UVB-76 ("The Buzzer") | Morse code broadcast recording

[Roofius2]

its nuclear weapon

if ubv-76 stop its bad



[SOLdealemana]

T R () I_I_()I_I_()

[shunsuke899]

こええええ

[Blank00024]

I know what this means!

The Russians have a very slow dial up connection that has been connecting since '87!

it proves everything.

[masonmojo]

As a former ditty bopper in the USAF, darkazeim hit it right on the head, the morse is background, couple of Russian navy stations sending a 30 group message consisting of numbers and letters in 5 character groups.

[UVB76kHz]

Very good mumif. Subbed. Also, I don't want to steal your thunder ofc but if you guys want to see any other uvb-76 vids I have a few uploaded. I will post ALOT more if I find anything of interest in the next 5 days.

[mumificiranipjetao]

@UVB76kHz not a problem at all, I'm way too busy anyway to make much research :)

[chabi3000]

It fucking scares me that even in times where we dont live in the cold war anymore these radio stations exist and that they are highly active ... what is going on that we dont know of ... i am fucking scared

[fintonomalley]

@chabi3000 i sannhet, if this is still going on (and there are MANY operating number stations still) does it not go to show the cold war is not truly over? i believe so personally

[yadsik]

Your description is mixing up information from the Woodpecker with the Buzzer.

The Woodpecker was first detected in 76 and used for detecting missile launches over the horizon.

The Buzzer is used to test the alertness of operators at receiving stations, for example, 5 days of pure beeps, and then a message, they must quickly record the message, and they can gauge their alertness.

The Buzzer was first recognized in 1982.

[mumificiranipjetao]

@yadsik Actually, one source claims it's been monitored as early as 1973 (!) so we really don't know _when_ it was first recorded. Bear in mind that these were the Cold War times, when "loose lips sank ships", so nobody really talked about that subject.

[kmikl]

@yadsik AFAIK, the buzzer is only there to keep the carrier open... and it isn't just 5 days of buzzing, it's more along the lines of YEARS. It's become more active in the last 10 years, so either it's the Russians playing way ahead of the curve, or there's other things afoot.

[KRAZE87GMODDER]

This is exactly what I heard twice about a month back.

[egersixsixsix]

Shit, there are a lot of fucking strange weird things here in Russia.

[tedds3]

i have speaking messages

[KlimaticEgo]

It sounds like a bunch of SOS signals.

[darkazesim]

That's not Morse code, it's binary! @_@

Think about how a computer communicates over the FSB to the CPU. It sends a timing signal at intervals to keep the CPU speed steady and shoots binary underneath it.

TIMER001010100011011011011TIME­R

that's one of the code strings from the broadcast, as far as I can tell. but who knows, my timing could be off.

[TE3EJ]

@darkazesim The buzzer isn't but the background adjacent signal is. The Morse station is adjacent to the buzzer carrier on the frequency and should be listened into and tuned on CW setting. The Morse station is Russian Navy. You can tell that by the fixed callsigns used. Station RBE99 is transmitting a 30 group 5 figure block message on the 10th for the attention of station RJD99.

[BTedge116]

From what I have researched about the Morse code broadcastings, is that its actually European Radio "pirates" feeding off the interest in this station and broadcasting Fake messages to mess with people.

[malakismenos92]

elpub.wdcb.ru/journals/rjes/v1­0/2007ES000227/2.shtml

[malakismenos92]

IT IS JUST A SCIENTIFIC STATION!!!!

LOOK HERE: elpub.wdcb.ru/journals/rjes/v1­0/2007ES000227/2.shtml

[TE3EJ]

@malakismenos92 Consider that the scientific station is just using the broadcast as a known and constant for ionospheric tests? The voice traffic is in the same format as all the rest of the Russian military command and control stations. The same traffic codeword formats are monitored on everything from ELF, VLF and on the HF networks. The same codeword formats are also observed on the Russian Morse networks and have been for decades.

[TheAntonkr]

Imagine it was a prank gone too far. Damn russians.

[ISNiP3RIx]

its stopped on my radio ooooooooo

[s52ab]

..+ this is recording in USB. UVB-76 have on Frequency 4625.00 kHz, strong carrier (continual tone). CW (or Morse Code) is on this Frequency is inpossibility reception clearnes.

