"Should I play them in the Pick Six?"
No, you should get Lost.
Posted on 12/31/2014 8:47:51 AM PST by InvisibleChurch
Suddenly the piercing buzzing noise that has continued incessantly for months stops. A cold voice takes over.
‘U-V-B-7-6,’ is read out in a thick Russian accent, before listing a series of code words and numbers. Then, just as suddenly, it ends. The buzzing returns, for another few months.
That is what has greeted listeners of a mysterious radio station nicknamed 'The Buzzer' - and code named UVB-76, or more recently MDZhB - since the 1970s.
But what the Buzzer is doing, or who is broadcasting it, remains a mystery - with theories ranging from the Russian military to atmospheric research.
The noise rings out on a frequency of 4625 kHz, which anyone is able to listen in on, including online at one of several live streams.
For years the transmission seemed to originate from the town of Povarovo near Moscow but, in September 2010, the location changed. Now, it is believed to be in Western Russia.
According to the website Numbers Station, the Buzzer ‘works as a communications center within the Western Military District that sends messages to corresponding military units and their outposts.’
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"Should I play them in the Pick Six?"
No, you should get Lost.
I used to listen to this back in the early 80s. Plays hell with a scope. :)
I don’t know why, but suddenly, I want some Ovaltine.
Wish there was more updated info on these numbers stations. I’ve read quite a bit about them, but there doesn’t really seem to be anything concrete about their true use.
Thanks for the post..
If it stops for 4 months maybe hidden caches of Russian nuclear weapons will 'go of' on their own...
If it stops for 4 months maybe hidden caches of Russian nuclear weapons will 'go off' on their own...
....—...-.. best bent wire. - - - ..
R-E-M-E-M-B-E-R-T-O-D-R-I-N-K-Y-O-U-R-O-V-A-L-T-I-N-E.........................
“The chair is against the wall.”
Not likely. There aren't enough bits in the transmission to authenticate the transmitter. The buzzing noise is mechanically generated and picked up by a nearby microphone. This is not a secure system by any standard; you could destroy that one, play back the taped recording from years earlier, and nobody would notice.
Perhaps this is simply an indicator of some not every important system, since it can be paused and resumed at will. Maybe it is an old RF propagation monitor, given the shortwave frequency. Though a carrier wave or a slow FSK, like WSPR, would be more suitable for the purpose.
Afghanistan banana stand
You’re thinking of the Russian woodpecker perhaps?
I will say this: the second harmonic of this Uv76 whatever it is is really pissing off alot of hams on 40 meters.
4625Khz. That’s just within the high end of the Mobile/Fixed Maritime frequencies.
MSNBC is part of the NBCUniversal group which is owned by the massively profitable regime affiliated crony capitalist cable company Comcast.
Their basic function is to deliver liberal talking points to the faithful.
Incidentally the Comcast name is so toxic to consumers that they frequently use the alias Xfinity.
Its no surprise that this transmission is picked up in the UK. The Russian Mil is not too far away radio wise. These could be either naval, air, or ground force transmissions.
Sounds like a new (to me) variation of the Russian Mil’s one day substitution pad. These are thrown away at day’s end and a new pad used on the next day. The Key can only be broken by a supercomputer - the sort NSA has. And you can be sure that these transmissions are recorded and broken out - part of the ongoing battle in the cypher world.
The “buzz” is likely a timing mechanism. The RM always used multiplex PPM systems with a timer. Older PPM systems had four channels - mostly sounded like bells chiming with a buzz saw running in the background. There were two channels for encrypted data, one for voice maintenance, and one for high level voice transmission sometimes between ranking officers and the Kremlin.
The clear voice reading numbers and letters was most often used by RM ground and air. Remember Russian bombers have been flying around the North Sea, so if this is an air transmission it could be near line of sight to the UK. Their mission may well be to collect ENLINT on NATO forces. The voice could be relaying position and altitude as well as other mission particulars.
During the “static” there should be other signals which cannot be heard unless one has a demuxer specifically built for that type of system. In the old days, the demux coils needed were wound by hand.
There’s no conspiracy here just radio skip or freq hopping by the signal. We used to get WBZ Boston in Sinope, Turkey on a simple antenna anyone could buy!
Two theories...
1) (Most likely)
It is a command station frequency, something like our own “High Frequency Global Comm System”, a pre-established command and control back-up.
The buzzing is to keep the frequency occupied between transmissions.
2) (And the favorite of the conspiracists)
The control frequency for the old Soviet “Dead Hand” second nuclear strike system.
This subject pops up on FR every year or so...
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“‘U-V-B-7-6,’ is read out in a thick Russian accent, before listing a series of code words and numbers. Then, just as suddenly, it ends. The buzzing returns, for another few months.”
“Thank you for calling card services. My name is Peggy.”
When I ran the numbers through the ring, I got the sentence below. The sentence is certainly correct grammatically. I will leave it to others to ascertain its meaning.
“My hovercraft is full of eels.”
I am thinking of the Woodpecker. Thanks for the correction.
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