RedM Posted August 25, 2010 Share Posted August 25, 2010 The output of a mysterious radio station in Russia, which has been broadcasting the same monotonous signal almost continuously for 20 years, has suddenly changed. Numbers stations are shortwave radio stations that broadcast computer-generated voices reading numbers, words, letters or Morse code. Their purpose has never been uncovered, but evidence from spy cases suggests that they're used to broadcast coded information to secret agents. Over the past week or so, the output of one particular station that broadcasts from near Povarovo, Russia, increased dramatically. The station has a callsign of UVB-76, but is known as "The Buzzer" by its listeners because of the short, monotonous buzz tone that it normally plays 21 to 34 times per minute. It's only deviated from that signal three times previously -- briefly in 1997, 2002 and 2006. In early August, a garbled recording of a voice speaking Russian was heard by listeners. A few days later, on 23 August at 13:35UTC, a clearer voice read out the following message twice: "UVB-76, UVB-76 — 93 882 naimina 74 14 35 74 — 9 3 8 8 2 nikolai, anna, ivan, michail, ivan, nikolai, anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4", before returning to its normal broadcasting. That's some weird sh*t right there. Imminent nuclear launch, codes to spies or simply the results of Saturdays National Lotteryski? http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2010-08/25/russian-numbers-station-broadcast-changes Listen in here (when it isn't busy) http://uvb-76.blogspot.com/ Big thread about it here: http://www.facepunch.com/showthread.php?t=990390 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedrosixfour Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Probably just the kids being called in for their dinner. Now where did I put my lead-lined Y fronts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay_vr6 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 youtube is full of this stuff, making interesting watching good call Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlotte Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Probably just the kids being called in for their dinner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I've never of number stations before and just spent the last 30mins reading all about. Fasinating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I've never of number stations before and just spent the last 30mins reading all about. Fasinating. someone's been to the pub at lunch again, haven't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt H Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 someone's been to the pub at lunch again, haven't they? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I'm just reading up on "Numbers Stations" as well. Interesting read. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I'm just reading up on "Numbers Stations" as well. Interesting read. Me too That "Dead Hand" thing is pretty dark. Real Cold War paranoia stuff straight out of Dr.Strangelove. I wonder whether its real or not? When I was young and I believed anything I read, there was a magazine called "The Unexplained" which had a feature on something called "The Woodpecker" which broadcast a similar monotonous tone and "no-one" knew why. People were theorising that it was part of a Soviet global mind control system. Inspired by this thread, I had a quick look on the interweb today and it turns out that NATO knew all along that The Woodpecker was a missile early warning radar. I'm not sure whether to be dissappointed ot not... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJButler Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 Decode of new numbers= Magdeburg Annie Dead, RIP:d Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Konrad Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 *cut* "The Woodpecker" which broadcast a similar monotonous tone and "no-one" knew why. People were theorising that it was part of a Soviet global mind control system. Inspired by this thread, I had a quick look on the interweb today and it turns out that NATO knew all along that The Woodpecker was a missile early warning radar *cut* ... called "Eye of Moscow" and located next to Tchernobyl plant. You can see it from Pripyat building roofs. It's massive and I still remember knocking sound going off from time to time on the radio when Russians did turn it on in 1980's Actually you can visit this site, but it is quite erm complicated to get there through all army checkpoints http://www.gizmos.pl/images/img/oko_zdolu.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nevins Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 This is funny lol. H3Hw33bslAU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
3LL Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 this is funny lol. h3hw33bslau pmfsl!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digsy Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 ... called "Eye of Moscow" and located next to Tchernobyl plant. You can see it from Pripyat building roofs. It's massive and I still remember knocking sound going off from time to time on the radio when Russians did turn it on in 1980's Actually you can visit this site, but it is quite erm complicated to get there through all army checkpoints That's a cracking pic. Apparently NATO called it "The Steelyard". Not hard to see why! *edit* PMSL @ Nevins' post! You've been Яick Яolled! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JustGav Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 /me digs out tinfoil hat Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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