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Weather radio in Finland

Finland has 2 NAVTEX stations, 1 VHF coast station, 1 public radio station and 1 HF radiofax station. Tallinn NAVTEX [F] transmits at 00:50, 04:50, 08:50, 12:50, 16:50 and 20:50 UTC.

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NAVTEX 2

Automatic text broadcasts on 518 kHz, printed by a NAVTEX receiver on board. Each station has fixed time slots.

Tallinn NAVTEX [F]

NAVTEX service area F — Northern Baltic, Gulf of Finland and Gulf of Riga. Navigational and meteorological warnings in every slot, sea weather forecast twice a day.

Operator: RIKS (State Infocommunication Foundation), Estonia
Position: Suurupi transmitter, 59°27.84'N 024°21.42'E
Frequencies: 518 kHz
Language: English

Broadcast times as published

04:50, 16:50 UTC⛅Sea weather forecast, navigational and meteorological warnings
00:50, 08:50, 12:50, 20:50 UTCNavigational and meteorological warnings

Bjuröklubb NAVTEX [H]

NAVTEX service area H — Gulf of Bothnia (Bothnian Sea and Bothnian Bay), including the Finnish west coast.

Operator: Swedish Maritime Administration
Position: Bjuröklubb, Sweden (approximate position)
Frequencies: 518 kHz
Language: English

Broadcast times as published

05:10, 17:10 UTC⛅Sea weather forecast, navigational and meteorological warnings
01:10, 09:10, 13:10, 21:10 UTCNavigational and meteorological warnings

VHF / MF / HF coast radio 1

Spoken broadcasts by the coast radio station on VHF working channels, and on MF and HF for longer range, announced first on channel 16 or 2182 kHz. HF radiofax (charts) is a separate type.

Turku Radio

Finland's maritime safety radio. Weather forecast twice a day, navigational warnings every four hours, ice reports and icebreaker positions in the ice season.

Operator: Fintraffic (Finnish VTS) · OFK
Position: 60°26.375'N 022°13.600'E
VHF channels: 16 (announcement), 70 (DSC), 01 (working, by base station), 03 (working, by base station), 04 (working, by base station), 05 (working, by base station), 07 (working, by base station), 19 (working, by base station), 23 (working, by base station), 79 (working, by base station), 82 (working, by base station), 83 (working, by base station)
Announced: Announced on VHF channel 16, then read on the local working channel
Language: English (Finnish or Swedish on request)

Broadcast times as published

06:33, 18:33 UTC⛅Weather forecast and navigational warnings (18:33 also ice report)
02:33, 10:33, 14:33, 22:33 UTCNavigational warnings (10:33 also ice report)
08:03 UTCPositions of icebreakers

Public radio 1

Sea weather read out on national public radio (FM), easy to receive near the coast.

Yle Merisää / Sjöväder

The sea weather bulletin for mariners on Finnish public radio — wind forecasts for all Finnish sea areas, prepared by FMI.

Operator: Yle (content by the Finnish Meteorological Institute)
Frequencies: Yle Radio Suomi (FM, Finnish) · Yle Vega (FM, Swedish)
Language: Finnish (Radio Suomi), Swedish (Yle Vega)

Broadcast times as published

05:50, 07:50, 12:45, 18:50, 21:50 Europe/Helsinki⛅Merisää in Finnish on Yle Radio SuomiYle Radio Suomi
06:00, 08:00, 12:45, 19:00, 22:00 Europe/Helsinki⛅Sjöväder in Swedish on Yle Vega (with the news)Yle Vega
15:50 Europe/Helsinki⛅Veneilysää (boating weather) on Yle Radio Suomi, May–October(seasonal)Yle Radio Suomi
16:00 Europe/Helsinki⛅Båtvädret (boating weather) on Yle Vega, May–October(seasonal)Yle Vega

HF radiofax 1

Weather charts sent over HF radio, received with an SSB receiver and a computer or fax decoder.

DWD Pinneberg radiofax

Weather charts for the North Atlantic, North Sea and Baltic, including Baltic ice charts, received with an SSB radio and a fax decoder. Mode F1C, 120 rpm / IOC 576.

Operator: Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD) · DDH3 / DDK3 / DDK6
Position: Pinneberg, near Hamburg, Germany
Frequencies: 3855 kHz (DDH3) · 7880 kHz (DDK3) · 13882.5 kHz (DDK6)
Language: Charts (English captions); voice broadcasts in German

Broadcast times as published

04:30, 10:50, 16:36, 22:00 UTC⛅Surface analysis, North Atlantic and Europe
05:25, 18:00 UTC⛅Surface pressure analysis with movement of pressure systems, significant weather, ice
05:12, 07:30, 07:43, 08:04, 08:17, 18:34, 18:47, 19:00 UTC⛅Surface pressure forecasts (36 h to 108 h ahead)
08:30, 08:42, 08:54, 09:06, 19:13, 19:26, 19:39 UTC⛅Wave height and 10 m wind forecasts (24 h to 96 h ahead)
10:07 UTCIce conditions chart, Western Baltic (if the ice situation requires)
15:20, 21:15 UTCIce conditions chart, Baltic Sea
05:55, 11:55, 15:55, 19:55 UTCVoice broadcast (40 min)5905 kHz and 6180 kHz