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Today's Topics:
1. radio ideas : your comments are strongly requested
(Zacharias Liangas )
2. Logs for 11-5 (Zacharias Liangas )
3. Logs for 11-5 (Zacharias Liangas )
4. Radio Free Sarawak Services Suspended (Zacharias LIangas)
5. Logs 15-5 (Zacharias LIangas)
6. Programming to air in 26 languages (Zacharias LIangas)
7. Vaguely creepy Russian shortwave radio stations. Fun for the
whole family! (Zacharias LIangas)
8. The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations
(Zacharias LIangas)
9. Meg in facebook on numbers stations !! (Zacharias LIangas)
10. The Glory Days of Shortwave Radio, long gone tunes of SW
broadcasts: (Zacharias LIangas)
11. Yahwah Ministries Radio Broadcasts Schedules (Zacharias LIangas)
12. New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953 (Radio Heritage Mail)
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Message: 1
Date: Thu, 09 May 2013 19:33:57 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] radio ideas : your comments are strongly requested
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII
...but pleaser reply via [email protected]
http://sites.google.com/site/zliangas/radio-ideas-part1 (origonaal post , and
quite old )
Please reply
The proposal below is an enhancement of PL660 with most important
specifications of
various DSP models from degen and tecsun and a bit of Lowe HF150 . This idea is
surely a
hypothetical model that could be feasible in case Silicon labs could enhance
their SI 7434IC
chip with SSB
[(<360 ) spec derived from 360]
Very high sensitivity , if possible with high dynamic range as HF150
Very low self noise (<380)
Bands MW SW and FM
Modes : AM LSB USB {ISB}FM
Filters : several for AM /SSB including 2.7 and 6 kHz , two for FM
auto narow and auto
medium (as all DSP models )
Freqs : 520-1710 for MW , 2-23 for SW , 6x-110 mHz for Fm (full Fm band
plus 2-3
mHz for outbanders )
AM synchro (<660)
FM mono and stereo
FM step 10 kHz (<360, x00))
AM step to .25 kHz SSB step low to 0.01 Hz
FM step to 10 kHz or lower
Built in 4 GB memory (<1126) a/o include SD card slot for recording
Ability to record from radio , using true MP3 recording on 40 and
96kbps (<Creative
Zen )
[ MP3 WMA and pres. OGG support (<1126) ]*
[True shuffle operation (as most mp3 players )] *
Low level soft mute as in 380
Analog volume control (<360)
PL 360/380 audio fidelity for earphones
Field meter as 360 (dbu S and db S/N )
Numerical keypad
External antenna input for SW , and possibly for MW
Standard AA battery compartment with >250 mA charger
* in case radio includes mp3 player
Ideas subpart A
Includes DRM
Ability to decode FM text
Ideas subpart 2: (lite version dimensions as 1126/1127 )
No SSB
Very high sensitivity , very low noise
Steps of .5 kHz for AM , 1 kHz for FM
....
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
[email protected]
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , various degen tecsun models
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert,
Loops :SW mag loop 1 m2 for MW , AN200 MW loop
..
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
------------------------------
Message: 2
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 19:59:30 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 11-5
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
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Logs for 11-5
15190 CRI 1045 with CC songs talks in EE S0
15390 CNR 8 1050 adverts S3
15825 WWCR 1052 with relig prg in Russian (???) S2 max IS 100015
13710 EMG?? 1100 with religious program in Russian but sis nt catch ID S9
7688 for Xinxing there is a carrier of S1 max , garbled in case of SSB
reception
9965 RA 1336 with prg in CC Signal is poor of S2 ,ax
12095 BLR? RL?? 1340 with talks in `Russian? or possibly Byelorussian with many
mentions
of BLR ID heard as Mizame radio S2 max 142x2
Rec is here : http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/15061601
15340 HCJB Au 1353 with prg in hindi (religious ) S5 max 343x3 At 1400 signal
is S2
11580 TWR Agana in Korean 1414 giving ID 1415 music by piano , again ID then
s off
15205 ?? 1425 a Christian station in Eng , with readings from Bible from
`people?s gospel
hour? with address in Canada and USA S9+20 1430 with open carrier then signal
dropped to
S3 only
12160 ?? 1433 with religious prg in hindi and S9 1435 with religious song .
