May 24th was one of the first days of Sporadic E propagation this season, and it featured a nice opening to Finland. A country that I had not received on the FM band yet. I heard both Yle Radio Yksi and YleX on a couple of frequencies.
Yle Radio Yksi is Yle Radio 1 (Yksi is 1 in Finnish). My report to yleinfo(at)yle.fi on my reception of Radio Yksi on 88.2 MHz was confirmed by the Tekninen neuvonta department:
All DX colleagues reported the 88.2 MHz reception as originating from the 60 kW transmitter in Lapua. The other transmitter on this frequency is situated in Rovaniemi with 30 kW. One is more in the general direction of the opening, the other one is more in line with SpE propagation distance. I don’t know how to distinguish these two, but if you know how, just let me know in the comments.
I listened to a program discussing Finnish politics:
