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[[Image:uvb76 satellite.jpg|thumb|right|Satellite photo of UVB-76 transmitter in [[Povarovo]], [[Russia]].]]
'''UVB-76''' (sometimes referred to as '''UZB-76''') is the [[callsign]] of a [[shortwave]] [[radio station]] that usually broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz ([[amplitude modulation|AM]] suppressed lower sideband). It is known among [[shortwave listening|radio listeners]] by the nickname '''The Buzzer'''. It features a short, monotonous {{audio|UVB-76_07-08-2010.ogg|buzz tone}}, repeating at a rate of approximately over 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. The station has been observed since around 1982.<ref name="oddities">{{cite web | last=Boender | first=Ary | title=Oddities | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k008/e2k08odd.html | work=ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter – Issue 8 | publisher= | date=January 2002 | accessdate=2009-05-06}}</ref> On rare occasions, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place. Despite much speculation, the actual purpose of this station remains unknown to the public.
==Normal transmission==
[[Image:UVB-76-detail.png|thumb|right|A spectrum for UVB-76 showing the suppressed lower sideband.]]
The station transmits a buzzing sound that lasts 0.8 seconds, pausing for 1–1.3 seconds, and repeating 21–34 times per minute.<ref name="oddities"/> One minute before the hour, the repeating tone is replaced by a continuous tone, which continues for one minute until the short repeating buzz resumes.<ref name="Russian_HF_beacons">{{cite web | title=Russian HF Beacons | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl032/nsnl32mx.html | work=Thirty-second edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter | date = 2000-12-24 | accessdate=2010-08-26}}</ref> Between 07:00 and 07:50 GMT the station transmits using lower power, when transmitter maintenance apparently takes place.<ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Eng">{{cite web | last=Michalski | first=Jan | title=Radio Station "UVB-76" | url=http://www.geocities.com/uvb76/ | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091027003813/geocities.com/uvb76/ | archivedate=2009-10-27 | accessdate=2010-08-26}}</ref>
The Buzzer has apparently been broadcasting since at least 1982<ref name="oddities"/> as a repeating two-second pip, changing to a buzzer in early 1990.<ref name="Morse_Stations">{{cite web | title=Morse Stations | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl075/nsnl75ms.html | work=Seventy-fifth edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter | date=2004-08-02 | accessdate=2010-08-27}}</ref><ref name="Numbers_and_Oddities">{{cite web | title=Numbers & oddities: Column 1 | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl000/nsnl0a.html | work=World Utility News | last=Boender | first=Ary | publisher= | year=1995 | accessdate=}}</ref> It briefly changed to a higher tone of longer duration (approximately 20 tones per minute) on January 16, 2003, but it has since reverted to the previous tone pattern.<ref name="Mystery_Signals">{{cite web | first=Brian |last=Rogers |title=The Buzzer| url=http://www.brogers.dsl.pipex.com/page5.html | work=Mystery Signals Of The Short Wave | publisher= | year=2008 | accessdate= }}</ref>
==Malfunctions==
Frequently, distant conversations and other background noises can be heard behind the buzzer; this suggests that the buzzing device is behind a live and constantly open microphone (rather than a recording or automated sound being fed through playback equipment) or that a microphone may have been turned on accidentally. One such occasion was on November 3, 2001, when a conversation in Russian was heard:<ref name="oddities"/> "Я — 143. Не получаю генератор." "Идёт такая работа от аппаратной." ("I am 143. Not receiving the generator (oscillator)." "That stuff comes from hardware room."), in September 2, 2010, it was possible to hear a voice in the background saying "[I am] on site, working, but she is weak", followed shortly for a sequence of [[Swan_Lake]]
