{"id":7138,"date":"2013-08-29T07:47:55","date_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=7138"},"modified":"2013-08-29T07:47:55","modified_gmt":"2013-08-29T11:47:55","slug":"russian-numbers-station-uvb-76-the-most-mysterious-radio-transmission-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/08\/russian-numbers-station-uvb-76-the-most-mysterious-radio-transmission-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Russian Numbers Station UVB-76: “the most mysterious radio transmission in the world”"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"UVB-76-detail\"<\/a>James Cook, associate editor, at The Kernal has written an excellent article about the Russian numbers station UVB-76. Those of us who listen to numbers stations are very familiar with this reliable buzzer on 4.625 MHz. Cook writes:<\/p>\n

The radio signal that occupies 4625 kHz has reportedly been broadcasting since the late 1970s. The\u00a0earliest known recording<\/a>\u00a0of it is dated 1982. Ever since curious owners of shortwave radios first discovered the signal, it has broadcast a repeating buzzing noise. Every few years, the buzzer stops, and a Russian voice reads a mixture of numbers and Russian names.<\/p>\n

A typical message came hours before Christmas day, 1997:<\/p>\n

\u201cYa UVB-76, Ya UVB-76. 180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4\u201d<\/p>\n

Instead of shutting down with the fall of communism in Russia, UVB-76 became even more active. Since the millenium, voice messages have become more and more frequent.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Click here to read Cook’s full article on The Kernel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you would like to listen to UVB-76, and can’t easily receive it via radio, click this link to listen to a live stream<\/a>\u00a0or click this one to load a live stream in iTunes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

If you’re interested in numbers stations, click here to read some previous articles on the SWLing Post<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

James Cook, associate editor, at The Kernal has written an excellent article about the Russian numbers station UVB-76. Those of us who listen to numbers stations are very familiar with this reliable buzzer on 4.625 MHz. Cook writes: The radio signal that occupies 4625 kHz has reportedly been broadcasting since the late 1970s. The\u00a0earliest known […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8,172,43],"tags":[2107,4088,298,2108,614,2106],"class_list":["post-7138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-articles","category-numbers-stations","category-shortwave-radio","tag-james-cook","tag-numbers-stations","tag-russian-numbers-stations","tag-the-kernel","tag-uvb-76","tag-uvb-76-stream"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-1R8","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":51916,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2022\/02\/bbc-newshour-reports-jamming-of-uvb-76-the-buzzer-with-music-and-digital-imagery\/","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":0},"title":"BBC Newshour Reports Jamming of UVB-76 (The Buzzer) With Music and Digital Imagery","author":"Thomas","date":"February 17, 2022","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark, who writes: Thomas, The morning (EST) edition of BBC Newshour on Wednesday presented a five-minute report on the jamming of Russian shortwave mystery station UVB-76 (The Buzzer) with music and digital imagery. Newshour - Uncertainty over Russian 'de-escalation' near Ukraine - BBC Sounds\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/UVB-76-detail.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/UVB-76-detail.png?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/UVB-76-detail.png?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/UVB-76-detail.png?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":10526,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2014\/08\/cold-war-echo-rt-investigates-uvb-76\/","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":1},"title":"Cold War Echo: RT investigates UVB-76","author":"Thomas","date":"August 14, 2014","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Russia Today via YouTube) \"From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious shortwave radio station transmitted day and night. For at least the decade leading up to 1992, it broadcast almost nothing but beeps; after that, it switched to buzzes, generally between 21 and\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"UVB-76-via-RT","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UVB-76-via-RT.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UVB-76-via-RT.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UVB-76-via-RT.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/UVB-76-via-RT.jpg?resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1966,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/estonian-engineer-drags-uvb-76-numbers-station-into-the-internet-era\/","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":2},"title":"Estonian engineer drags UVB-76 numbers station into the Internet era","author":"Thomas","date":"September 28, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems there's no shortage of\u00a0interest\u00a0in numbers stations these days. This article, from Wired magazine,\u00a0Inside The Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma: From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious shortwave radio station transmitted day and night. For at least the decade leading up to 1992,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Numbers Stations"","block_context":{"text":"Numbers Stations","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/numbers-stations\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/09\/OHtower.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":15406,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/uvb-76-the-buzzer-surfaces-on-6998-khz\/","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":3},"title":"UVB-76: The Buzzer surfaces on 6,998 kHz","author":"Thomas","date":"November 3, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"My buddy,\u00a0Andrea Borgnino, recently heard UVB-76 (The Buzzer) on 6,998 kHz with his Elecraft K3 in Italy. Check out this short video: New buzzer on 6998 khz received in Roma @sicral @dxcoffee @SWLingDotCom @LondonShortwave @priyom_org @Spy_Stations pic.twitter.com\/nd5cBkDTEh \u2014 Andrea Borgnino (@aborgnino) November 1, 2015 While the audio sounds identical to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"Photo: Andrea Borgnino","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Elecraft-K3-UVB-76-Buzzer.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Elecraft-K3-UVB-76-Buzzer.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Elecraft-K3-UVB-76-Buzzer.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":15482,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/shortwave-radio-recording-the-buzzer-on-6998-khz\/","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":4},"title":"Shortwave Radio Recording: “The Buzzer” on 6,998 kHz","author":"Thomas","date":"November 8, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"On Friday, Andrea Borgnino, tweeted\u00a0that he could once again hear \"The Buzzer\" on 6,998 kHz. Of course, during the day, I couldn't hear\u00a0\u00a0the signal from my home in North America. I could, however, easily hear the signal via the University Twente Web SDR\u00a0in the Netherlands. Here's my recording: https:\/\/archive.org\/download\/UVB76TheBuzzerWebsdrRecordingSt\/UVB-76-TheBuzzer-websdr_recording_st.mp3 As\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"UVB-76-Buzzer","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UVB-76-Buzzer.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UVB-76-Buzzer.jpg?resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/UVB-76-Buzzer.jpg?resize=525%2C300 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":40655,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/numbers-station-uvb-76-a-new-buzzer-twin-on-4810-khz\/","url_meta":{"origin":7138,"position":5},"title":"Numbers Station UVB-76: A New Buzzer Twin on 4810 kHz","author":"Thomas","date":"November 17, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom (DF5JL), who writes: \u00a0 Who doesn't know the mysterious station \"The Buzzer\" on 4625 kHz - but now it gets even more exciting: Because since today \"The Buzzer\" has a twin that transmits on 4810 kHz - fully synchronous. And to make to\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "News"","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Buzzer-Numbers-Station-Waterfall-4810.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Buzzer-Numbers-Station-Waterfall-4810.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Buzzer-Numbers-Station-Waterfall-4810.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/The-Buzzer-Numbers-Station-Waterfall-4810.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7138"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}