not ID on 1500 as
the program pases TOH (TWR hindi per latest news )
Rec on top of hour :
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/15061603
7505 Russia in Hindi 1512 with signal peaking to s2-3
5964.7 RTM Klassik 1515 with marginal signal and oldies
7375 V wilderness 1933 OM over piano music S7 better LSb or narrow band
11840 on 1940+ supposed for Biafra but no signal
5820 for RTE on 1940+ but no signal
11725 for RNZI 1945 with news and clips from other R/S and signal S9
6245 pirate 1951 with hip hop songs S3 several unclear IDson 1657
----------------
Nice MW log :
1044 someone relaying Studio 3 with S7 (V) 10 H signal. Also tested on 1920
and fornesxt
two days on local night (18+ )
on 14/5 there was no signal
....
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
[email protected]
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , various degen tecsun models
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert,
Loops :SW mag loop 1 m2 for MW , AN200 MW loop
..
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
------------------------------
Message: 3
Date: Tue, 14 May 2013 19:59:30 +0300
From: "Zacharias Liangas " <[email protected]>
To: <>
Subject: [HCDX] Logs for 11-5
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
Logs for 11-5
15190 CRI 1045 with CC songs talks in EE S0
15390 CNR 8 1050 adverts S3
15825 WWCR 1052 with relig prg in Russian (???) S2 max IS 100015
13710 EMG?? 1100 with religious program in Russian but sis nt catch ID S9
7688 for Xinxing there is a carrier of S1 max , garbled in case of SSB
reception
9965 RA 1336 with prg in CC Signal is poor of S2 ,ax
12095 BLR? RL?? 1340 with talks in `Russian? or possibly Byelorussian with many
mentions
of BLR ID heard as Mizame radio S2 max 142x2
Rec is here : http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/15061601
15340 HCJB Au 1353 with prg in hindi (religious ) S5 max 343x3 At 1400 signal
is S2
11580 TWR Agana in Korean 1414 giving ID 1415 music by piano , again ID then
s off
15205 ?? 1425 a Christian station in Eng , with readings from Bible from
`people?s gospel
hour? with address in Canada and USA S9+20 1430 with open carrier then signal
dropped to
S3 only
12160 ?? 1433 with religious prg in hindi and S9 1435 with religious song .
not ID on 1500 as
the program pases TOH (TWR hindi per latest news )
Rec on top of hour :
http://www.ipernity.com/doc/zliangas/15061603
7505 Russia in Hindi 1512 with signal peaking to s2-3
5964.7 RTM Klassik 1515 with marginal signal and oldies
7375 V wilderness 1933 OM over piano music S7 better LSb or narrow band
11840 on 1940+ supposed for Biafra but no signal
5820 for RTE on 1940+ but no signal
11725 for RNZI 1945 with news and clips from other R/S and signal S9
6245 pirate 1951 with hip hop songs S3 several unclear IDson 1657
----------------
Nice MW log :
1044 someone relaying Studio 3 with S7 (V) 10 H signal. Also tested on 1920
and fornesxt
two days on local night (18+ )
on 14/5 there was no signal
....
http://www.delicious.com/gr_greek1/@zach (all mypages !!)
........
Zacharias Liangas , Thessaloniki Greece
[email protected]
Standard rig : ICOM R75 / 2x16 V / m@h40 heads Sennheiser
Pesawat penerima: ICOM R75 , Lowe HF150 , various degen tecsun models
Antenna: 16m hor, 2x16 m V invert,
Loops :SW mag loop 1 m2 for MW , AN200 MW loop
..
Please read and distribute this 15 year research article
http://tinyurl.com/5vzg7e
Please read my article on SINPO at http://tinyurl.com/yt7qjd
------------------------------
Message: 4
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 08:40:57 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Radio Free Sarawak Services Suspended
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
http://medxr.blogspot.com.au/2013/05/radio-free-sarawak-is-taking-rest-break.html
adio Free Sarawak is taking a rest break after last week's Malaysian elections.