==Voice messages & other sounds==
Voice messages from UVB-76 were very rare until a sudden spate of activity in August 2010. They are usually given in Russian by a live, male voice and repeated. Around 7<ref>http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/07/the-buzzer-uvb-76/</ref> such messages have been intercepted in over twenty years of (non-continuous) observation. Some well known examples of such messages include:
{{Prose|date=September 2010}}
* At 2100 [[UTC]] on December 24, 1997: "Ya, UVB-76, 18008, BROMAL, Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa, 742, 799, 14."<ref name="oddities"/><ref name="Russian_HF_beacons"/><ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Rus">{{cite web | last=Michalski | first=Jan | title=Радиостанция "УЗБ-76" | url=http://www.geocities.com/uvb76/uvb76.html | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030414090619/http://www.geocities.com/uvb76/uvb76.html | archivedate=2003-04-14 | accessdate=2008-08-29 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref name="Single_Letter_Markers">{{cite web |title=Single Letter Markers | work=Posts from the SPOOKS and WUN listservers |date= |url=http://dxworld.com/markers.html |year=2000 |accessdate=2008-08-29 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071125051007/http://dxworld.com/markers.html |archivedate=2007-11-25 }}</ref>
* At 0418 UTC on December 9, 2002, a voice message was detected, but with extreme distortion (possibly as a result of the source being too close to the microphone head) that rendered comprehension very difficult.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} This broadcast has been partially translated as "UVB-76, UVB-76. 62691 IZAFET 3693 8270."<ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Rus"/>
* At 0757 UTC on February 21, 2006, another voice message was detected, but the speaking voice was highly distorted. The message's content was partially translated as: "75, 59, 75, 59, _, 39, 52, 53, 58, _, 5, 5, 2, 5, _, _, _, _, Konstantin, 1, 9, 0, 9, 0, 8, 9, 8, Tatiayna, Oksana, Anna, Elena, Pavel, Schuka, _, Konstantin, 8, 4, _, 9, 7, 5, 5, 9, Tatiayna, _, _, _, Anna, Larisa, Uliyana, 9, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 8"<ref>{{cite web | title=Mike and Sniffy's radio 'X' files | url=http://mikeandsniffy.co.uk/thesecretsiteofmike/mikes.htm | work= | publisher= | date= | accessdate=}}</ref>
* At 1335 UTC on August 23, 2010: "UVB-76, UVB-76, 93, 882, NAIMINA, 74, 14, 35, 74, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, Nikolai, Anna, Ivan, Mikhail, Ivan, Nikolai, Anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4" ([http://soundcloud.com/djoutcold/uvb-76-aug-23-2010-9-32ampst Recording of August 23rd transmission]) <ref>{{cite web | title=August 23, 2010 9:35AM PST Voice transmission confirmed | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBFA1p_-UAI | work= | publisher= | date= | accessdate=}}</ref>
* At 1631 UTC August 25, 2010: "38, 77, 38, 527, a, 3, 50, 3707, 55, 73, 3, 8, 5, 2, 7, Anna, Konstantin, Konstantin, Roman, Elena, Caplya, Ivan, Yakov, 3, 5, Dnjyaj, Viljanka, 5, 5, 2, 3, UVB-76, UVB-76, 38, 527, AKKRECIA, 3609, 55, 73, 3, 8, 5, 2, 7, Anna, Konstantin, Konstantin, Roman, Elena, _, Ivan, Yakov, 3, 5 ,0, 9, 5, 5[a sound similar to if someones saying "yeah!"], 9, 3." [http://www.mdn.fm/files/194442_u6qfv/UVB-76_Aug.25.2010_6.54amUTC.mp3 "Recorded transmission"], ''UVB-76.com'', August 25, 2010 1631 UTC.
* On September 1, 2010, the buzzing has stopped and Morse code can be heard, repeating question marks. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/2d5ad824-e9cd-4b45-8f6c-aba40f06f3ab/Transmission_Stop_September_01_4.05UTC "Recorded at 04:05UTC When the buzzing stopped."], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010.
