Members of the group have interests beyond amateur radio, one of these being the amazing electro-mechanical Alexanderson transmitter SAQ, located at Grimeton near Varberg in Sweden. Maintained and operated occasionally by members of the Alexander Association, the transmitter made 2 scheduled Morse code transmissions on 2nd July, celebrating 100 years exactly since its inauguration by the then King of Sweden, Gustav V.

SAQ is very easy to receive here with a simple E-field probe connected directly to an audio pre-amp, whose output is then connected to a PC external soundcard, with the digital signal then being processed by the very capable software program SAQrx, written by Johan Bodin, SM6LKM. You can see pictures of the antenna (concept by Ann, G1PRM using “junk box” items; expert carpentry and assembly by Phil, G8KLC) and a screenshot from SAQrx during the SAQ transmission in our gallery.