Transmissions were suspended from
May 7, until further notice. Radio Free Malaysia is also reported to have
closed down. I expect to see both these
stations operating again in the future.
The public face of RFS is Clare Rewcastle Brown. In a recent email, she said:
We are just taking a pre-planned rest like we did after the (2011) Sarawak
election. We are such a small team
and have worked non-stop for a year to provide people with information and
support up to the election and now we
are taking a month to re-charge our batteries.
She went on to say that the team would "re-group soon".
An interesting article in The Star Online news outlet tells the story, and
mentions RFS receiving the Free Media
Pioneer Award during World Press Freedom Day on May 3. RFS began broadcasting
in November 2010. Brown said: "We
were not expecting the award, which was a huge boost, but my staff are only
human and they were promised a
holiday and they are getting it! We will be back, I am sure, bigger and better.
Some feedback from listeners at the station's website included these comments:
Clare, Michael, Christina, K Burung Tiong, Papa Orang Utan, you are big
celebrities in the Sarawak. Please,
please don't shut down RFS for good. I witnessed longhouse folks looking
forward to gathering around their little
radios each day. You are much loved. RFS gave people the platform to voice what
they have been feeling all these
times, and it liberates and empowers them. The state election will be here
before you know it. Please tell your
listeners how they can help you continue RFS. (Linda)
This is awful news - free radio stations are essential to democracy. I hope it
will not be too long till you are
back on the air. If anything, I hope that there will be free radio stations for
all parts of Malaysia one day!
(lovemalaysia2)
Perjuangan belum selesai, thank you RFS you all did an extraordinary
sacrifices. So long we meet again. WE SALUTE
YE !!!!! (Anak Melikin)
The website also stated:
"While most PR supporters are still reeling from the results of the GE13 amidst
widespread rigging that are
essentially acts of treason, activists and ordinary people alike are not giving
up on booting out the BN
government The have set their sights on the 11th state election that will have
to be conducted latest by early
2016."
One radio but lots of listeners! Longhouses are perfect for communal listening
The Star Online also reported:
The radios broadcast was a major part of Pakatans campaign in the lead-up to
the 13th general election. Sarawak
PKR vice-chairman See Chee How yesterday said he fully expected RFS to return
after a long break. We are very
sure they will return, See said.
See, a native land rights lawyer who won the Batu Lintang state seat in 2011,
said RFS was the most effective
means of communicating with rural voters. He said PKR has for the last two
years distributed close to 50,000 free
receiver sets in the rural areas to encourage more people to listen to the
station.
The station was one of the most effective ways for us to communicate. It
allowed listeners an opportunity to
listen to alternative news. It also helps rural listeners to feel connected to
other villagers and towns, See
said.
There is an excellent article on RFS's International Media Award in the
Malaysia Chronicle, published on Friday
May 3. It includes some insights into how the station operated and the impact
it had on its targeted audience.
Recommended reading. You'll find it at:
http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages )
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Message: 5
Date: Thu, 16 May 2013 12:51:06 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Logs 15-5
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
Logs 15-5
4750 Bangladesh Betar 2058 with hindi song with ID on 2100 then with news 2130
with mentions about Islam . What is happening and they are operating this time
?? S9
4954.5 Greek pirate with oldies and signal S9 harmonic of 1651.38 of same
signal
4835 R A 2188 with news S5 max
9746.2!!! V Han /Kuanghua 2205 with Chinese songs 2208 with discussions ON 2222
with poor modulation . signal S7 . Bahrain is clear on 9745 (after removing
the het )If Taiwan are to shift is better to shift in lower freq so that
Bahrain to be heard clearer!!
