This is very strange. For 20 years the station has been broadcasting that buzzer 24/7 and just this month it turns to static? Something is going on here.
Just this month we've noticed HEAVY activity. We've never had so many voice transmissions since this month. In the past we were lucky to hear them at all. Now it's happening damn near all the time.
[QUOTE=kidwithsword;24383590]This is very strange. For 20 years the station has been broadcasting that buzzer 24/7 and just this month it turns to static? Something is going on here.[/QUOTE]
Turn your headphones/speakers up loud, Listen very carefully. You should hear the buzzer but really quietly.
Anyone mind removing the static on that morse codes someone found yesterday?
It's making me :suicide:
[QUOTE=wingless;24383657]Turn your headphones/speakers up loud, Listen very carefully. You should hear the buzzer but really quietly.[/QUOTE]
Yeah, just put headphones on. It is strange. It sounds like the buzzer gets louder and softer as time goes on. At some points you can barely hear it, at other times it is quite clear.
Whoever said that the station has been broadcasting for 28 years with no static, and now there's static, I have a homework assignment for you:
Go find any russian news about any new radio stations around Moscow or the UVB station. If there's a new radio station or stations, the interference is real. Could be interesting nonetheless/.
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Also,
[url]http://tech.slashdot.org/story/10/08/26/159205/UVB-76-Explained[/url]
[QUOTE=kidwithsword;24383784]Yeah, just put headphones on. It is strange. It sounds like the buzzer gets louder and softer as time goes on. At some points you can barely hear it, at other times it is quite clear.[/QUOTE]
That is purely down to radio wave propagation. The frequency is low in the High Frequency (HF) band. If you set up a receiver in Moscow the transmission received would be constant and not distorted. The further away the receiver is will depend on how the signal is received. Radio signals are affected by all manner of conditions.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_propagation[/url]
[url]http://wadsworthsales.com/propagation.aspx[/url]
[QUOTE=Sergeant STFU;24376915]Any news on the morse? Isn't there some kind of software that can interpret morse? Seems like there would be.[/QUOTE]
The Morse isn't on the 4625khz frequency. It is clearly adjacent traffic up around 4627 khz. The only reason that you can hear the Morse is because people are listening to it on AM and USB. If a receiver was set up on CW (Continuous Wave) the adjacent Morse station could be tuned in correctly. Depending on the propagation the Morse signal would then be clear and readable.
The adjacent Morse station is clearly Russian Military. So far I've copied two Russian call signs (RGT77 and RATD99) before the message is sent.
It isn't just UVB-76 that sends coded messages. The only thing that is unusual about UVB-76 is the infrequency that those messages are transmitted.
Other Russian military stations send similar messages on quite a regular basis. Many of them are in Morse.
[url]http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl125/nsnl125mil.html[/url]
All UVB-76 is sending is a priority command and control message for specific recipients. They then act on the message sent.
For example look at the regular messages sent on the Russian military Morse code networks.
XXX XXX RKS RKS RDL RDL 61614 86999 NEIMUQIJ 2157 0145 K'
The first one from
[url]http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl125/nsnl125mil.html[/url]
The XXX alerts the listeners to the fact that it is priority flash traffic.
RKS and RDL are the callsigns.
The figures and letters will be a combination for a specific action to be conducted by the recipients. As with the UVB-76 message there is no use trying to convert the figures or code word into coordinates or for example a specific geographic location.
The message will only be breakable to the legitimate recipients listening into the broadcast. For example the US send out Emergency Action Messages on the HF band. Anyone can intercept them, but unless you have the specific codes then the message is unbreakable.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Action_Message[/url]
in the end it is impossible to prove what it is or what its purpose is because there isn't/will never be any evidence to support your claims besides snippets of ambiguous translations.
[QUOTE=pognivet;24385256]in the end it is impossible to prove what it is or what its purpose is because there isn't/will never be any evidence to support your claims besides snippets of ambiguous translations.[/QUOTE]
The only thing that it is impossible to prove is the exact function of UVB-76. That aside it is still performing a function of command and control as it exhibits all the same characteristics of known Russian military command and control broadcast stations.
Facts. The call sign UVB-76 is Russian and specifically from the Soviet era. Even amateur radio enthusiasts with basic direction finding equipment can geo locate the area from the transmissions.
UVB-76 transmits the same codeword message format as do other known Russian broadcast networks.
For example station REA4. Again a Russian call sign. REA4 transmits on a number of frequencies dependent that reflect the times for suitable radio propagation. Low HF frequencies for night and higher frequencies for day usage.
REA4 maintains the frequency in use by transmitting a continuous transmisson of revolutions. It means just like the Buzzer and UVB-76 that nobody else can infringe and transmit on it. Another clear sign that the purpose of UVB-76 is effective command and control.
