Subdeacon Joe Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 ZhUOZ MDZhB UZB76 In the middle of a Russian swampland, not far from the city of St Petersburg, is a rectangular iron gate. Beyond its rusted bars is a collection of radio towers, abandoned buildings and power lines bordered by a dry-stone wall. This sinister location is the focus of a mystery which stretches back to the height of the Cold War. It is thought to be the headquarters of a radio station, “MDZhB”, that no-one has ever claimed to run. Twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, for the last three-and-a-half decades, it’s been broadcasting a dull, monotonous tone. Every few seconds it’s joined by a second sound, like some ghostly ship sounding its foghorn. Then the drone continues. Once or twice a week, a man or woman will read out some words in Russian, such as “dinghy” or “farming specialist”. And that’s it. Anyone, anywhere in the world can listen in, simply by tuning a radio to the frequency 4625 kHz. https://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/The_Buzzer_(ZhUOZ_MDZhB_UZB76) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pat Riot Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Ivan, Nikolai, Vasili, Dimitri....etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Every once in awhile I tune the Kenwood TS-520 to the Buzzer and listen awhile... Always was speculated that this was their way to send messages to intelligence agents around the world. They had a specific time and day to sign in and listen to code words and then correlate to their code books. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdeacon Joe Posted May 11, 2019 Author Share Posted May 11, 2019 12 minutes ago, Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 said: Every once in awhile I tune the Kenwood TS-520 to the Buzzer and listen awhile... Always was speculated that this was their way to send messages to intelligence agents around the world. They had a specific time and day to sign in and listen to code words and then correlate to their code books. I'm rather partial to the "Dead Man Switch" theory, myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muleshoe Bill SASS #67022 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Of course it could just be a station set up by some vodkas swilling Russians after a conversation that ran something like this.... Boris ---- " Anatoly - we have that old transmitter and good antenna just sitting around.... (swig swig swallow) How about.... we set up and transmit on out of way frequency, with tone and occasionally send some words..... Mess with Capitalist dog minds! " Anatoly Victorovich ---- "Is a good idea! I like, how many watts can we run through that amplifier? You want to call Pavel and borrow his reel to reel - is state of the art!"" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Well, they no longer have the Russian Woodpecker. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dubious Don #56333 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 USAF still uses HF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utah Bob #35998 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Blessent mon coeur / d'une langueur / monotone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tex Jones, SASS 2263 Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 Jean a de longues moustaches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snakebite Posted May 11, 2019 Share Posted May 11, 2019 It's been a longtime since I've thought about the Woodpecker. WA6CKJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marshal Mo Hare, SASS #45984 Posted May 12, 2019 Share Posted May 12, 2019 5 hours ago, Snakebite said: It's been a longtime since I've thought about the Woodpecker. WA6CKJ One of the three OTH radars was shut down when Chernobyl happened the other two 5 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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