5964.7 RTM Klassik 2218 with talks then music . Poor signal (<S2 )
http://zliangaslogs.blogspot.gr/2013/05/logs-for-15-5-ln.html
http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages )
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Message: 6
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:31:01 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Programming to air in 26 languages
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
Programming to air in 26 languages
http://www.mnnonline.org/article/18552
POSTED: 17 MAY, 2013
Topics in this story: hcjb , shortwave radio , station dedication , wayne
pederson
HCJB staff unveil a plaque which reads, "HCJB Australia International Broadcast
Facility. Dedicated to the glory of God. 21st April 2013. 'So that all may
hear'
(Romans 10:14)." (Image courtesy HCJB Global)
Australia (MNN/HCJB) ¯ A 24 year-old dream finally comes to life in Australia.
"Prayer and miracles were very much a part of this 24-year story," says Wayne
Pederson of HCJB Global.
David Maindonald seemed incredulous as he reflected on his 24-year vision to
air the
gospel via shortwave radio from Australia to the Asia Pacific Region.
Yes, the story of HCJB Global-Australia is truly a story of what God has
done, he
told a crowd at the dedication of the ministrys new international broadcast
site in
Kununurra, adjacent to the original site that had been used to broadcast since
2003.
And we want to give Him all the glory, he commented, referring to an Old
Testament
Bible verse, See what God has done! (Numbers 23:23, NIV).
Others urged him to abandon what was called in 1989 his far-fetched vision,
foreseeing obstacles in acquiring radio licenses and land for the site. When
potential donors were approached with the idea, they predicted problems finding
staff
and money for the project.
That wasnt easy to handle, related Maindonald, who led the missions
Australia
office for nearly two decades. Among the 100 attendees at the April 21 event,
braving
100-degree (Fahrenheit) heat and biting insects, was HCJB Global President
Wayne
Pederson, who deemed as a miracle the stations presence on the shortwave
frequencies. The facilities broadcast the gospel in 26 languages from Kununurra
near
the northern tip of Western Australia.
Its reaching some of the most populous and least-reached places of the
worldgoing
into Japan, China, India, Bangladesh, Indonesia and Malaysia, Pederson said
later in
an audio report.
Excerpts from listeners letters were featured in a brochure distributed at the
ceremony. One listener had written from Indias Gujarat state, We do not have
a
church. Radio programs are a blessing for us to know about Jesus. We listen to
Hindi,
Urdu, Gujarati and Punjabi programs. The reception is good. Pray that my family
and I
and would accept Jesus too.
A listener in Indonesia wrote, Your station is totally different from any
other Ive
ever known. It brings peace, joy and hopethings that have been lost in my life
for
quite a long time.
Pederson outlined some of the trials encountered along the way. Through many
years
of overcoming regulations, federal permissions, local clearances, financial
challenges and power line difficulties, this station is now a reality, he
said. Then
he coupled those comments with explanations of bargains obtained to broadcast
from
the site.
The curtain antenna came from Croatia. It was brand new but it was intended by
the
communists to send propaganda all across the former Soviet Union. The towers
were
bought from the Australian Army for 5 cents on the dollar. Those are scrap
metal
prices! The transmitters are the refurbished transmitters from Radio Station
HCJB in
Ecuador, now being repurposed to reach this part of the world.
Also attending the ceremony were HCJB Global Asia Pacific Executive Director Ty
Stakes, Australian Member of Parliament Barry Haase and Meg Shedley, who turns
90
this year. Back in 1997 when the Australian government still wasnt issuing
international broadcast licenses, she and her husband, Don, donated a 200-acre
farm
in Kununurra in faith that it could serve as an international shortwave site.
This site has so many advantages, John Stanley had said of the site at that
time.
An engineer who helped to staff the missions shortwave site in Ecuador decades
ago,
Stanley serves as an international broadcasting consultant.
Assuming that a license can be obtained, it would be difficult to see it as
anything
other than Gods provision, Stanley had concluded. After the towers were
procured,
staff members and countless volunteers began erecting them on the donated land
that
was also used to raise sugarcane. The applications for broadcast licenses were
turned
down three times however, according to Maindonald. Then an unexpected answer
came on
April 18, 2001.
The laws of Australia were changed, and we were given not one but four
international
broadcasting licenses, and we had to be on air within two years, he recounted.
Suddenly the dream of international broadcasting came alive again.
