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The sky is grey, the rain has settled into its familiar light but persistent mode, and the trees are rapidly running out of green. In other words, everything appears to be operating according to the Finnish seasonal specification. As mentioned last weekend, RBSK has entered a somewhat reduced duty cycle for the rest of the…

This weekend, 12–13 September, RBSK will be temporarily redirecting most available technical resources into another high-priority infrastructure project: the construction of a garden sauna. As a result, normal curated programming will not be available. The station crew will instead be occupied with timber, insulation, screws, measurements, tools, coffee, additional measurements and the gradual realization that…

This Saturday Finland’s national broadcaster is celebrating its 100 years with a full day of festivities at Veikkaus Arena, from morning celebrations to the Yle 100 Show and, eventually, the rather magnificent idea of letting the Finnish Radio Symphony Orchestra loose on heavy metal. Naturally, RBSK will be following the proceedings from a safe distance…

This weekend, Radio Blacksmith Knoll has once again found a perfectly reasonable excuse for playing a completely unreasonable selection of music. The Sun has been restless, the ionosphere has been doing whatever it feels like, and the Moon has recently spent some time hiding in Earth’s shadow. So naturally, this weekend’s musical theme is: Solar…

Last weekend saw a fairly major change behind the scenes at RBSK. The audio pre-processing software was reinstalled and moved right next to the transmitter, running on a Raspberry Pi 4. At the same time, we put our latest processing model on air for testing, with the aim of squeezing even better sound out of…

Back to everyday life after Kesis, but not quite back to normal. The weekend in Joensuu left us with several excellent ideas, and now it is time to start putting some of them into practice. So, during the coming weekend, RBSK will once again be running technical tests on air. This time the main focus…

Kesisradio was on air live for 36 hours straight, bringing you sounds and stories from the event, along with plenty of good music throughout the weekend. A big thank you to everyone who tuned in and shared the weekend with us. We wish you a very pleasant rest of the summer and, who knows, perhaps…

Kesisradio on air 7–9 August 2026 This weekend, we’re putting the radio to work with a slightly broader brush than usual. The Finnish DX Association’s annual summer meeting, better known as “Kesis”, takes place on 7–9 August 2026, and Kesisradio will be broadcasting from the event throughout the weekend. Kesisradio is a joint effort by…

RBSK will be back on the air this coming weekend! Saturday, 8 August marks the start of our autumn licence period, and this time all programming will be broadcast live from the Finnish DX Association’s Summer Meeting in Joensuu. The programme schedule is still being finalised and will be published later this week. Stay tuned.…

This Saturday, Helsinki Pride Week reaches its traditional high point: the parade through the city and the Park Festival in Kaivopuisto. RBSK is therefore briefly climbing out of its summer hiding place, dusting the pollen off the equipment, and putting a properly long Pride playlist on the air. For almost 20 hours, we will be…