Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Hi The buzzer tones were about 1KHz off freq. Some reported hearing it being tuned in as well. I did manage to record the music and test tones. Give a listen. http://soundcloud.com/user2618956/uvbwmusic Tom --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Alex Mclean amclea...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alex Mclean amclea...@gmail.com Subject: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement To: spooks@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:49 PM Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list This morning UVB-76 The Buzzer went off the air at about 4:00UTC Instead is now being broadcast morse code question mark (. . - - . .) over and over again, and sporadically the familiar buzzer re-appears. Also strange is that it is also broadcasting a short clip of Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake intermittently. This is confirmed to be broadcast from UVB-76 and is not interference from another broadcast. Also heard has been activity over the microphone. I have personally observed the sound of male voices speaking Russian and it sounds like they are moving furniture. Anyone can recognize the sound of wooden table legs sliding across a hard floor. Other general activity has been monitored today. It can be speculated that the station is undergoing maintenance or replacement of some kind. It is apparent that there has been changes made to the broadcast by a real person in the control room indicative of testing and maintenance. Why they're playing a clip from Swan Lake is anybody's guess, but it's certainly a quaint style that is all but absent from numbers stations today. Honestly I think the last eccentrically styled numbers station was The Swedish Rhapsody, which also became more bland in its later years of usage. You know I'm not sure if UVB-76 really qualifies as a numbers station but it's certainly an abnormal station. Do inform me if discussion of it doesn't really belong here. Anyway that's the news. After a 28 year broadcast with no known interruptions, The Buzzer is off the air and it cannot be certain whether or not it will return. Here is a link to a blog I have been reading about the subject, it's very active right now: http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/ __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I listened for it several times last night. All I heard here in Illinois was some signal sweeping that frequency range, down to up, a couple times a second. Zack On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Tom H swler...@yahoo.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Hi The buzzer tones were about 1KHz off freq. Some reported hearing it being tuned in as well. I did manage to record the music and test tones. Give a listen. http://soundcloud.com/user2618956/uvbwmusic Tom --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Alex Mclean amclea...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alex Mclean amclea...@gmail.com Subject: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement To: spooks@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:49 PM Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list This morning UVB-76 The Buzzer went off the air at about 4:00UTC Instead is now being broadcast morse code question mark (. . - - . .) over and over again, and sporadically the familiar buzzer re-appears. Also strange is that it is also broadcasting a short clip of Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake intermittently. This is confirmed to be broadcast from UVB-76 and is not interference from another broadcast. Also heard has been activity over the microphone. I have personally observed the sound of male voices speaking Russian and it sounds like they are moving furniture. Anyone can recognize the sound of wooden table legs sliding across a hard floor. Other general activity has been monitored today. It can be speculated that the station is undergoing maintenance or replacement of some kind. It is apparent that there has been changes made to the broadcast by a real person in the control room indicative of testing and maintenance. Why they're playing a clip from Swan Lake is anybody's guess, but it's certainly a quaint style that is all but absent from numbers stations today. Honestly I think the last eccentrically styled numbers station was The Swedish Rhapsody, which also became more bland in its later years of usage. You know I'm not sure if UVB-76 really qualifies as a numbers station but it's certainly an abnormal station. Do inform me if discussion of it doesn't really belong here. Anyway that's the news. After a 28 year broadcast with no known interruptions, The Buzzer is off the air and it cannot be certain whether or not it will return. Here is a link to a blog I have been reading about the subject, it's very active right now: http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/ __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Listened between 0300 and 0800 eastern. Receiver Location Leuneberger, Germany. All that was observed was signal sweeping. Occasionally a 2 buzz transmitting would be heard (once every 15-30 minutes). Similar sound to the typical buzzer, but the note was lower than normal. Spacing was much closer together (much less than a second). As of right now, nothing can be heard on 4.625mhz. This could be due to ionic conditions or it is still down. I am almost certain at this point that this is a scheduled outage for upgrade or maintenance. Which leads me to believe the previous voice message was informing whoever is listening to move onto a different station for information. This would be typical for military/clandestine ops. You would have a predetermined B mode of communication. When A is not going to be available they will tell you to switch to frequency B or communication mode b. Anyone listening in has no idea what that frequency is or what mode of communication you will be using, so it doesn't compromise anyone in the field. We did this with radio comm whenever we felt that comm was compromised. We would announce a code which meant to switch to secondary frequency and cease all comm on primary. I would keep an eye on other Russian numbers stations (including Cuban and middle eastern) to see if any broadcasts are slightly out of the norm. This may indicate the buzzer coming back up. And if it does, then we're on our way to breaking the code xD Ryan On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 9:38 AM, Zack Widup w9sz.z...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I listened for it several times last night. All I heard here in Illinois was some signal sweeping that frequency range, down to up, a couple times a second. Zack On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:43 AM, Tom H swler...@yahoo.