Date: Wed, 08 Sep 2004 16:56:00 +0200
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From: "Hans-Albrecht Haffa" <dk8nd@web.de>
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Subject: Re: LF: Fw: International longwave meeting Summer 2005 in Sweden
 (incl World Heritage Grimeton)?
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Dear OMs, I am interested in visiting Your LW meeting.
55,
Hans-Albrecht Haffa
DK 8 ND


rsgb_lf_group@blacksheep.org schrieb am 08.09.04 13:25:11:
> 
> For your information.
> 73 de Johan SM6LKM
> 
> -----Ursprungligt meddelande-----
> Från: Svensson Winnie [mailto:winnie.svensson@aerotechtelub.se] 
> Skickat: den 7 september 2004 08:10
> Till: [....]
> Ämne: VB: International longwave meeting Summer 2005 in Sweden (incl
> World Heritage Grimeton)?
>  
> Hello, longwave (ELF, VLF, LF) people,
> ----------------
> Summary:
> 
> Do you want to take part in an international "longwave meeting"? I have
> been told that the most recent one was in York, UK, in 1992.
> 
> Earlier this year, VLF radio station SAQ in Grimeton was put on the
> Unesco World Heritage List.
> The meeting would combine present ELF, VLF and LF issues with a visit to
> SAQ.
>  
> Given sufficient interest, the venue will be on the west coast of
> Sweden, in the town of Varberg, from around Thursday June 30 to Saturday
> July 2, 2005. Th

e time period should be regarded as fixed.
> 
> To go further, we need your advice. Are you interested? If so, please go
> along and read the rest of my message.
> 
> ----------------
>  
> Details:
> 
> I take this opportunity by email and through websites to query your
> possible interest to take part in a "Nordic longwave meeting" on ELF,
> VLF and LF communication and navigation systems (whistlers and other
> natural phenomena covered by other events). Given sufficient interest,
> the venue will be on the west coast of Sweden, in the town of Varberg
> and nearby Grimeton, from around Thursday June 30 to Saturday July 2,
> 2005. There is a reason for these dates and the time period should be
> regarded as fixed, provided we get sufficient interest to launch such a
> seminar, symposium, or fullfledged conference.
> 
> 
> A few weeks ago, the Nordic Radio Society Foundation (NRS) had its 7th
> "Nordic Shortwave Conference" HF04 on the exotic island of Fårö in the
> Baltic. HF04 comprises VLF issues, albeit the majority is related to HF.
> 160 participants attended and I devoted my HF04 opening speech to radio
> station SAQ in Grimeton that had been added, on July 2 this year, to the
> Unesco World Heritage List:
> 
> "an exceptionally well preserved monument to early wireless
> transatlantic communication. It consists of the transmitter equipment
> (i. e. the Alexanderson alternator), including the aerial system of six
> 127-m high steel towers. Though no longer in regular use, the equipment
> has been maintained in operating condition. The site is an outstanding
> example of the development of telecommunications and is the only
> surviving example of a major transmitting station based on
> pre-electronic technology".
> 
> 
> That HF04 opening night, I got congratulations for our world heritage
> success and people said "now we must go to Grimeton". All of a sudden,
> it came to my mind that we ought to organise an international "longwave
> meeting" in Varberg so as to combine present ELF, VLF and LF issues with
> a visit to nearby vintage SAQ. I got immediate support from industry,
> operators and various agencies. As a matter of fact, I was told that the
> most recent VLF meeting had been in York, UK, in 1992.
>  
> I promised to look into the matter and I have done that:
>  
>  
> Varberg is a "Summer Town" and a perfect venue with all facilities
> within short walking distance (hotels, youth hostel, campus lecture
> halls, railway station, Denmark ferry terminal, parking lots, old castle
> and swimming of all sorts, cafés etc etc).
> 
> SAQ was inaugurated on July 2, 1925 by King Gustaf V. The new reception
> building will be inaugurated on July 2, 2005, celebrating 80 years of
> SAQ operation. Then, we hope a royalty will start the alternator to
> transmit a "royal message". This will be the perfect final activity of
> the "2005 Grimeton longwave meeting". Thus, the dates are fixed and we
> have already made a preliminary reservation of hotel rooms. So, please
> mark the dates in your calender - now.
> 
> So, everything sounds fine, doesn't it? Well, we have all things under
> control except money. We doubt that we can find sponsors to cover an
> anticipated full conference loss. Do we keep the ambition low
> (=seminar)? Will we get a lot participants (=conference)? We know that
> we have to keep the fee reasonably normal and we hope to offer lower
> rates for university people.
> 
> 
> Therefore, I kindly ask you to tell us if you would be interested in
> taking part in a "2005 Grimeton longwave meeting". All answers are
> without obligations, but we need them in order to help us decide if we
> should go on and, if so, the ambition. A first invitation and call for
> papers could be sent out in November, 2004.
> 
> All views are welcome. Please submit yours by email to the HF04
> administrative secretary, Ms Winnie Svensson at AerotechTelub AB, email
> <winnie.svensson@aerotechtelub.se>, fax +46 470 42042.
> 
> 
> For those, who want to look into HF04 and SAQ more closely, I recommend
> the websites of
> HF04 http://www.nordichf.org
> SAQ http://www.alexander.n.se (click Union Jack)
> Town of Varberg http://www.varberg.se (click Union Jack)
> For SAQ summary in Swedish and pictures see
> http://www.raa.se/press/040702.asp (free to download).
> For SAQ articles in English see http://hem.passagen.se/sk0mt (0 is a
> zero, SKØMT is the call sign of our local amateur radio club, click TSA
> logo to proceed, look for Grimeton 2/3 down in the left column).
> 
> 
> Well, will we meet in Varberg in June/July 2005? The answer will depend
> on you. Thanks for your cooperation,
> 
> 
> Carl
> 
> -----------------------
> 
> Carl-Henrik Walde, HF04 chairman
> Secretary of the Swedish National Committee of URSI (Union
> Radio-Scientifique Internationale)
> <info@walde.se>, sm5bf@arrl.net>, + 46 70 5916061
> 
> 


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