Thanks for other interest info ! 73

[s52ab]

... in my humble opinion, this signal is from frequency 4626.5 kHz - Russian Station 8XT2 (Utilitas DX Club frq. sh.). Record this signal is made without narrow filter...73

[bigbomber2007]

Hey, how do I get this radio station? I live in Ohio, United States ofcourse. But I want to listen to it.

[randallo4]

i have a recording of the morse today if youd like

[TE3EJ]

@randallo4 Can you upload it onto You Tube?

[fdsman]

this is a relay station for ionosphere research, it has nothing to do with missiles that anyone knows about.

[mumificiranipjetao]

@fdsman I'd really like to believe that, but why would that research be so mysterious they'd have to code their transmissions?

[fdsman]

@mumificiranipjetao Morse code is nothing special. It's existence has to do with being able to hear it under even extreme distortion compared to human voice. It's just a surefire way of getting a message through that is important and in this case it would be critical research data. look it up and you'll find that the frequency used in ionosphere research matches that of which they are broadcasting at.

[fdsman]

@mumificiranipjetao it also makes since that UVB-76 would be broadcasting over a microphone rather than a direct source because it's transmitting the information coming out of some equipment and it also makes relaying data a lot easier if the microphone is always on.

[fdsman]

@mumificiranipjetao Also, the Russians are keen on hiding information from the public. If they really didn't want you to know what they were doing why wouldn't they just encrypt this information and cause it to sound like a dial up modem? They don't broadcast spoken messages often enough to be a numbers station so I highly doubt that this is anything suspicious.

[jeianafa12547dj]

@mumificiranipjetao Do research on ionosphere and see what mysterious that has and you'll be just as weirded out

[geckorus10]

@mumificiranipjetao they could have found something real important that they want to keep under wraps unti- wait, no, that would not work

[Stad122]

@mumificiranipjetao SO TERRORISTS DONT GET A HOLD OF THEIR REASEARCH stupid caps

[TE3EJ]

@fdsman The institute is simply using a constant known signal that is transmitted on 4625 khz.as depicted on that web page. The buzzer has been transmitted on that frequency for decades as is a standard set frequency and know quantity. The institute is simply using it as a set and unvariable standard.

The purpose of UVB-76 is a simple and effective command and control broadcast. The frequency used as constant indicates its purpose is within the Moscow Oblast region. More to follow....

[TE3EJ]

@fdsman UVB-76 is not the only Russian command and control broadcast that utilises a unique and constant carrier in order to keep the frequency maintained and open. The clue is in the traffic sent. The only mystery about UVB-76 is that the codewords broadcast are few and infrequent compared to others. All the Russian broadcasts follow the same pattern with their codeword and priority traffic. The carrier is interupted and the codeword is sent.

[TE3EJ]

@fdsman All the other Russian Military networks follow exactly the same codeword format in Morse and Voice. These cover the entire HF range and even involve VLF transmissions in order to communicate with sumberged submarines. The codeword traffic format as sent on UVB-76 in voice is reflected in all the other Russian broadcasts and networks. Many of these are easily identifed as they use fixed Russian Navy callsigns beginning with R.

[TE3EJ]

@fdsman See following video. 'UVB-76 The Buzzer - Voice message 23/August/2010' Video ending v=YatKCf42TrM Note the codeword format used. UVB-76 93 882 NAIMINA 74 14 35 74 The same format is used on the other Russian voice networks such as 'Squeaky Wheel' and 'The Pip' Example of Morse codeword traffic RCV 43243 SHOLAST 5301 3473 REA4 01293 BALANVA 1958 4088 RDL 82024 75205 BROMNYJ 1346 1872 Used for decades by the Russians and is a simple command and control format.

[TE3EJ]

@fdsman To further highlight the fact. Several ex-Soviet military personnel on Russian radio enthusiasts websites have explained the format for receiving the command and control emergency messages.

In their sent format they mean nothing. The codeword and figures are not breakable. It is a pre-arranged codeword maintaining currency for a set period. The recipients simply refer to their flash message codebook and respond to the action for that particular received codeword. Simple and effective.

[para994]

@fdsman

Are you mad? It's part of the "Perimeter" system not of some strange reasearch programm.

[fdsman]

@para994 lol, go do your research on ionosphere research first before calling me mad ya dumb shit.