UVB-76 transmits the same message formats as other Russian military command and control networks. Those exact same message formats are transmitted on a number of frequencies. The reason is to provide effective command and control to all their forces including submarines. All these transmissions are easily intercepted and have been for decades by radio enthusiasts. The use of radio transimissions for command and control is a tried and tested communication format and especially in a nuclear conflict that requires effective control of nuclear forces.
[url]http://www.vlf.it/zevs/zevs.htm[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Very_low_frequency[/url]
Exactly the same message format as from UVB-76 is also used by Russian Navy Very and Extremely Low Frequency transmitters. The VLF and ELF transmitters are used to broadcast to submerged submarines to provide effective command and control.
[url]http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl116/nsnl116mil.html[/url]
They only mystery surrounding UVB-76 is the fact that it only broadcasts codewords infrequently.
My theory is that it is part of the Russian Civil Defence network. It was a huge organisation during the Soviet era and re-formed during the 1990s. The Moscow region civil defence network had huge role to play in a post nuclear attack. The civil defense network still required a robust command and control network able to function in an electro magnetic pulse environment. Unlike the military the civil defense network command and control system is only activated now and again, hence the very infrequent codeword broadcasts on UVB-76.
[url]http://www.fas.org/irp/world/russia/fbis/CivilDefense.html[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Emergency_Situations[/url]
Is anyone still putting this out on J.TV.
If not, I am.
[url]http://www.justin.tv/bwgreen#/w/345470848[/url]
[QUOTE=bwg;24386640]Is anyone still putting this out on J.TV.
If not, I am.
[url]http://www.justin.tv/bwgreen#/w/345470848[/url][/QUOTE]
There's no need, there are 2000 slots available on the [url=http://uvb-76.blogspot.com]stream.[/url]
[QUOTE=NearlyEpic;24386808]There's no need, there are 2000 slots available on the [url=http://uvb-76.blogspot.com]stream.[/url][/QUOTE]
Very true, but in the last few days I have been finding it difficult to connect. Always safe to have a backup! :)
[QUOTE=bwg;24386840]Very true, but in the last few days I have been finding it difficult to connect. Always safe to have a backup! :)[/QUOTE]
What are you using to connect?
Is it WMP?
Sorry if you tried to view, was messing with visualisations.... visuals ain't important for this stream :P
Winamp.
Hey, this sounds farfetched but my step dad is a MIT graduate and before his current work he worked with radios and radio stations(goverment/military ones) im sure he has some insight on this, ill ask him when he comes home and post what he knows about it. Hes bound to know something, he works very deep into the goverment/military making prototype missles/bombs.
Listening right now on USB feed.
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It just turned off what the fuck. Can't hear shit.
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It's turned off. No sound even at highest volume.
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Max volume, honk barely hear able.
[QUOTE=Dbuhos;24387423]Listening right now on USB feed.
[editline]07:50PM[/editline]
It just turned off what the fuck. Can't hear shit.
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It's turned off. No sound even at highest volume.
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Max volume, honk barely hear able.[/QUOTE]
Try the AM
So...haven't been keeping track of this thread for like 2 day and cant be bothered with reading 700 or so posts.
Did I miss anything important?
,_, Works fine now. No idea what the hell just happen. Not it wasn't my winamp or anything.
[QUOTE=HoodedSniper;24386941]Hey, this sounds farfetched but my step dad is a MIT graduate and before his current work he worked with radios and radio stations(goverment/military ones) im sure he has some insight on this, ill ask him when he comes home and post what he knows about it. Hes bound to know something, he works very deep into the goverment/military making prototype missles/bombs.[/QUOTE]
You're right. It's very far fetched that he will have any insight.
Am i the only one hearing shit, maybe a phone or something, and some morse earlier?
holy shit. i think im hearing morse code. definitely faint beeps of some kind
[QUOTE=CptVague;24388329]You're right. It's very far fetched that he will have any insight.[/QUOTE]
Zing!
I just heard some music and what sounded like birds in the background. May be just various machine chirps.
Wah the thread is soon to be locked. Discovered anything, guys?
[QUOTE=kayOkay;24390054]Wah the thread is soon to be locked. Discovered anything, guys?[/QUOTE]
No, it's not 51 pages, it's 5000 posts.
[QUOTE=Bllasae;24390065]No, it's not 51 pages, it's 5000 posts.[/QUOTE]
Why do threads get locked exactly? I'm fairly new to the forum, but wouldn't it be easier to keep it all on 1 thread?
[QUOTE=Lord_Skellig;24390148]Why do threads get locked exactly? I'm fairly new to the forum, but wouldn't it be easier to keep it all on 1 thread?[/QUOTE]
I guess because they're too big. I dunno.
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