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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 <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Alex Mclean <[email protected]> > Subject: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or > replacement > To: [email protected] > 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:[email protected] > > 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:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