[para994]

@fdsman

Do you really think you can insult me? You continue playing your Computer games ok?

[fdsman]

@para994 Do you really think YOU can insult me? How about you go learn something before you type. At least I'm man enough to make videos instead of keeping my account private.

[mcclane22]

Sounds like a never really starting soundtrack of an action movie :D

[TheNilesEdge]

Oh my god ... it's S.O.S. cat!!

[balongaboy]

this video is awfuly quiet

[gamefreak4444]

I dont know why, but this whole UVB-76 thing creeps me out. big time. whats the point of broadcasting a constant buzzing? why have there been voices? why continue broadcasting this pointless buzzing, at the expense of the governments own dollars? Why do the voices only say names, and what seems to be random numbers? why is the morse code gibberish? I have no idea why, but whenever I even listen to the broadcast, I get chills down my spine.

[witzig89]

@gamefreak4444 I heard from some source, supposedly a couple of Russian HAM enthusiasts, that this is a backup military communications broadcast to send orders around Russia. If their main telegraph systems are down for some reason, they can use this constantly open frequency. The buzzing is supposedly just a cheap and easy way to keep the channel alive and to make sure it's constantly working.

[TE3EJ]

@gamefreak4444 The Morse isn't gibberish. The Morse is actually on the frequency 4627khz. It is not on the Buzzer frequency of 4625 khz. You can hear the Morse only because of the AM or USB recording mode. All the calls used in the Morse are Russian Navy fixed callsigns. The ship sending the morse is callsign RBE99.

[SWL1409]

I hear voice encryption over it a couple of weeks ago.

[TE3EJ]

I've listened to the recent Morse transmission of UVB-76. It seems rather strange for the buzzer to still be active during the transmission? The whole point of a command and control would be to provide a clear broadcast.

The recent morse broadcast starts with the callsign RGT77. The rest is blotted out and unreadable. The Morse is either an adjacent signal or is being picked up on a live mike of UVB-76. If you search for RGT77 it is used on numerous Russian broadcasts for command messages.

[xmine08]

sounds like my old printer :D

[darkazesim]

@xmine08

Yah, see? Sounds like machine talk.

[proct0r]

The morse has nothing to do with UVB-76. There can be an infinite number of stations broadcasting on the same frequency. I hear doubled stations all the time. The only significance is when UVB-76 stops transmitting and the guy comes on and says numbers and names.

[NaesseEm]

Has anybody graphic version of the code from record?

[TE3EJ]

The callsign that it is being transmitted to in Morse is RATD99. The part at 0:22 is where the message is repeated. It reads FOR RATD99. It then goes into 30 groups of five figure traffic. It ends with the 10030. That signifies the date (10th) and the number of groups that the message contains (30). It end with the callsign that it is being transmitted to RATD99.

The RATD99 callsign confirms that the message is for internal Russian consumption.

[vorpal22]

I heard morse code last night at approximately 03:07 UTC... sounded just like the beeping in this video, and only lasted for about 30 seconds to a minute. All day today (especially around 20:00 UTC) , I heard at least one man and one woman talking in Russian in the background as well, albeit quietly.

[Ipdadptr]

1:35 it sounds like skype lol when u log in or log out

[mumificiranipjetao]

@Ipdadptr Actually, yes, it is. I was recording directly through my soundcard, so it pulled other sounds together with the butt.

[NLmonsterNL]

i heared more morse today

[LordEizen]

it sounds different now.. like, the BUZZ sound sounds distant ...

[Skyver]

@Doltz40 Not likely, as they have been able to send voice over UVB-76 before.

[DeadlyFoez]

For anyone else interested in the recording that I have, you can get them via torrent from....

tinyurl DOT com SLASH uvb76

[mumificiranipjetao]

@Doltz40 You might have a point there.

[IIB20VTEC]

@mumificiranipjetao Hi, whats the background image of on your Twitter??

[mumificiranipjetao]

@IIB20VTEC As far as I know, those were some kind of defense towers in the British sea during the second world war. As far as I know, they're still there.

[olenlotharjoo]

telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews­/northamerica/usa/7860022/US-a­rrest-of-Russian-agents-reads-­like-spy-thriller.html :

The search of the Seattle apartment also turned up a radio for receiving short-wave radio transmissions and a spiral notebook, "some pages of which contain apparently random columns of numbers."