An HC100 (100,000-watt) shortwave transmitter that had been shipped from
Ecuador to
the U.S. was in turn shipped to Australia just as U.S. dockworkers went on
strike. In
late 2002 it arrived in Australia, where station staff needed every bit of time
to
get it operational in time for the deadline. Negotiations with authorities
resulted
in more than $100,000 in duty and taxes being waived. The shortwave station
went on
the air on Jan. 5, 2003, with five hours of programming to the South Pacific. A
month
later the South Asia broadcasts to India began.
Although well-suited to shortwave broadcasting, the original site was too small
for
expansion. It was always intended to be temporary, according to Dale Stagg,
Australian director and CEO. Basically, when the licenses were granted we had
a two-
year timeframe to get on the air so we had to get up and running as best we
could and
look to future development beyond that time. The new site is part of a
1,200-acre
parcel of land leased from the state government about a mile from the original
site.
The Shedley property is now used for staff housing.
In 2005 a high-quality curtain antenna was purchased from a radio station in
Croatia
for a quarter of its market value and erected three years later. In 2006 a
second
HC100 was shipped to Australia. The 21-year lease from the Western Australia
government for the 1,200-acre site was also signed in 2006. In 2011 the
high-tension
power line was installed along with a donated parabolic antenna from Ecuador.
In 2012 one of the existing transmitters was relocated to the new transmitter
building, and broadcasts began at the new site in July 2012. In March 2013
broadcasts
commenced using both 100-kw transmitters.
India, one of our priority countries, has a population of over 1.2 billion
people,
Stagg said. Sixty percent of Indias population does not even have access to
FM, so
shortwave for India is still a crucial means of communication.
A third HC100 coming in a few months will be digital, enabling us to reach a
whole
new audience with the clear, digital sounds of shortwave, added Pederson.
[Our
Australian partners] are dedicated people, and they've done a great job. You
should
see this impressive facility.
Our broadcast site gives us great access to the Asia Pacific Region, Stagg
recounted. Our region contains more than 4 billion people and many of the
worlds
unreached people groups.
Even though the station is on-air, something's missing.
"The need is for more and more teachers and radio personnel that can produce
programs," states Pederson.
Your prayers are needed to keep this project going.
"Continue to pray that God would supply the people and the financial resources
to get
the job done," Pederson requests.
You can help HCJB be the hands and feet of Jesus by clicking here.
http://delicious.com/gr_greek1/zak (all my pages )
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Message: 7
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:31:58 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Vaguely creepy Russian shortwave radio stations. Fun
for the whole family!
Message-ID: <[email protected]>
Content-Type: text/plain
Please reply to [email protected]
UVB-76
>From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"The Buzzer" redirects here. For other uses, see Buzzer (disambiguation).
UVB-76
Broadcast area Europe
Frequency 4625 kHz
First air date Late 1970s
Format Repeated buzzing, occasional voice messages
Language(s) Russian
Former callsigns UVB-76, UZB-76
Affiliations Russian Armed Forces (unconfirmed)
Sister stations The Pip, The Squeaky Wheel
UVB-76, also known as The Buzzer, is the nickname given by radio listeners to a
shortwave radio station that broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz.[1] It
broadcasts a
short, monotonous buzz tone (help·info), repeating at a rate of approximately
25
tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. On rare occasions, the buzzer signal is
interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place.[2] It has been
active
since at least the late 1970s or early 1980s, when the first reports were made
of a
station on this frequency.[1][3] Its origins have been traced to Russia, but
although
several theories with varying degrees of plausibility exist, its actual purpose
remains unknown to the public.[4]
Contents [hide]
1 Name
2 Format
2.1 Voice messages
2.2 Unusual transmissions
3 Location and function
4 See also
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Name
The station is commonly referred to as "the Buzzer" among English-speaking
radio
listeners, while Russian listeners have dubbed it
жужжалка
(žužžalka) "the hummer".
