Mysterious Radio Station UVB-76 Goes Offline 336
leathered writes "Tinfoil hatters around the world are abuzz that UVB-76, the Russian shortwave radio station that has been broadcasting its monotonous tone almost uninterrupted since 1982, has suddenly gone offline. Of course no one knows what the significance of this is, but best brush up on your drills just in case."
Explanation: (Score:3, Funny)
Another explanation for the constant buzzer is...radio waves are reflected from ionosphere inhomogeneities. Changes of an ionosphere state can be caused by solar geophysical or seismic events. This method involves comparing a continuous radio transmission which is reflected by the ionosphere with a stable basic generator. The continuously transmitted carrier frequency currently used for this research matches that of the Russian Buzzer (4.625 MHz).
If the ionosphere can change state from seismic events, why couldn't seismic events be changed through manipulation of the ionosphere? It is indeed possible to control large-scale events with small-scale signals with phenomina such as resonance. What of all of the earthquakes which seem to hit the people we don't like, providing opportunities to rebuild and sieze their resources as part of the growing trend of disaster capitalism [naomiklein.org], the ultimate way to make money and spread influence without declaring war?
And why is there no comparison to HAARP [wikipedia.org] in that article?! From the HAARP wiki:
The High Frequency Active Auroral Research Program (HAARP) is an ionospheric research program jointly funded by the US Air Force, the US Navy, the University of Alaska and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA).Its purpose is to analyze the ionosphere and investigate the potential for developing ionospheric enhancement technology for radio communications and surveillance purposes (such as missile detection)...The current working IRI was completed in 2007, and its prime contractor was BAE Advanced Technologies.
Which is a big, big military industrial comglomerate.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm going to change the state of my tinfoil hat into a pipe, so I can put some more weed into it and smoke [youtube.com] out of it.
The reason (Score:5, Funny)
It's a conspiracy! Damn them! This means something, but WHAT COULD IT MEAN?
"Maintenance"
They're changing the format (Score:5, Funny)
Russian media says the station is switching to soft rock.
Re:Article Quality. (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Heard about this on 4chan (Score:5, Funny)
Heard about this on 4chan's science board
Current events research. Your doing it wrong.
Re:They're changing the format (Score:5, Funny)
UVB-76 AM 4625 THE BUZZ! THE BEST BUZZ ALL THE TIME, SINCE 1982!!!
28 Years is a hell of a long time to be stunting.
Re:They're changing the format (Score:5, Funny)
Russian media says the station is switching to soft rock.
It would be redundant. The uncreative repetition of top 40's these days is no different than "a buzzing sound that lasts 0.8 seconds, pausing for 1–1.3 seconds, and repeating 21–34 times per minute". Mainstream must all wear tinfoil hats, because they already took a page out of UVB-76's book.
Re:It's back up (Score:1, Funny)
Your equipment must be burning hot because 4625 KHz is a very fast rate of temperature increase.
Re:Heard about this on 4chan (Score:5, Funny)
Your doing it wrong.
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Boxer Rebellion (Score:3, Funny)
His name was Sock'em Dazer
He took a look around and said...
Where's my Occam's Razor?
It's because of the end of Lost (Score:1, Funny)
They found it really disappointing, and figured there was no reason to push their button every 2.5 seconds. They thought the numbers had to mean something for sure, but no, not really.
Re:Explanation: (Score:5, Funny)
maybe the guy pushing the button every 1-1.3 seconds figured out he didn't need to..?
Ever considered (Score:1, Funny)
maybe the record finished?
Re:Boxer Rebellion (Score:5, Funny)
Viral Marketing! (Score:1, Funny)
Maybe this is just the longest viral marketing campaign ever. We'll soon find out about the game/movie ralated to this buzz... :P
Re:They're changing the format (Score:1, Funny)
I heard it was going to be Mexican radio.
Re:ID4 (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Heard about this on 4chan (Score:5, Funny)
No, no... that's spelled correctly in the native language of 4chan.
Doomsday machine (Score:3, Funny)
[discussing the Doomsday machine]
President Merkin Muffley: How is it possible for this thing to be triggered automatically and at the same time impossible to untrigger?
Dr. Strangelove: Mr. President, it is not only possible, it is essential. That is the whole idea of this machine, you know. Deterrence is the art of producing in the mind of the enemy... the FEAR to attack. And so, because of the automated and irrevocable decision-making process which rules out human meddling, the Doomsday machine is terrifying and simple to understand... and completely credible and convincing.
Re:Explanation: (Score:5, Funny)
Great, useful, in place for years and then superseded.
Or the lack of a signal and a change to a numbers station means KGB and FSB sleepers are digging out their weapons caches ready for a Red Dawn
Somewhere in the depths of Bolling Air Force Base a DIA nerd is searching scanned East Bloc documents for any hint to signal changes.
Did the CIA buy the right documents back at the end of the cold war and will the DIA worker find them in time.
Maybe (Score:5, Funny)
Meanwhile...in no longer Soviet Russia... (Score:2, Funny)
"So we cut the power to that computer over in the corner. What was it doing, no-longer Comrade..."
"I don't know, fellow Capitalist, the guy who put it in drank himself to death"
"Ah, nothing important then I'm sure"
Re:Article Quality. (Score:5, Funny)
>but holy-jumping-jeebus can we get an article with some legitimate [CITATION NEEDED] please.
In the 1980s the US was eager to test the resolve of the Soviet's glasnost policy of open relations with the West. A drunken Caspar Weinberger, the current Secretary of Defense, decided to ask the Soviets to work closely with experimental music artist Brian Eno after reading an article about him in the Post. Brian was supplied with the best drugs Iran/Contra could supply. After months of negotiations and late night stoner brain-storming sessions, Brian finally got the approval for his epic 10,000 year song which is to be broadcast by the Russians. The break from today was simply the start of the chorus.
