lux

 

Germany

Oelsnitz

RST599

QRN

DM2DIN/

Helmut Neidel

40 m Windom antenna

Germany

Schlowe

RST599

DM3RB/

Helmut Höcker

Strongly as usual

Germany

Freital

RST365

DM5ZW/

Klaus Bayer

Ferrite antenna 1 m

Germany

Siegburg

S/S +20dB

DO1KHS/

Horst Stöcker

Marconi T-antenna

Germany

Near Hannover

 

DO6DP/

Daniel Richter

Ferrite rod antenna

Great Britain

Buxton

Good reception

Nick Rank

 

Clearer than previous years. SAQ is by far the most interesting signal to listen for on the airwaves. Long may she continue!

Great Britain

Near Poldhu,

Cornwall

Unheard

G3PLE/

David Barlow

 

Great Britain

Horsham,

West Sussex

30 dB

above noise

G3PYC/

Ron Polley

It was nice to hear plain CW in this part of the spectrum

Great Britain

Bridlington

RST559

G4CVA/

John Wardle

First time I had heard the SAQ signal

Great Britain

Edgware,

northwest London

Clearest ever

G4GLM/

Godfrey Manning

It is always a privilege to tune in

Great Britain

Southampton

RST318

G4JXL/

Andy Blagg

30 m wire

Great Britain

Chorley,

Lancashire

20 dB

above noise

G4WGT/

Gary

12 m vertical antenna tuned at 137 kHz

Great Britain

Lingfield,

Surrey

-70 dBm

G7TWJ/

Peter Edwards

1 m square loop antenna 3 m above ground

Great Britain

Whitworth,

Lancashire

RST579

GM4TMV/

Alan Gale

PA0RDT mini whip. Interesting message

Great Britain

Goytre Monmouthshire,

Wales

 

GW1XVC/

Steve Ward

Long wire

Great Britain

Bramley

RST599

-102 dB

M0KER/

Robert Kersill

Thank for the effort you put in

Great Britain

Harrogate

RST599

S9+10dB

M0LMH/

Lee Hudson

 

Great Britian

20 miles north of Portsmouth

Excellent readability. Loud and clear

M3RRX/

John Rivett

Thank you for keeping the historical Alternator running

Greece

Mytiline

RST599

SV8QG/

Alex Deligiannis

Best summer reception in the last ten years

Hungary

Cegléd

Very weak signal

Tibor Hegedüs

 

Italy

Milan

 

Gianluigi Nadali

 

 

Italy

Settimo Torinese

S9+10-20 dB

Marino Ferrero Giacminet

 

Italy

 

 

I0193LI/

Marco Campinoti

Your initiative is very great, compliments!

Italy

Genoa

RST599

QRM QRN

I1UP/

Giorgio Torre

 

Italy

Buccinasco

RST423

IK2GFT/

Mauro Giroletti

 

Italy

Sormano

20 dB

above noise

IK2PII/

Claudio Pozzi

Active e-field probe

Italy

Zocca

RST579

IW4BKX/

Alberto Montardi

Home made loop antenna

Italy

Modena

Strong and

clear signal

IW4ENS/

Roberto Zinelli

Home made loop antenna

Italy

Bellizzi

 

IW8FGB/

Angelo Anastasio

 

Italy

Gaeta

SINPO

34454

IZ0QRK/

Francesco Nardi

Long wire

Italy

L´Aquila

10 dB

above noise

IZ6QZB/

Mario Di Fonso

Loop antenna

Luxembourg

Limpach

Rather good quality

Raymond Kneip

It is always a little adventure for me going in the morning out in the fields and waiting for the first “beeps” coming from Grimeton

Netherlands

Utrecht

RST376

Arno Jacobs

 

SAQ signal was strong enough to read the morse code

Netherlands

 Amstelveen

 

Geert Paulides

 

Received for the first time. Many thanks for your effort

Netherlands

Kreileroord

Good reception

Jan Griep

 

Loop antenna 200 feet

Netherlands

Sneek

RST445

Rein Faber

 

Mini whip antenna

Netherlands

Middleburg, Zealand

 

Roelof Bakker

 

PA0RDTmini whip antenna

Netherlands

30 km southwest of Rotterdam

RST579

PA0AKN/

Dan van der Wagt

Keep the old lady running

Netherlands

Heesch

RST579

PA0CAH/

Ad van den Akker

PA0RDT mini whip

Netherlands

Lochem

RST329

RST329 QSB

PA0DLF/

Dolf Seinhorst

PE2AJ/

Arnoud Jonkhof

Thanks for all effort keeping SAQ running

Netherlands

Ommen

RST579

PA0HTT/

Henk Hilbink

The old lady did it again in a very good condition. Keep her on the air

Netherlands

Lage Mierde

S8

PA0LCE/

Louis van Erck

40 m wire

Netherlands

Halsteren

-50 dBm

PA0PVH/
Peter van Herel

Have a nice time and keep it on the air

Netherlands

Vlaardingen

RST559

RST569

PA2AM/

Wim van den Zwan

Dipole 2 x 10 m/ active antenna

Netherlands

Middleburg

RST579

PA3ALX/

Herman Wolters

A very pleasant day with your crew at SAQ

Netherlands

Vlaardingen

Good readable signals

PA3DSJ/

Huib Barendrecht

Thank you for your effort in putting the old alternator on air

Netherlands

Hattemerbroek

RST599

PA3ERO/

Albert den Boer

Antenna 2 x 20 m

Netherlands

Voorburg

S9

PA3WEG/

Wouter Weggelaar

 

