{"id":46547,"date":"2020-11-19T11:53:02","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=46547"},"modified":"2020-11-19T11:53:02","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T15:53:02","slug":"video-a-virtual-tour-of-the-aihkiniemi-dxing-base-in-lapland-northern-finland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/11\/video-a-virtual-tour-of-the-aihkiniemi-dxing-base-in-lapland-northern-finland\/","title":{"rendered":"Video: A virtual tour of the Aihkiniemi DXing base in Lapland, northern Finland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-46548\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1278\" height=\"670\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin.jpg 1278w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin-300x157.jpg 300w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin-1024x537.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Finland-Lapland-DXing-Cabin-624x327.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1278px) 100vw, 1278px\" \/><\/a>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> Contributor, <a href=\"http:\/\/ratzer.at\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christoph Ratzer<\/a>, who recently shared the following video tour by Mika M\u00e4kel\u00e4inen. Mika desxribes this video <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/stlUxm3uSiA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">on YouTube<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Join me on a virtual tour of the Aihkiniemi DXing base in Lapland, in northern Finland. This is a nonscripted five-cent tour looking at what the Aihkiniemi cabin can offer for visiting AM DXers. The video was shot in November 2020 during DXpedition AIH124 &#8211; meaning that during the first decade of its existence, Aihkiniemi has already hosted 124 successful expeditions. The antennas (a total of 14 Beverage-type wire antennas) are permanent, but participants bring their own receivers and laptops. There&#8217;s one essential activity missing from this video though: checking the antennas, which is a major job. Every DXer is expected to check &#8211; and if necessary, clean and repair &#8211; all the antennas, which run in the forests around the cabin. So there might be a part 2 in the future.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/stlUxm3uSiA?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Wow! This little DXing cabin is on my bucket list. I will, someday, make my way to north Finland and spend time DXing from this unique reception spot. The quality of the equipment and antennas is truly amazing.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for the tip, Christoph!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post Contributor, Christoph Ratzer, who recently shared the following video tour by Mika M\u00e4kel\u00e4inen. Mika desxribes this video on YouTube: Join me on a virtual tour of the Aihkiniemi DXing base in Lapland, in northern Finland. This is a nonscripted five-cent tour looking at what the Aihkiniemi cabin can offer for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5935,399,433,3,43],"tags":[8980,2368,3953,5265,400,6716,2362],"class_list":["post-46547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dx","category-dxpeditions","category-mediumwave","category-news","category-shortwave-radio","tag-aihkiniemi","tag-arctic-dxing","tag-christoph-ratzer","tag-dxing-locations","tag-finland","tag-lapland","tag-mika-makelainen"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-c6L","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":55155,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/12\/video-bbc-global-news-podcast-features-aihkiniemi-dxing-cabin-in-lapland-northern-finland\/","url_meta":{"origin":46547,"position":0},"title":"Video: BBC Global News Podcast features Aihkiniemi DXing cabin in Lapland, northern Finland","author":"Thomas","date":"December 24, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Absolutely brilliant to see Mika M\u00e4kel\u00e4inen giving a tour of the Aihkiniemi DXing cabin in Lapland this morning via the BBC World Service website: (Source: BBC World Service) The radio man listening to the world from the Arctic Mika M\u00e4kel\u00e4inen is a radio enthusiast who listens to stations from around\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Mediumwave&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Mediumwave","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/mediumwave\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8099,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/12\/arctic-dxing-covered-in-the-chinese-press\/","url_meta":{"origin":46547,"position":1},"title":"Arctic DXing covered in the Chinese press","author":"Thomas","date":"December 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"A few years ago\u00a0we mentioned\u00a0Mika Makelainen\u00a0and Jim\u00a0Solatie, who make a DXing pilgrimage each year to the most northern region of Finland for two weeks of DXing bliss. 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