* On Sept 1, 2010, around 17:00CDT (UTC -05:00) the buzzing came back intermittently along with a song, at intervals (repeating). This song is believed to be [[Danse des petits cygnes|Dance of the little swans]] from the ballet [[Swan Lake]] by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/804343a7-3665-462e-8677-ef8cf473a821/BuzzerSmallReturn1722CDTSept12010 "Recorded at 17:22CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/7c4ecd9b-3cfb-41f2-bf0f-97807d249ea8/BuzzingLowerFreq1714CDTSept12010 "Recorded at 17:14CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010. , [http://www.esnips.com/doc/29c458e6-6b22-42e1-b625-e373307a59a1/1717CDTSept12010SongBuzzing "Recorded at 17:17CDT With Song"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010.
* On Sept 1, 2010 Starting at 17:00 CDT, the same part of song was played at intervals, followed by 15 or so buzzes, usually accompanied by morse code [http://omploader.org/vNWV1YQ/1737CDTSept12010.jpg "Pictured At at 17:36CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010. (as pictured) The piece from swan lake was always the same small clip. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/ccda0f29-88d1-40b0-9780-958baf4f3670/1736CDTSept12010MusicBuzz "Recorded at 17:36CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010.
*On Sept 2, 2010 At 16:36UTC there was a recorded message of a man repeatedly counting, [http://soundcloud.com/user2618956/1to101636utcsept22010 "Recorded at 16:36UTC"], ''UVB-76.com'' Throughout the day, 2 voices had gone on air, a male, and a female, both reciting numbers 1-10.
*On Sept 3, 2010 At 04:16 UTC the station broadcasted "the buzz" went silent, and returned with [[Danse des petits cygnes|Dance of the little swans]] playing http://soundcloud.com/tymaxbeta/uvb-76-buzzer-music-01
*On Sep 3, 2010 at 12:00 and on, layers of morse code was heard by many shortwave listeners.
==Location and function==
The station's transmitter is located just outside [[Povarovo]], [[Russia]] at {{Coord|56|4|58|N|37|5|22|E|}},<ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Eng"/><ref name="Mystery_Signals"/> which is about halfway between [[Zelenograd]] and [[Solnechnogorsk]] and {{convert|40|km|mi}} [[Ordinal directions|northwest]] of [[Moscow]], near the village of Lozhki. The location and callsign were unknown until the first voice broadcast of 1997.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
The purpose of UVB-76 has not been confirmed by government or broadcast officials. However the former Minister of Communications and Informatics of the Republic of Lithuania has written that the purpose of the voice messages is to confirm that operators at receiving stations are alert.<ref name="Russian_HF_beacons"/><ref name="Mystery_Signals"/><ref name="Single_Letter_Markers"/><ref>{{cite book | last =Pleikys | first=Rimantas | title =Jamming | publisher = Rimantas Pleikys | year = 1998 | location = Vilnius Lithuania | url = http://www.zilionis.com/jamming/jamminge.htm}}</ref>
Another hypothesized explanation for the constant buzzer is for testing a high-frequency Doppler method for ionosphere research,<ref>{{cite journal |title= Information-measuring complex and database of mid-latitude Borok Geophysical Observatory |journal= Russian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume= 10 |year= 2008 |doi= 10.2205/2007ES000227 |authors= S. V. Anisimov, A. Chulliat, and E. M. Dmitriev }}</ref> in which radio waves are reflected from ionosphere inhomogeneities. 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 UVB-76 (4.625 MHz).
==See also==
{{Portal|Radio}}
* [[Russian Woodpecker]]
* [[Numbers station]]
* [[Letter beacon]]
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
Photos: http://alex-odn.livejournal.com/12148.html
==External links==
{{Commons category|UVB-76}}
*[http://www.astrosol.ch/numberstations/index.html Number Stations] - Includes discussion of UVB-76.
* [[NPR]]'s [http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1074 Lost and Found Sound], 2000-05-26: [http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/000526.stories.html The Shortwave Numbers Mystery]
*[http://qrg.broker.freenet6.net/details.php?id=19667 UVB76] at the [http://qrg.broker.freenet6.net/ Global Frequency Database]
*[http://www.uvb-76.net UVB-76 Temporary Internet Relay] - Live Internet Streaming site, 900 km NW from station.
