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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 <[email protected]> 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 <[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 > ______________________________________________________________ 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