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Hi The buzzer tones were about 1KHz off freq. Some reported hearing it being tuned in as well. I did manage to record the music and test tones. Give a listen. http://soundcloud.com/user2618956/uvbwmusic Tom --- On Wed, 9/1/10, Alex Mclean amclea...@gmail.com wrote: From: Alex Mclean amclea...@gmail.com Subject: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement To: spooks@mailman.qth.net Date: Wednesday, September 1, 2010, 10:49 PM Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list This morning UVB-76 The Buzzer went off the air at about 4:00UTC Instead is now being broadcast morse code question mark (. . - - . .) over and over again, and sporadically the familiar buzzer re-appears. Also strange is that it is also broadcasting a short clip of Dance of the Little Swans from Swan Lake intermittently. This is confirmed to be broadcast from UVB-76 and is not interference from another broadcast. Also heard has been activity over the microphone. I have personally observed the sound of male voices speaking Russian and it sounds like they are moving furniture. Anyone can recognize the sound of wooden table legs sliding across a hard floor. Other general activity has been monitored today. It can be speculated that the station is undergoing maintenance or replacement of some kind. It is apparent that there has been changes made to the broadcast by a real person in the control room indicative of testing and maintenance. Why they're playing a clip from Swan Lake is anybody's guess, but it's certainly a quaint style that is all but absent from numbers stations today. Honestly I think the last eccentrically styled numbers station was The Swedish Rhapsody, which also became more bland in its later years of usage. You know I'm not sure if UVB-76 really qualifies as a numbers station but it's certainly an abnormal station. Do inform me if discussion of it doesn't really belong here. Anyway that's the news. After a 28 year broadcast with no known interruptions, The Buzzer is off the air and it cannot be certain whether or not it will return. Here is a link to a blog I have been reading about the subject, it's very active right now: http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/ __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1411 eastern Sorry for the spam of updates, but there is a LOT OF activity going on on. NOW numbers! 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 Adin, Dva, Tree, Cheteeree, Pyat, Shest, syem, vosyem, deveht, nil high pitched male or female synthesized voice. I am managing to get recordings on my phone. I wasn't ready for this so records aren't good quality On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Can confirm. Listening on same receiver. Was goinging 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 and is now going 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Then normal buzzer then something that is either horible music or a Goose mating with a dialup modem. Records will be posted after activity dies down. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list And now at 18:14 I just heard the old buzzer come back after the counting ended.and also some music in the backgroundand then a brief data burstnow back to the counting, over and over, adin, dva, tri, cheteriy, pyat, shyest, cyem vocem, dyevat, dyesat, 1 -10 over and over.then the buzzer again.some microphone feedback and then music.the buzzer.over the course of the past 5 minutes it seems to keep switching transmissions. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list If the transmitter is being worked on, those are probably test messages. Is anyone making recordings? On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list And now at 18:14 I just heard the old buzzer come back after the counting ended.and also some music in the backgroundand then a brief data burstnow back to the counting, over and over, adin, dva, tri, cheteriy, pyat, shyest, cyem vocem, dyevat, dyesat, 1 -10 over and over.then the buzzer again.some microphone feedback and then music.the buzzer.over the course of the past 5 minutes it seems to keep switching transmissions. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I am. Currently recording morse code being received from the buzzer. I've recorded a confirmed female voice counting 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,0 and 1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10 as well as music. male voice counting 1-10, normal buzzer tx, and now morse code. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:03 PM, Gene Marlin genemar...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list If the transmitter is being worked on, those are probably test messages. Is anyone making recordings? On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 1:19 PM, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list And now at 18:14 I just heard the old buzzer come back after the counting ended.and also some music in the backgroundand then a brief data burstnow back to the counting, over and over, adin, dva, tri, cheteriy, pyat, shyest, cyem vocem, dyevat, dyesat, 1 -10 over and over.then the buzzer again.some microphone feedback and then music.the buzzer.over the course of the past 5 minutes it seems to keep switching transmissions. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:14 PM, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list The tune you were hearing was Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky (how fitting!) The tests consist of vocal counts by 1-10, normal buzzer tones, and Swan Lake. I have been monitoring thru a stream located on uvb-76.net. Tom --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: From: Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations spooks@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 2:14 PM Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Around the 20:00z mark they played the Russian national anthem (sounded like a midi) and then another song that was too hard to make outdefinitely expanding the repertoire. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 3:29 PM, Tom H swler...@yahoo.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list The tune you were hearing was Swan Lake by Tchaikovsky (how fitting!) The tests consist of vocal counts by 1-10, normal buzzer tones, and Swan Lake. I have been monitoring thru a stream located on uvb-76.net. Tom --- On Thu, 9/2/10, Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com wrote: From: Michael Colonna tuner...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement To: Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations spooks@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 2:14 PM Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1 to 10 over and over in Russian. I am listening through a remote receiver in Germany, and the signal fades in and out somewhat. There also appeared to be an alarm going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose. Interesting times. