[Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement

[Tom H]

The tune you were hearing was "Swan Lake" by Tchaikovsky (how fitting!) The tests consist of vocal counts by 1-10, normal "buzzer" tones, and "Swan Lake". I have been monitoring thru a stream located on uvb-76.net.

Tom



--- On Thu, 9/2/10, Michael Colonna <tunercar at gmail.com> wrote:

> From: Michael Colonna <tunercar at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Spooks] UVB-76 Buzzer experiencing outage due to maintenance or replacement
> To: "Shortwave Spy Numbers Stations" <spooks at mailman.qth.net>
> Date: Thursday, September 2, 2010, 2:14 PM
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> At around 18:10 Zulu I could hear someone counting from 1
> to 10 over and
> over in Russian.  I am listening through a remote
> receiver in Germany, and
> the signal fades in and out somewhat.  There also
> appeared to be an alarm
> going off for about 30 seconds that sounded like a goose.
> 
> Interesting times.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:06 PM, Ryan Kirby <ryan.sdefect at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> 
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> > UPDATE: 1405 eastern.
> >
> > TONS of activity:
> > Another voice message. NOT numbers.
> > The normal buzzer tx interrupted with clips of some
> type of flute
> > music or something.
> >
> > Now's the time to be listening.
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 2, 2010 at 2:01 PM, Ryan Kirby <ryan.sdefect at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> > > UPDATE: 1357 eastern
> > >
> > > The buzzer's carrier just came back up. Heard a
> voice broadcast that
> > > lasted only a few seconds. I wasn't paying
> attention at the time so I
> > > dont know if it was numbers, and propagation is
> poor.
> > > However, there is STILL activity on the
> frequency. It's safe to say at
> > > this point, over 12 hours after the normal
> transmission stopped, that
> > > the buzzer isnt going to be offline for good.
> > >
> > > I'm thinking its maintenance/upgrade.
> > >
> > > Ryan
> > >
> >
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