Shortly after the Soviets got revenge by allowing Yakov Smirfnoff passage into the US and then "losing" his paperwork for return.
Re: At least WWV is still on the air (Score:5, Funny)
WWV? Did I miss WWIII and WWIV?
Guess that's what happens when you spend too much time on Slashdot.
It's no mystery (Score:1, Funny)
The RIAA got them. The buzztone was already under copyright by Britteny Spears.
Re:The reason (Score:1, Funny)
It's being reprogrammed to broadcast "4 8 15 16 23 42"
Re:Any confirmation on this? (Score:1, Funny)
Fear not- our transmitter is down but we have now regained contact with you.
Message body follows:
Schuka-4-7-1-2-9-4-0-2-Anna-Anna-Pavel-Larisa-Konstantin. Uliyana-9-3-3-8-0-2 Oksana-Pavel 9-3. 1-6-4-4-0-Tatiana
0-0-0-0
Well, at least this one is still up. . . (Score:4, Funny)
http://www.khaaan.com/ [khaaan.com]
I've lost track; how many years has Kirk been yodeling into the ether like that?
-FL
Re:Actually it usually does (Score:3, Funny)
So yes, just because you are a paranoid, psychotic nut job who thinks there's a conspiracy probably DOES mean there isn't a conspiracy. If you bet against them, you'd make plenty of money.
Spoken like a true conspirator.
Re:Actually it usually does (Score:1, Funny)
you'll notice that the conspiracy nuts are, well, always wrong [and] seem to have extremely poor logic skills
Wrong, it's precisely because people have the ability to think logically that they don't believe misinformation promulgated by mainstream media and endeavor to discover the truth. A lot of times they are wrong, that's why it's called conspiracy "theory".
The people who wish to avoid the light of day deliberately perpetuate mis/disinformation knowing full-well that doing so will disable any effort to expose them using scientific method(or any method for that matter). The fact is that conspiracy theorists have every right and should investigate when the real paranoid psychotic nutjobs attempt to conceal their murderous actions.
If you bet against them, you'd make plenty of money.
Oh yes, profit motive. That will fix everything.
It's all Sealab (Score:3, Funny)
Re:It's back up (Score:5, Funny)
Its been slashdotted.
Re:Explanation: (Score:3, Funny)
You kids need to stop playing that fucking World of Warcraft game. There are no such thing as Elfs, whether they be night or blood varieties. But Orcs, as we all know, are real.
Spooky (Score:4, Funny)
This is pretty spooky, I mean the conspiracy theories are kind of warranted considering this station's eerie history.
Someone must have been funding a station that has lasted since 1982 and is powerful to be heard world wide. I have done a little bit of amateur radio and I know that in order to do that you need some serious power, a huge antenna, and quite a bit of constant maintenance. It is definitely not a stretch to think that this station was/is run by the Russian Government as at the very minimum for some sort of testing or maybe as an emergency broadcasting system during a disaster.
However, I really doubt its part of the Dead Hand system. I would think they would use something more secure if the dead hand system was under automatic control. If there is any possibility that it is part of the Dead Hand system than the Dead Hand system is certainly a system that requires some sort of human intervention due to possibilities of interference, false positives, or someone over riding the system to send a the activation codes.
Just my 2 cents, I am certainly no conspiracy theorist but it is always fun to think about the possibilities. There is plenty of stuff that we simply don't know about; however, I do hope that the some of the theories are real because than at least I would know that our government has a high enough level of competence to actually keep fool us in a significant way.
Re:Explanation: (Score:4, Funny)
Re:Actually it usually does (Score:5, Funny)
Message finished (Score:3, Funny)
Maybe they finally finished typing out the message in morse code?
I hear the translation was something like:
Hi Mom! The camp counselors insist we learn to use ham radio to communicate with you. Hope this reaches you before you die. Love, Junior.
I hate the editors (Score:4, Funny)
Before I read this, I had no idea this thing existed.
Now, I am consumed with an overwhelming need to discover the reason for this transmission. I will not be able to rest until I have discovered the secret. This transmission is now the most important thing in my life.
DAMN YOU!
Re:Explanation: (Score:3, Funny)
If you had been listening back in 1982, just before the tone started, you would have heard, in Russian, "This is a test. This is only a test..."
It just takes them a long time to test over there.
Re:Explanation: (Score:4, Funny)
... not to mention trolls. Those guys are everywhere.
Re: At least WWV is still on the air (Score:1, Funny)
You can still get WWIV, it's on Sourceforge now:
http://wwiv.sourceforge.net/
Re:The reason (Score:4, Funny)
I grew up in Moscow, and I agree. This thing reminds me of the Diablo II chat gem.
Re:Article Quality. (Score:1, Funny)
The Venerable Cryptome publishes the following on the latest Bilderberg bash:
Re:SIMPLE SOLUTION (Score:1, Funny)
Yeah, but they still haven't forgiven Eastwood for stealing that plane [imdb.com] back in 1982.
(Kids these days. Nowadays they just browse the web for cultural references.)
Let's test it! (Score:3, Funny)
Mark my words, somebody will click on this link [google.com] and regret it.
Re:Explanation: (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Don't worry... (Score:2, Funny)
At 666kHz I can hear Dick Cheney breathing.
Obviously... (Score:2, Funny)
Re:Actually it usually does (Score:3, Funny)
Any conspiracy that can be proven is a pretty rubbish conspiracy - it's in their nature that they need to be denyable! :-D