One hundred Christmas Eves will have come and gone when the callsign SAQ transmits the Christmas Eve message from the Grimeton Radio Station in Sweden on the morning of December 24th. The operator will again be using the much-loved transmitter, which utilises an alternating-current generator developed by the pioneering Swedish engineer Ernst Alexanderson.

The Christmas Eve morning transmission will be sent on 17.2 kHz about a half-hour after the transmitter has been started up. It is a festive occasion on the radio station site itself but for those who cannot be there personally, the message can be heard on the air, of course, and seen on the YouTube channel of the Alexander SAQ Grimeton Friendship Association.

It is a Christmas gift to the world, as the association notes on its channel, pointing out that this is the [quote] "only remaining electromechanical radio transmitter." [endquote]" Indeed, its continued operation is a holiday gift worth celebrating.