Russian Radio Signal UVB-76 has stopped transmitting.. UH-OH

reply to post by BSG75

At first i thought that idea wouldnt work but then i thought again...

Perhaps, whenever interested ATS members were logged on, they could have it on as background 'music'. That way, with the members large diversity of countries and time zones, it would be extremely simple to keep an eye on transmissions and any unusual behaviour could be reported on and other members alerted.

I'd be up for it. In fact i think i'll start having it on all the time im on here now. It might make ATS an even stranger experience (with UVB-76 blaring out of the background) but we'd be doing some real research.

Nice one!

reply to post by Silver Star


It is a good idea isn't it! what do other members think?

There is no second line here. Only you can see this...

[edit on 31-7-2010 by BSG75]

I dont often post as I have very little to say (or what is on my mind is already said by others)

Bumping for answers, UVB-76 is currently silent.
No machine hum, No beep, No interference from a tv station.

link to the stream provided by uvb-76.blogspot.com

uk3-pn.mixstream.net...



Anyone have an idea as to why it's silent?
Here's hoping its just covered by another cloud or something similar.

edit: after looking up their current weather it could very well be cloud cover.
Google search for the weather nearby the station which is located nearby Esipovo.

[edit on 8/1/2010 by Lulzor]

reply to post by Lulzor


It could well be the fact it is daylight. You get a better signal during the night time. Bear in mind of course, that being able to hear it, depenmds on what time zone you are in

EDIT:

Found this:

Buzz Load of Buzzers

Could be interesting!

[edit on 1-8-2010 by BSG75]

Please receive my apologies, the repeater really _was_ down yesterday for some time - the winradhd software had hanged up on me somehow and although everything looked normal, the stream was not operational. Discovered it only when I did an evening check on the stream...

If the link is totally silent, then there is something wrong with the streaming itself. All the time, even if ther is no signal, some amount of static noise should be audible.

Regards,

Andrus.

Originally posted by Lulzor
I dont often post as I have very little to say (or what is on my mind is already said by others)

Bumping for answers, UVB-76 is currently silent.
No machine hum, No beep, No interference from a tv station.

link to the stream provided by uvb-76.blogspot.com

uk3-pn.mixstream.net...



Anyone have an idea as to why it's silent?
Here's hoping its just covered by another cloud or something similar.

edit: after looking up their current weather it could very well be cloud cover.
Google search for the weather nearby the station which is located nearby Esipovo.

[edit on 8/1/2010 by Lulzor]

Well ... If you monitor it, it would also make sense to subscribe to uvb76repeater twitter then, as I will update status there if I make any work on equipment. This way me tuning accidentially to M.A.S.H. tv show during maintenance feels much less like WW3 happening

Also, I am recording the relyed content 24/7, so if you discover something interesting, please mark down the date, time and timezone, and I will be able to look it up afterwards! I am having a rolling buffer of appx. one week.

Regards,

Andrus.

Originally posted by Silver Star
reply to post by BSG75

 

At first i thought that idea wouldnt work but then i thought again...

Perhaps, whenever interested ATS members were logged on, they could have it on as background 'music'. That way, with the members large diversity of countries and time zones, it would be extremely simple to keep an eye on transmissions and any unusual behaviour could be reported on and other members alerted.

I'd be up for it. In fact i think i'll start having it on all the time im on here now. It might make ATS an even stranger experience (with UVB-76 blaring out of the background) but we'd be doing some real research.

Nice one!

[edit on 1-8-2010 by Laid2]

Originally posted by Laid2
Also, I am recording the relyed content 24/7, so if you discover something interesting, please mark down the date, time and timezone, and I will be able to look it up afterwards!

I will endeavour to do so.

I am having difficulty determining what is actually part of the UVB transmission and what is more likely to be from other sources on a similar frequency. The data bursts sound like an interesting development - its worth keeping your eye's on the news to see if they coincide with anything.

For example, if UVB-76 is part of a Russian Ionosphere research project (as has been theorized), then could the recent solar flare activity have anything to do with its abnormal behaviour recently?

I only ever seem to get static when i listen to it at the moment.

This may be slightly off topic, (or maybe not) but the past couple of weeks there has been a lot of US and British military activity on 4709 USB and 6693 USB.

Mostly just call signs of units checking in. I'm sure all of the good stuff is encrypted. Some of them have an English accent, which leads me to believe the British (and possibly others) are involved as well.

The amount of EAM's on 8992 and 11175 have increased as well, with a good number of SKYKING messages also.

Either there is a large scale joint exercise happening, or they are preparing for something.

reply to post by J-in-TX


EAM? doesnt that mean emergency action message? I thought that was used only in times of war...