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list UPDATE: 1405 eastern. TONS of activity: Another voice message. NOT numbers. The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some type of flute music or something. Now's the time to be listening. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby ryan.sdef...@gmail.com wrote: UPDATE: 1357 eastern The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a voice broadcast that lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying attention at the time so I dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is poor. However, there is STILL activity on the frequency. It's safe to say at this point, over 12 hours after the normal transmission stopped, that the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good. I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade. Ryan __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list At 2030 there was some morse coming in with a lower tone that sounds third party... not UVB-76. It was also coming in over top of the higher pitched morse tone that's coming from UVB-76. Maybe a pirate or ham operator getting in on the excitement? Mark __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Thanks for the info here folks, very informative updates from everyone. In regards to recordings, minor news and updates, and discussion, the place to go is here: http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/ They are running a repeater that is producing a very clear signal for the station. Next best thing to having an antenna in Moscow, better than globaltuners.net for this purpose. UVB76-AM http://uk3-pn.mixstream.net/8026.m3u UVB76-USB http://uk3-pn.mixstream.net/8370.m3u I also applied to receive a QSL card for the station! I'm looking forward to getting that in the mail. The person or party running this repeater is producing a QSL card for The Buzzer, pretty neat! Same group is also running a forum. If you're reading significant news on the forum don't forget to share with the spooks list folks too, keep everyone in the loop. http://uvb76.freeforums.org/ This is the most exciting real event that has happened since I've been into shortwave and numbers stations, so I'm pretty hyped up about the whole thing. __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Spooks] EZI on 4625
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Now RJD56 RJD56 DE RJP9. Genuine? Someone is obviously reading my mail and sent Goeienavond Ary on 4625 kHz. Who are you? 73, Ary __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I keep telling you people, any time you want something to change, get me to write a column about it. At least this time I hadn't e-mailed it yet. Chief, stop the presses, get me rewrite! -hugh On 9/2/2010 2:08 PM, Alex Mclean wrote: This is the most exciting real event that has happened since I've been into shortwave and numbers stations, so I'm pretty hyped up about the whole thing. __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Don't be too excited, gentlemen. This is just a hoax. The buzzer stopped on 31-8; on 1-9 a carrier was noted and after that nothing else. All the transmissions noted after 1 Sept are pirates. The music, counting, buzzer, E10 stuff and the morse messages addressed to me on that frequency are all jokes. Regards, Ary __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] EZI on 4625
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Well... It's not every day I get cussed out via morse while I'm SWL'ing. I guess that was confirmation enough for me =/ Also, Echo Zulu India is E10, if I'm not mistaken. We had reports of E10 broadcasting just outside of 4625 (4638 i think it was) at the time. On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 5:21 PM, Ary Boender a...@luna.nl wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list Weird, After the Swan Lake I heard EZI for a minute. Followed by morse. Most probably pirates fuck you Ryan) 73, Ary __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 4:47 PM, Ary Boender a...@luna.nl wrote: All the transmissions noted after 1 Sept are pirates. The music, counting, buzzer, E10 stuff and the morse messages addressed to me on that frequency are all jokes. That's pretty damn funny though. __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list : That's pretty damn funny though. It certainly is different! Many wonder at their relevance in life... Kurt __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list The buzzer has been acting quite weird lately with all the parasitic transmissions on no less than 9 frequencies. Maybe it just broke down or maybe not and just went off the air after many, many years of transmitting. We'll wait and see. 73, Ary On Thu, 2 Sep 2010 15:07:42 -0700, you wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list : That's pretty damn funny though. It certainly is different! Many wonder at their relevance in life... Kurt __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
[Spooks] cw messages on UVB-76?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I am listening to the live feed and there is a series of cw letters and numbers being sent, but no buzzer. What gives? Pete Miller W1AMJ __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
Re: [Spooks] cw messages on UVB-76?
Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list The buzzer has been offline since 8/31 with random carrier broadcasts since. There has been a lot of pirate SW/HAM activity on the frequency today. Including a little morse code shoutout to myself and Ary. There's speculation on what was Tx'd by the pirates and what was genuine. There was broadcasts of Swan Lake, followed by a synthesized male voice counting from 1-10 in russian. followed by the typical buzzer tone. I also recorded a FEMALE synthesized voice counting 1-0 and 1-10 in russian. No music or buzzer tone. For a little bit, the buzzer seemed to have been taking requests for songs if you posted in Global Tuners (more obvious pirate activity). There was also a reported E10 TX on 4638kHz which bled over onto 4625 (Echo Zulu India). This may have been pirate activity as well. Needless to say with the amount of CONFIRMED pirate activity, and the clarity its coming through. Its safe to say that the buzzer is not transmitting a carrier signal constantly... so it is definitely off the air. I cant confirm or deny the authenticity of any other broadcasts also, due to pirate activity. Ryan On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 7:06 PM, mill...@aol.com wrote: Visit http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks to unsubscribe from this list I am listening to the live feed and there is a series of cw letters and numbers being sent, but no buzzer. What gives? Pete Miller W1AMJ __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html __ Spooks mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/spooks Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Spooks@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
