NASB May 14, 2011 FINLAND SOME BASICS

NASB May 14, 2011 FINLAND  Located between 60 and 70 degrees north and between eastern parallels 19 and 32  Population 5,3 million  About 5-6 % Swedish-speaking  Republic, Nordic democracy  President Mrs. Tarja Halonen, till 2012  Parliament election was held in April, new PM Mr. …

NASB May 14, 2011 hh

NASB May 14,

Cities  Helsinki, (capital area 1 million)  Tampere  Turku  Oulu  Lahti  Pori  (Viborg, 2nd before the war) NASB May 14, 2011

 Sources of living:  Forestry  Agriculture  Paper mills  Shipyards, e.g. big cruise ships (Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas)  High education  High technology, mobile phones and IT software (Nokia, SMS, Linus Torvalds, Monty Widenius, angry birds)

NASB May 14, 2011  Resources:  no oil  some mining  Forests  Water power  Four nuclear units so far, one under construction, two permissions

NASB May 14, 2011  Located north: cold climate, long dark winters, very good location for radio propagation, northern part of the country is in the Aurora zone

Dxpeditions to Lapland  Dxpeditions in 1950’s and 1960’s to summer cottages, more changes for antennas, less interference  In 1960’s some permanent Dxers in northern Sweden and Finland  Around 1970 Dxpeditions to the north in Sweden  Dec 1972 first one in Finland NASB May 14, 2011

1970’s  Lot of peditions, good up to 1977, then going down to solar maximum  Longer and longer antennas  The idea of a permament place NASB May 14, 2011

1980’s  Lemmenjoki (Love River) site 1982  Permanent antennas around 1984  Attended from October till February  Dxing below zero –film 1986  Over 300 peditions NASB May 14, 2011

 Permanent antennas, about 12 wires, around 3000 feet each, coxial feeding  Trios in 1980’s  NRD most popular since 1995  SDR’s introduced about 5 years ago  Now Perseus is the most popular, can copy the whole AM band NASB May 14, 2011

Aihkiniemi 2010  A new site built in a container 2010  Lemmenjoki continuing as well  Site Enontekiö also existing since 2008 NASB May 14, 2011