Anyways, it might not be unrelated. Can you try to get a recording of these please? Or at least tell us what times these came in, and then other members can try to match these to known movements of troops

Yes, EAM is Emergency Action Message. And they go out all the time, whether they mean anything or not. If they only went out for something important, that would be a tip off that something is about to happen. Generally there are 2-4 per hour. But a couple of weeks ago they have become more frequent. They are just an alphanumeric message addressed to an alphanumeric receiving station. The ones I mostly hear come out of Andrews AFB and Offut AFB. The sending station does identify itself at the end of the message, ie. "Andrews Out"

The "SKYKING, Do not answer" messages are rare. The last time I have heard one was during the '08 Olympics when Russia and Georgia got into it. And I have heard 3 of them in the past 2 weeks.

Do a you tube search for "eam" or "emergency action messsage" there are plenty of recordings.
Here is an information link. www.globalsecurity.org...

Now, as to the traffic I have been hearing. It seems like a roll call. The frequency will be quiet for a while, then lots of stations calling to check in, then quiet again. I haven't noticed any kind of schedule. It is kind of random. But it is something I have not heard before. Like I said, the good stuff is surely encrypted, as in, once contact is established they go secure.

I'm in N. Texas and I can only hear them after the sun goes down. They are probably happening all the time, but I have recently moved and have not had a chance to set up an antenna and my radio station, so all I have right now is a portable radio. I am mostly interested in the ham bands, but since I can't talk back right now, I'm listening to other things.

Sadly, I am unable to make recordings as my Mac is out of commission due to a bad fan, and the computer I am using now does not have the necessary software.

It could just be an exercise, but whatever it is, it seems to be on a large scale. As there are at least 20-30 units at each "roll call".

Originally posted by thomasblackraven
Just posted a minute clip of the current audio feed...there's talking at the end! Anyone know what they're saying?

media.abovetopsecret.com...

(MP3 file, 1min)

it is german, a woman talks about renovating a school or a church. i guess it is from the news on radio broadcast.

[edit on 2-8-2010 by freygeist]

Ok, after some research, I think I have found what I have been hearing.

It is most likely a US/British exercise in the Atlantic.

scmla.wordpress.com...

But, it could also be part of the US forces in Costa Rica already being discussed.

www.abovetopsecret.com...

Originally posted by freygeist

Originally posted by thomasblackraven
Just posted a minute clip of the current audio feed...there's talking at the end! Anyone know what they're saying?

media.abovetopsecret.com...

(MP3 file, 1min)

it is german, a woman talks about renovating a school or a church. i guess it is from the news on radio broadcast.

[edit on 2-8-2010 by freygeist]

We knew about that already....

There is no second line. Only you can read it

[edit on 2-8-2010 by BSG75]

sorry, didn't saw it in the comments

reply to post by freygeist


Meh... its alright.

But -76 doesnt sound all that healthy to me tonight. After the morse code was sent tonight (am getting confirmation on that) the buzzer did not appear for several seconds, and it now sounds like it is a different tone of buzzer/horn. Something is also knocking into the freq as another signal can be heard faintly.

Any other ATS user hear it?

reply to post by BSG75


I hate to double post again, but I was thinking that the fires in Russia might have an effect on the signal from UVB-76. What do you think?

Hi all!

The UVB-76 listening post has now gone over a total renovation. One can find details from the blog (uvb-76.net...).

The major change is, that there are now TWO feeds. One is a main feed, working as usual, although with much better reception now. This is on the same old address at uk3-pn.mixstream.net...

The other stream is a USB demodulated feed. I have explained it in more detail at the blog, but the main idea is, that decoding a AM modulation in USB (upper sideband modulation) gives a way better sensitivity than normal AM would. This is now effectively giving a reception what is 24h in better days and has about 3-hour blindspot around 11am GMT on not-so-good conditions. This stream is found on uk3-pn.mixstream.net...

Regards,

Andrus.

[edit on 16-8-2010 by Laid2]

[edit on 16-8-2010 by Laid2]

[edit on 17-8-2010 by Laid2]

UVB-76 has changed it's message:

news.slashdot.org...
uvb-76.blogspot.com...

[edit on 24-8-2010 by HiTEK]

reply to post by HiTEK

To quote the new message from the UVB-76 blog

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 - (repeated twice

This code can't be that complicated - it's TOO short!

Here's the MP3 recording of the latest transmission

Maybe "74 14 35 74" is an IP address??

[edit on 24-8-2010 by harrytuttle]

Originally posted by harrytuttle

Maybe "74 14 35 74" is an IP address??

74.14.35.74 is an IP address registered to Bell Canada

Cheers