Its official name is not known, although some of the voice transmissions have
revealed names which may be callsigns or another form of identification. Up
until
September 2010, the station identified itself as UVB-76 (Cyrillic:
УВБ-76), and it is
still often referred to by that name. In September 2010, the station moved to
another
location, and it has used the identification MDZhB (Cyrillic:
МДЖБ, phonetic spelling
"Mikhail Dmitri Zhenya Boris") from then onwards. It has been suggested that
the
correct identification until September 2010 was actually UZB-76 (Cyrillic:
УЗБ-76),
and that the Cyrillic letter Ze (З) had been misheard as the letter Ve
(В). However,
it is still referred to as "UVB-76" by most people. Although the station, by
and
large, has used these two codes at the beginning of most voice transmissions, a
few
voice messages have used other identification codes. This makes it uncertain
whether
the names are actually the callsign of the station, or some other identifying
code.
[1]
[edit]Format
UVB-76 buzzing
MENU0:00
A short clip of UVB-76's transmission as heard in Southern Finland, 860 km (530
mi)
away from the station in 2002.
Problems listening to this file? See media help.
A spectrum for UVB-76 showing the suppressed lower sideband.
The station transmits using AM with a suppressed lower sideband (R3E), but it
has
also used full double-sideband AM (A3E). The signal consists of a buzzing sound
that
lasts 1.2 seconds, pausing for 11.3 seconds, and repeating 2134 times per
minute.
Until November of 2010, the buzz tones lasted approximately 0.8 seconds
each.[3] One
minute before the hour, the repeating tone was previously replaced by a
continuous,
uninterrupted alternating tone, which continued for one minute until the short
repeating buzz resumed, although this no longer occurs since June 2010.[5]
The Buzzer has apparently been broadcasting since at least 1982[3] as a
repeating
two-second pip, changing to a buzzer in early 1990.[6][7] It briefly changed to
a
higher tone of longer duration (approximately 20 tones per minute) on January
16,
2003, but it has since reverted to the previous tone pattern.
[edit]Voice messages
On rare occasions, the buzzing sound is interrupted and a voice message is
broadcast.
These messages are usually given in Russian by a live voice, and follow a fixed
format.[8][9]
Until 2010, voice messages were thought to be very rare. Examples of such
messages
include:
At 2100 UTC on December 24, 1997: "Ya 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."[3][5][10][11]
At 0418 UTC on December 9, 2002: "UVB-76, UVB-76. 62 691 IZAFET 36 93 82 70"[10]
At 0757 UTC on February 21, 2006: "UVB-76, UVB-76. 75-59-75-59. 39-52-53-58.
5-5-2-5.
Konstantin-1-9-0-9-0-8-9-8-Tatiana-Oksana-Anna-Elena-Pavel-Schuka. Konstantin
8-4. 9-
7-5-5-9-Tatiana. Anna Larisa Uliyana-9-4-1-4-3-4-8."
During 2010, listeners reported increased activity of the station, which
spurred on
further monitoring and allowed listeners to "catch" more of the messages which
would
have otherwise gone unnoticed.[1][12] On June 5, 2010, UVB-76 went silent for
approximately 24 hours, resuming the normal buzzing pattern on the morning of
June 6.
At 1335 UTC on August 23, 2010 a voice message was broadcast:
"UVB-76, UVB-76. 93 882 NAIMINA 74 14 35 74" (Recording of August 23rd
transmission)
[13][14][15]
Two days later, on August 25 at 0713 UTC, the signal went silent again,
followed by a
series of thumping sounds apparently in the same room as the open microphone.
It was
followed by a hail of electronic noise, which then faded again into the buzzer
broadcast. Later that same day, voices were heard conversing loudly behind the
buzzer.[16] Another voice broadcast was made at 1648 UTC on September 7:
"Mikhail Dmitri Zhenya Boris. Mikhail Dmitri Zhenya Boris. 04 979
D-R-E-N-D-O-U-T. T-
R-E-N-E-R-S-K-I-Y."
