Radiostation Grimeton SAQ 17.2 kHz

Radiostation Grimeton SAQ 17.2 kHz

[@esartsse]

very beautiful footage in this documentary of the Grimeton transmitter. I have been on the site a couple of years ago. Absolutely amassing ! The pylons are enormous. A real engineering marvel

[@mikepayne377]

Amazing !! What a wonderful example of radio and preservation of history. Thank you for sharing this with us all. Truly amazing !!

[@timekc669]

The second (similar but bigger) was built in Poland but German (not Nazi) destroyed it in 1945. pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transatlantycka_Centrala_Radiotelegraficzna

[@elmachucho]

The Grimeton VLF transmitter is a VLF transmission facility at Grimeton close to Varberg, Sweden. It has the only working Alexanderson alternator rotating armature radio transmitter in the world and is classified as a World Heritage Site. The transmitter was built in 1922 to 1924;[1] to operate at 17.2 kHz, although it is designed on frequencies up to 40 kHz. The radiating element is a wire aerial hung on six 127-metre high freestanding steel pylons, that are grounded.

[@GraemeWolfendale]

I'm English and what I understand of it is fascinating I just have to watch it a few times :)

[@porridgeandprunes]

I had heard of the Alexanderson alternator but had never seen one. I would not have beleived that one still existed in operating condition. Its great that the Swedes are preserving this historical radio site.

[@DF5WW]

Sorry to the guys who does not understand the german language but this was a documentation transmitted by a german tv station so that only german language is available....

[@leuchtturmamrandderwelt5713]

Die Erfindung und Arbeit macht der Unbekannte im Hintergrund, während der Bekannte ohne Arbeit den Ruhm und oft noch das Geld empfängt. Heute immer noch so.

[@Dazzwidd]

Ladies and gentlemen... It's Grimetime!

[@cwqrp]

Tommorow 28-6-2015 I will try to listen to SAQ !

[@coldwar1952]

Awesome, stunning photography which beckons the viewer in....The bombastic overture as the narrator describes, booting up the station, takes my breath away. I wonder if the incidental music is just that, or excerpts from a larger work. 73

[@Erzahler]

Yep... 17.2 kHz... ULF or Ultra Low Frequency. The US Navy's NAA and the coded time station WWVB both operate in this frequency range.

[@osaDBX]

great

[@Erzahler]

This is one of those times when I wish I could understand German. :-(

[@polskieradiobradford6863]

The radio station had a twin, but the larger resort in Poland, known as the Transatlantic Headquarters Radiotelegraphic near Warsaw destroyed by the Germans in 1945. DANKE Germans... :(

[@theprophet20]

This is a beautiful film, even though I don't understand German. It was unfortunate that the Polish equivalent was destroyed. I see there is an article about it. www.qrz.com/db/SN1923AXL

[@hyperfluff_folf]

sorry poland and hello from germany

[@codykyle511]

it's more like danke nazis but anyway

[@Isochest]

You do not have to apologise for the actions of your so called "elite". Like we British have a likewise evil elite. monopolism is our enemy

[@maktopi]

Der Moderator gibt teilweise falsche Tatsachen von sich. So ist SAQ selbstverständlich NICHT der letzte Längstwellensender weltweit. Davon gibt es noch so einige. Vielmehr handelt es sich um den letzten funktionsfähig erhaltenen Maschinensender, in dem die Schwingungen auf rein elektromechanischem Weg erzeugt werden.

[@1HayesEng]

now I understand..

[@ozloon2000]

would like to know when it will transmit again I have built a converter to 4mhz I got from England and are building a vlf Minooka special antenna ron vk2mu

[@jusesjimmybars]

es fekin bíúniføl...

[@frequencydrive]

Damn! Damn! Damn! I wish this was in English.

[@Obscure_Nightvision_Reviews]

If you answer, I'll translate the whole thing

[@BeingRomans829ed]

Man, this looks really good! Too dang bad I can't sprechen sie deutsche!!

[@919mhs]

Use subtitles(cc) and change the language to English in settings (Translating),,,

[@joewoodchuck3824]

What an incredibly low frequency. The wavelength is ~ 17 Km!

[@adamkuczynski8245]

Bolines California RCA

[@berckvens2]

hi Power

[@robertwalling9010]

Das ist sehr grosse funkgerate!

[@AriBenDavid]

funkgeräte

[@raymondmartin6737]

Das war sehr interstate zu seven. W2CH

[@Murdoch493]

sorry, but I wish I could understand this...

[@der_wahre_waldi]

Wie ist man denn auf diese niedriege Frequenz gekommen? 17,2 kHz kann ich ja noch hören:

[@Obscure_Nightvision_Reviews]

17,2khz, aber nicht Schallwellen sondern elektromagnetisch, ist ja schließlich funk

[@vfrfoxtrott6430]

Swl...

[@ismirschlecht4122]

Das Bild-Seitenverhältnis ist falsch!

[@janw1982]

Wieso macht man heute keine Längstwellen mehr und wieso gerade 6 Türme?

[@leuchtturmamrandderwelt5713]

Weil Längstwelle riesige Sender Türme benötigt. Heute nutzen nur noch U - Boote Länsgtwelle, da diese Lange Wellen etwas ins Wasser reichen. Omega Navigation war vor GPS auf 10 KHZ präsent. Ein Sender war 500 Meter hoch. Langwelle, Kurzwelle danach UKW setzte sich durch.

[@janw1982]

@@leuchtturmamrandderwelt5713 danke für die Info. Kann man über längstwelle eig auch richtig Sprache übertragen?

[@leuchtturmamrandderwelt5713]

@@janw1982 Nein, soweit ich weis nur Morse oder ein Schreibverfahren das aus schneller Zeichen besteht.

[@wrlomm]

can I have English version? thanks

[@juliocesarpereira4325]

Try auto-generated captions than choose translate into English.

[@JoeJalopy]

Schoen

[@ThePiratemonkey68]

sie nicht wissen, wie man auf Englisch stellen einige von uns kann nicht sprechen Deutsch

[@kamilsp7fll]

Same VLF was located in Warsaw Poland, call sign SPW. Germans demolished her in 1944 during retreat. Thankfully you didn't occupied Sweden, otherwise SAQ will met same faith. You didn't pay for it until now.