"The spiral notebook contains codes used to decipher radiograms as they came in," the complaints said.

[samuraiMusashi69]

can you tell me what kind of stuff it is? this is military case? secret message which may be detected? it reminds me army signals when i was military

[mumificiranipjetao]

@samuraiMusashi69

This guy who allegedly worked for the navy knows morse, and he said he can't really pull out much from it but it's "definitely coded", which pulls out the only conclusion that it's classified stuff.

[landonisdumb]

@mumificiranipjetao

Well, leave it to a seaman to 'not' pull much out from it.

[DJBLUEDEMO]

@samuraiMusashi69 we rilly dont know it looks like it

[wwwwolf]

The vuvuzela button doesn't seem to help too much with this video...

[DeadlyFoez]

I was listening to it live when this was happening. I have to say it was a little creepy. I actually have better sound files of all of this that I should upload.

[JTHM3247]

Have people translated the Morse code into Cyrillic or tried it only in English? Granted if this is a special message meant only for a select few, the Morse code is probably adapted.

[mumificiranipjetao]

@JTHM3247 We tried in Cyrillic, same result, nothing much.

[TE3EJ]

@JTHM3247 The Morse on this recording is a 30 group message. It appears to be a coded five figure 30 group message. The station sending it RBE99 has sent previous traffic that is breakable and recorded on the buzzer freq. The actual frequency that the Morse is on is 4627khz.

RJD99 DE RBE99 QTA IMI QTC K

RBE99 956 16 10 0105 956 BT FOR RJH94 RJD90 BT

09211 99656 10398 41598 22903 10080 40150 54000 70100 81030 22200 00040 20000 10013 BT AR

RBE99 K 

[TE3EJ]

@JTHM3247 That short traffic from RBE99 is breakable. It is an international weather and sea state code. It even includes the lat and long from the ship.

See second and third group of the message 99656 10398.

Ship RBE99 is located at 65.6N 39.8E. That puts it in the White Sea.

All the rest of the traffic is standard weather present and past and sea states

[TE3EJ]

@JTHM3247 Other vessels active in the past week are RJP99 and RJQ56 sending to RJD56

RJP99 01181 99696 10370 42598 71305 10094 40102 57006 8785/ 22271 00071 20201 88000 80000 01014 BT AR

RJQ56 01211 99681 10397 42497 51912 10090 40090 57020 70211 852// 22200 00070 20402 88000 80000 02015 BT AR

Ship RJP99 is at 69.6N 037.0E

Ship RJQ56 is at 68.1N 039.7E

That locates them in the Barents Sea.

The Morse is simply another net active near to the Buzzer frequency.

[spaghettibeans]

Sounds like an old school dot matrix printer.

[Dimensionaluk]

This is creepy ass shit.

[mumificiranipjetao]

@Dimensionaluk Actually, you get used to it after a while. It's like it blends with the silence, I really can't explain. I was creeped out at first, but it became more pleasant as I was listening to it.

[Dimensionaluk]

@mumificiranipjetao Good to know, did you think the sudden disruption of it's service has something to do with those Russian spies being rounded up while in the USA? Also what do you think the Morse code was for?

[mumificiranipjetao]

@Dimensionaluk Actually, I made a nice observation; I found on CNN that those spies were captured in Cyprus. And you know what is to be found on Cyprus? Lincolnshire Poacher transmitters. But yes, also, if they're spies, UVB-76 must have a connection with them.

[Nalehw]

Wow. That must've been incredible to be there for. I wonder what's going on.

[J6V9H]

i heard it, it just stopped one afternoon and transmitted alot of warbled sounds, it sounded very strange to me...

[samuraiMusashi69]

i heard it was stopped. is that true?

[mumificiranipjetao]

@samuraiMusashi69

No, it's still running. However, after it stopped, strange stuff happened, polytone data, murse and a voice transmission. Also, the one minute long beep on every full hour has stopped.

[PartiaLenina]

Holy shit.

[mumificiranipjetao]

@PartiaLenina That's the kind of a reaction I got when I heard it live

[SpartanGuy051]

It was tense at the time, really exiting, i was also there for the voice transmission days before the Morse, great stuff, very interesting.