{"id":30032,"date":"2018-01-07T09:30:09","date_gmt":"2018-01-07T13:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=30032"},"modified":"2018-01-07T09:30:09","modified_gmt":"2018-01-07T13:30:09","slug":"mdzhb-featured-in-bbc-futures-best-of-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/01\/mdzhb-featured-in-bbc-futures-best-of-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"MDZhB featured in BBC Future’s “Best of 2017”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor,\u00a0Golan Klinger, who shares the following article which was elected “Best Of 2017″<\/em>\u00a0on the BBC Future website<\/a>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cMDZhB\u201d has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why.<\/h3>\n

In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate. Beyond its rusted bars is a collection of radio towers, abandoned buildings and power lines bordered by a dry-stone wall. This\u00a0sinister location<\/a>\u00a0is the focus of a mystery which stretches back to the height of the Cold War.<\/p>\n

It is thought to be the headquarters of a radio station, \u201cMDZhB\u201d, that no-one has ever claimed to run. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the last three-and-a-half decades, it\u2019s been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone. Every few seconds it\u2019s joined by a second sound, like some ghostly ship sounding its foghorn.\u00a0Then the drone continues<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Once or twice a week, a man or woman will read out some\u00a0words in Russian<\/a>, such as \u201cdinghy\u201d or \u201cfarming specialist\u201d. And that\u2019s it. Anyone, anywhere in the world can listen in, simply by tuning a radio to the frequency 4625 kHz.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so enigmatic, it\u2019s as if it was designed with conspiracy theorists in mind. Today the station has an online following numbering in the tens of thousands, who know it affectionately as \u201cthe Buzzer\u201d. It joins two similar mystery stations, \u201cthe Pip<\/a>\u201d and the \u201cSqueaky Wheel<\/a>\u201d. As their fans\u00a0readily admit themselves<\/a>, they have absolutely no idea what they are listening to.[…]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to continue reading the full article on the BBC Future website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor,\u00a0Golan Klinger, who shares the following article which was elected “Best Of 2017″\u00a0on the BBC Future website: \u201cMDZhB\u201d has been broadcasting since 1982. No one knows why. In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate. 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