Finnish radio enthusiasts tune in to Battlefords’ airwaves
Radio in the Battlefords is so good listeners are travelling past the Arctic Circle just to hear a crinkled clip.
AM radio enthusiasts Vesa Rinkinen and Ismo Kauppi live in Finland, and spend much of their free time listening to distant radio waves. During a recent trip to a cabin roughly 300 km North of the Arctic Circle they heard a radio broadcast from the Battlefords, nearly 6,000 km away.
What they heard was distant and covered in static noise, but they say 1050 CJNB radio could be made out.
The pair mainly listens in from home in southern Finland, but made the recent trip North to see what else they might be able catch on their AM receivers.