On 1 December 1924 the SAQ station SAQ has started handling commercial telegraph traffic. On 1 December 2024 a message was sent commemorating the 100 years anniversary.
Reception at Marcin SQ2BXI (Gdańsk/Poland):
Reception at Jacek SQ5BPF (Warsaw/Poland):
The message was:
THIS IS GRIMETON RADIO STATION / SAQ IN A TRANSMISSION USING THE ALEXANDERSON 200 KW ALTERNATOR FROM 1924 ON 17.2 KHZ = WE PROUDLY JOIN GRIMETON RADIO STATION TO CELEBRATE THE CENTURY OF THE ALEXANDERSON ALTERNATOR. INVENTED BY OUR GRANDFATHER AND GREAT = GRANDFATHER ERNST ALEXANDERSON. WE ARE GRATEFUL FOR EVERY ONE WORK TO PRESERVE THE UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE. WE HOPE THE 100th ANNIVERSARY YEAR, THAT STARTS TODAY, WILL HELP TO SHORTEN DISTANCES BETWEEN PEOPLE, AS SAQ HAS ALWAYS DONE. HOORAY FOR 100 YEARS OF COMMUNICATION = SIGNED OF RIK AND LAUREN ALEXANDERSON, USA, DESCENDANTS OF THE INVENTOR OF THE ALEXANDERSON ALTERNATOR, AND THE ALEXANDER GRIMETON FRIENDSHIP ASSOCIATION = FOR QSL INFO PLEASE READ OUR WEBSITE ALEXANDER.N.SE