It was the first of 25 voice messages that would be broadcast by September 30,
with
another 56 to follow between October and December.[16] Each of these, with one
exception on September 10, replaced the familiar "UVB-76" call sign with
"MDZhB",
suggesting that the station had changed call signs. A further 14 voice messages
followed between January 5 and February 5, 2011.[16]
[edit]Unusual transmissions
Frequently, distant conversations and other background noises have been heard
behind
the buzzer, suggesting that the buzzing tones are not generated internally, but
are
transmitted from a device placed behind a live and constantly open microphone.
It is
also possible that that a microphone may have been turned on accidentally.[17]
One
such occasion was on November 3, 2001, when a conversation in Russian was
heard:[3]
"Я 143. Не
получаю
генератор."
"Идёт такая
работа от
аппаратной." ("I am
143. Not
receiving the generator (oscillator)." "That stuff comes from hardware
room.").[18]
At 2225 UTC on September 1, 2010, the buzzer was interrupted by a 38-second
fragment
of "Dance of the Little Swans" from Tchaikovsky's ballet Swan Lake.[16] Four
days
later on September 5 at 1230 UTC, a female voice was heard counting from one to
nine
in Russian; just over an hour later, at 1339 UTC, the buzzing silenced for a
quiet
male voice to read a voice message.[16]
On November 11, 2010, intermittent phone conversations were accidentally
transmitted
and were recorded by a listener (at 1400 UTC) for a period of approximately 30
minutes.[1] These conversations are available online, and seem to be in
Russian, but
have not yet been publicly translated.[19] The phone calls mentioned the
"brigade
operative officer on duty", the communication nodes "Debut", "Nadezhda"
(Russian for
"hope", both a noun and a female name), "Sudak" (a kind of river fish and also
a town
in Crimea) and "Vulkan". The female voice says "officer on duty of
communication node
Debut senior ensign Uspenskaya, got the control call from Nadezhda OK".
Unusual changes in the buzzing sound have also been noted. On one occasion on
April
9, 2011, the device responsible for generating the buzzing apparently
malfunctioned.
[1][20] On October 27 that same year, a second buzzing sound was heard on the
same
frequency, interfering with the first.[1][21]
[edit]Location and function
The purpose of the station has not been confirmed by government or broadcast
officials. However, the former Minister of Communications and Informatics of
the
Republic of Lithuania has written that the purpose of the voice messages is to
confirm that operators at receiving stations are alert.[5][22][23] Other claims
are[24] that the broadcast is constantly being listened to by military
commissariats.
Another theory concerns an article published in the Russian Journal of Earth
Sciences
which describes an observatory measuring changes in the ionosphere by
broadcasting a
signal at 4625 kHz, the same as the Buzzer.[25] However, this would not explain
the
voice messages.
It is likely that voice messages are some sort of Russian military
communications,
and that the buzzing sound is merely a "channel marker", used to keep the
frequency
occupied by making it unattractive for other potential users.[1] This is
reinforced
by the existence of two other Russian stations that follow a similar format,
nicknamed "The Pip" and "The Squeaky Wheel". Like the Buzzer, these stations
transmit
a signature sound that is repeated constantly, but is occasionally interrupted
to
relay coded voice messages.[1]
There is much speculation about the current transmitter site.[26] The former
transmitter[27] was located near Povarovo, Russia[28] at 56°5′0″N
37°6′37″E which is
about halfway between Zelenograd and Solnechnogorsk and 40 kilometres (25 mi)
northwest of Moscow, near the village of Lozhki. The location and callsign were
unknown until the first known voice broadcast of 1997.[29] In September 2010,
the
station's transmitter was moved to near the town of Pskov. This may have been
due to
a reorganization of the Russian military.[2] In 2011 a group of urban explorers
explored the abandoned buildings at Povarovo.[30] They claim that it is an
abandoned
military base. A radio log record was found, confirming the operation of a
transmitter at 4625 kHz.
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Message: 8
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:32:59 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
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Subject: [HCDX] The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers
Stations
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The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations
http://styleofsound.com/secrets-on-shortwave-radio/
The Conet Project
When the Conet Project box set was first released in 1997, it opened up the
world of
clandestine Shortwave Numbers Stations to a select group of music fans
interested in
the experimental electronic releases of Irdial Discs.
