Sodankylä

The Sodankylä Radar Receiving Site is now closed down and the antenna has been demolished.

The site consisted of a receiving facility and was located near Sodankylä, Finland. Originally a part of the EISCAT UHF system, this receiver has been converted to receive the VHF frequency.

The antenna was a fully steerable 32 meter parabolic dish antenna. The receivers included multiple channels. Data was pre-processed in signal processors, displayed and analysed in real-time and could be recorded to mass storage media both locally and at the main storage facility. The whole radar system was controlled by computers, and could be remotely commanded from the other radar sites.

The instrumentation was located in an operations building. The land and building were provided by the University of Oulu, which rents both the land and building (in-kind contribution by Finland) from the Finnish state building administration (Senaatti-kiinteistöt).