Mysterious Russian 'Buzzer' radio broadcast changes

Mysterious Russian 'Buzzer' radio broadcast changes

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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.

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Dont know if this has been posted yet. i looked and didnt see anything. anyway thought it was real intresting. new codes are coming out but i dont speak russian and the online stream to listen is jammed full right now. if anyone does speak russian and can manage to listen this could be real awesome. looking at the wikipedia is cool also.

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i found it intresting that longitude coordinates from the past mentioned Krasnoyarsk city which was then won by Aleksandr Ivanovich Lebed who became governor. he then died in a mysterious helicopter crash a few years later.

The station does appear to be used by spies, and when they communicate things happen. but as to what is happening i have no idea.

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[edit on 25-8-2010 by TheRepublic]

some more links:


If you speak russian try to go here to listen:
uvb-76.blogspot.com...

more info on "Numbers Stations"
en.wikipedia.org...

"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" is the last message recieved. what is naimina? a quick search of google only shows an orphaned elephant from the cartoon the wild thornberrys. somehow i do not think this is what was meant. according to wikipedia most number stations use a one time pad.

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if a one time pad is being used i think its safe to assume we may never know what is being said. still cool though.

Well this is fascinating. Although interesting that "spy-stuff" would be done so out in the open.

Originally posted by mother1138
Well this is fascinating. Although interesting that "spy-stuff" would be done so out in the open.

I agree...although the best place to hide something is out in the open.

This is a very interesting article, it makes me think of the radio signal on ABC's Lost

Maybe the mysterious change will help get answers to what the signal was in the first place. 20 years of run time is a very long time. Can't wait to see what unfolds.

Naimma ( think i spelled it right) means no name..thier is apost here a night or 2 ago about this signal, an ATS member decifered "naimma" for everyone no name..OH! it was a post about some english spy agent found dead in his bathtub.
I think it wa earlier this year? a signal form russia was alsoaltered..not sure its the same signal or not.

the Loita/Purko Naimina Enkiyio Forest in Kenya is where the Massai tribe resides in Africa and where they have been trying to secure tribal rights for the Massai. Link Not sure how this would fit into anything that the Russians have going on but it's interesting to say the least.

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This seems odd to me that Wired is just running this story now. This was discussed back in June here and supposedly solved here. Search ATS for uvb for more info.

Originally posted by bestideayet on 6/5/2010
The mysterious russian shortwave radio "UWB-76", also known as "The Buzzer"...

...just stopped transmission. This is huge, considering there has been almost NO interruption since 1982. It even survived the cold war.