And its no wonder that 16 years later, the Conet Project recordings are still
as
relevant as ever Shortwave Number Stations are still very active, warranting
a re-
issue of this noise classic.
No one knows exactly for sure who operates these mysterious stations but it is
believed that they are operated by government agencies to communicate with
their
spies in the field.
Upon listening to the Conet Project recordings (or better yet live via short
wave
radio) one cant help but to feel confused accompanied by an eerie feeling that
there
are forces out there up to no good. Some of the broadcasts contained in The
Conet
Project have run since the Cold War started and since then, no one has
successfully
decoded them due to the unbreakable one time pad encryption used by sender
and
receiver.
Strange tones, people reading non-sensical phrases and even music all play a
part in
communicating messages from point A to B, and when assembled together into a
montage
such as what The Conet Project offers, the broadcasts themselves turn into
artworks,
warranting a listen over and over again.
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Message: 9
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:40:40 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
[email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Meg in facebook on numbers stations !!
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The Demi-Fiend ·
http://www.facebook.com/119835641474814/posts/247607305364313
This poop is pretty interesting
Numbers stations are mysterious shortwave radio channels of indiscernible
origin that
exist in countries all across the world and have been reported since World War
1.
They are identifiable by the unusual contents of their broadcasts: seemingly
random
sequences of numbers, words, letters, tunes, and Morse code, usually spoken by
artificially generated voices of women and children.
The most common theory regarding the purpose of these bizarre stations is that
theyre used by governments the world over to secretly transmit encrypted
commands
and messages to spies. That said, even though numbers stations have been
discovered
all over the globe and in any number of different languages, no government has
ever
officially acknowledged their existence. While the espionage theory is a
logical one,
with no official confirmation of their purpose the jury is still out.
One particularly odd station, UVB-76, has existed since the late 1970s and has
broadcast a simple, repetitive buzzing tone 24 hours a day ever since. On very
rare
occasions, however, listeners have reported a Russian voice interrupting the
buzz to
read out sequences of numbers and words, always in a consistent format this
happened once in 1997, once in 2002, once in 2006, 56 times in 2010, and 14 in
2011.
As with all numbers stations, its true purpose is and will probably remain
unknown,
but the increase in frequency of whatever its doing is certainly odd.
you can check it out at http://uk3-pn.mixstream.net/8370.m3u
~Mackerz
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Message: 10
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:42:59 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
To: [email protected], [email protected],
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Subject: [HCDX] The Glory Days of Shortwave Radio, long gone tunes of
SW broadcasts:
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The Glory Days of Shortwave Radio
by Канал на SWLDXBulgaria
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sf_UzdvTyKQ
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Message: 11
Date: Fri, 17 May 2013 08:44:37 +0300
From: Zacharias LIangas <[email protected]>
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[email protected];
Subject: [HCDX] Yahwah Ministries Radio Broadcasts Schedules
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Yahwah Ministries Radio Broadcasts Schedules - SHORTWAVE BROADCASTS:
https://www.facebook.com/100001807879157/posts/468646483205610
Friday @ 10:00 PM -
WWRB Radio 3.185 AM
Saturday @ 1:30 AM & Sunday @ 2 & @ 2:30 AM -
WCKY-1530 AM
Saturday @ 12:00 PM & Sunday @ 5:00 PM -
WTWZ-1120 AM
Sunday @ 10:00 PM -
KAAY 1090 AM
All Radio and Shortwave Timeslots are Eastern Standard Time.
Listen to the radio broadcasts live online:
Friday @ 10:00 PM-
http://tunein.com/radio/WWRB-s129714/
Saturday @ 1:30 AM & Sunday 2 & 2:30 AM-
http://tunein.com/radio/WCKY-1530-s27892/
Sunday @ 10:00 PM -
http://tunein.com/radio/1090-KAAY-s31316/
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Message: 12
Date: Sun, 19 May 2013 20:14:38 +1200
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Subject: [HCDX] New Retro Radio Dial Series 1953
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Radio Heritage Foundation
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May 19 2013
Retro Radio Dial Series 1953
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