Netherlands

Boskoop

RST599

PA5V/

Bob R. Ackx

Via SK6SAQ

Netherlands

Swalman

RST539

good signal

no fading

PE1LNX/

Marcel Jacobs

All the best and success with the beautiful transmitter

Norway

Skien

33 dB

above noise

LA2AL/

Ottar Helgetveit

1 m tuned loop

Poland

Niepolomice

RST599

SP9HSQ/

Mariusz Cieluch

 

Poland

10 km west of Wyszkow

RST559

SQ5BPF/

Jacek Lipowski

It is a privilege to hear SAQ yet again on the airwaves!

Poland

KO00XB

Unheard

SQ8RFZ/

Dariusz Rzonca

20 m long wire. Thank you for your work

Portugal

 

Received ok

ARARA-group/

Ricardo Gama

1 m x 1 m loop

Portugal

 

 

Carlos Goncalves

 

 

Russia

Moscow

Unheard

Vassily Kuznetsov

 

 

Slovenia

Near Novo mesto

RST579

S52AB/

Joze Konda

PA0RDT mini whip

Spain

Madrid

RST579

RST374 (static)

Jesús Bartolome

Tuned loop 0,5 m2

Spain

San Sebastián

12 dB S/N

EA2HB/

Federico Zabala

Blinded loop 12 turns 105 cm diameter

Spain

Madrid

RST579

RST374 (static)

Jesús Bartolome

Tuned loop 0,5 m2

Sweden

Nödinge

Good reception

Alf  Persson

 

 

Sweden

Gothenburg

Very good signal

Bo Sörensson

 

Sweden

Frösakull, Halmstad

S9

Hans Nilsson

 

 

Sweden

Bro, Håtuna

 

Harald Jota

 

Thanks for an exciting moment

Sweden

Uppsala

10-20 dB

above noise

SA5BBE/

Anders Ahlberg

Dipole 2 x 19

Sweden

Berganeön,

Bengtsfors

QSA5 QRK4

SM0AAF/

Kathrine Farre

With SM6DQR/Kjell Johansson

Sweden

Vendelsö

RS55

RS53

SM0GOO/

Olle Hermansson

Antenna dipole 80/40 m-bands

Sweden

Håby,

söder om Bollnäs

RST539

RST539 QRN

SM0MRS/3/

Nils-Göran Nilsson

18 vertical wire

Sweden

Hedenäset

RST539

SM2EHE/

Stig Lundmark

Antenna 19,5 m Marconi

Sweden

Vadstena

RST569

RST579

SM5BVV/

Morgan Lorin

15 m long wire

Sweden

Åtvidaberg

RST569

SM5BXC/

Karl-Axel Axelsson

80 meter antenna

Sweden

Arboga

RST479

SM5IXH/

Herbert Gullstrand

150 m wire

Sweden

Nittorp

QRK5 QSA5

SM6AHU/

Sven Persson

Antenna 75 m long wire

Sweden

Tibro

RST599

SM6ND/

Gunnar Johansson

Antenna 80 m loop

Sweden

Onsala

RST449

SM6NZV/

Carl-Axel Lindberg

Intermittent heavy disturbances

Sweden

Hyltebruk

RST559

SM6ORP/

Sven Gert

Thank you for an exciting transmission

Sweden

Gothenburg

Strong signal

SM6YDT/

Robert Hassel

 

Sweden

Bankeryd

30dB

above noise

SM7VRI/

Ebert Lööv

30 m lon g wire

Switzerland

Grand-Saconnex

RST579

Ewald Glantschnig

 

 

Switzerland

Near Chur

RST599

Paul Gantner

 

20 m wire

Switzerland

Winterthur

RST529

HB9RUZ/

Peter Schleuss

30 m wire

Switzerland

Solothurn

0.2 mV

HE9EFY/

Alexander Küffer

35 m long wire

USA

Marschfield,

MA

Unheard

AA1A/

Dave Riley

Background noise -100 dBm

USA

Dover,

Delaware

Unheard

K4CHE/

Breckinridge Smith

7 foot rotable square loop

USA

Burlington,

CT

Weak but readable

W1VD/

Jay Rusgrove

1 m modified Amrad

e-probe

USA

New York

RST339