MFA Helsinki "OHU20"                   04/Dec/99                    FINLAND

Transmission modes:

ITA-2             50bd
Packet Radio      150.6bd   800Hz   Nokia system
Packet Radio      301.1bd   800Hz   Nokia system
Packet Radio      360.5bd   800Hz   Nokia system
USB               Voice

Logged Frequencies:

       14694.7  20187.7

Reported Frequencies:

       5843.5   10736.0  10737.5  10746.5  10748.0  10885.0  10886.5
       13433.0  13434.5  13913.0  13914.5  14661.0  14662.5  14693.0
       14694.5  14925.0  14926.5  14954.0  14955.5  15726.0  15727.5
       15870.0  15871.5  17418.0  17419.5  17443.0  17444.5  17561.0
       17562.5  18761.0  18762.5  18841.0  18842.5  20124.0  20125.5
       20176.0  20177.5  20262.0  20263.5  20264.5

Country Profile:

Finland measures 337,030 sq km. The official name is Suomen Tasavalta or
Suomi. Finland is a republic with capital Helsinki. The country counts
12 provinces (laani); Ahvenanmaa, Hame, Keski-Suomi, Kuopio, Kymi,
Lappi, Mikkeli, Oulu, Pohjois-Karjala, Turku ja Pori, Uusimaa, and
Vaasa. The defense has the following branches: Army, Navy, Air Force,
Frontier Guard (includes Sea Guard). 

Web Address:        http://www.vn.fi/vn/um/index.html

Notes on Operation:

Above frequencies used in USB voice mode or ITA-2 on +1500 hz offset.

From late 1997 reported to be using Nokia-developed 301.1bd/800 and
360.5bd/780 adaptive Packet Radio-like system on 14694.7kHz. 


Reported Callsigns/Selcals for Parent MFA/Embassies:

Call        Location

AND22       Madrid, Spain
ETR84       Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
ETN66       Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OHU20       MFA Helsinki
OHU21       Paris, France
CME390-4    Havana, Cuba
OHU22       Bucharest, Romania
OHU23       Tel Aviv, Israel
OHU24       Cairo, Egypt
OHU25       Beijing, China
OHU26       Belgrade, Serbia
OHU27       Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
OHU28       Warsaw, Poland
OHU29       Beirut, Lebanon
OHU30       Lagos, Nigeria
OHU31       Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
OHU32       Riyadh or Jeddah, Saudi Arabia
OHU33       Hanoi, South Korea
OHU34       Lusaka, Zambia
OHU35       Teheran, Iran
OHU36       Baghdad, Iraq
OHU37       New Delhi, India
OHU38       Tripoli, Libya
OHU54       Algiers, Algeria
OHU60       Damascus, Syria


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