*[http://www.starbacks.ca/uvb76/index.html UVB-76 page designating UVB-76's operator]
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{{Original research|date=August 2010}}
[[Image:uvb76 satellite.jpg|thumb|right|Satellite photo of UVB-76 transmitter in [[Povarovo]], [[Russia]].]]
'''UVB-76''' (sometimes referred to as '''UZB-76''') is the [[callsign]] of a [[shortwave]] [[radio station]] that usually broadcasts on the frequency 4625 kHz ([[amplitude modulation|AM]] suppressed lower sideband). It is known among [[shortwave listening|radio listeners]] by the nickname '''The Buzzer'''. It features a short, monotonous {{audio|UVB-76_07-08-2010.ogg|buzz tone}}, repeating at a rate of approximately over 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. The station has been observed since around 1982.<ref name="oddities">{{cite web | last=Boender | first=Ary | title=Oddities | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k008/e2k08odd.html | work=ENIGMA 2000 Newsletter – Issue 8 | publisher= | date=January 2002 | accessdate=2009-05-06}}</ref> On rare occasions, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place. Despite much speculation, the actual purpose of this station remains unknown to the public.
==Normal transmission==
[[Image:UVB-76-detail.png|thumb|right|A spectrum for UVB-76 showing the suppressed lower sideband.]]
The station transmits a buzzing sound that lasts 0.8 seconds, pausing for 1–1.3 seconds, and repeating 21–34 times per minute.<ref name="oddities"/> One minute before the hour, the repeating tone is replaced by a continuous tone, which continues for one minute until the short repeating buzz resumes.<ref name="Russian_HF_beacons">{{cite web | title=Russian HF Beacons | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl032/nsnl32mx.html | work=Thirty-second edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter | date = 2000-12-24 | accessdate=2010-08-26}}</ref> Between 07:00 and 07:50 GMT the station transmits using lower power, when transmitter maintenance apparently takes place.<ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Eng">{{cite web | last=Michalski | first=Jan | title=Radio Station "UVB-76" | url=http://www.geocities.com/uvb76/ | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20091027003813/geocities.com/uvb76/ | archivedate=2009-10-27 | accessdate=2010-08-26}}</ref>
The Buzzer has apparently been broadcasting since at least 1982<ref name="oddities"/> as a repeating two-second pip, changing to a buzzer in early 1990.<ref name="Morse_Stations">{{cite web | title=Morse Stations | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl075/nsnl75ms.html | work=Seventy-fifth edition of the N&O column / Spooks newsletter | date=2004-08-02 | accessdate=2010-08-27}}</ref><ref name="Numbers_and_Oddities">{{cite web | title=Numbers & oddities: Column 1 | url=http://www.cvni.net/radio/nsnl/nsnl000/nsnl0a.html | work=World Utility News | last=Boender | first=Ary | publisher= | year=1995 | accessdate=}}</ref> It briefly changed to a higher tone of longer duration (approximately 20 tones per minute) on January 16, 2003, but it has since reverted to the previous tone pattern.<ref name="Mystery_Signals">{{cite web | first=Brian |last=Rogers |title=The Buzzer| url=http://www.brogers.dsl.pipex.com/page5.html | work=Mystery Signals Of The Short Wave | publisher= | year=2008 | accessdate= }}</ref>
==Malfunctions==
Frequently, distant conversations and other background noises can be heard behind the buzzer; this suggests that the buzzing device is behind a live and constantly open microphone (rather than a recording or automated sound being fed through playback equipment) or that a microphone may have been turned on accidentally. One such occasion was on November 3, 2001, when a conversation in Russian was heard:<ref name="oddities"/> "Я — 143. Не получаю генератор." "Идёт такая работа от аппаратной." ("I am 143. Not receiving the generator (oscillator)." "That stuff comes from hardware room."), in September 2, 2010, it was possible to hear a voice in the background saying "[I am] on site, working, but she is weak", followed shortly for a sequence of [[Swan_Lake]]
==Voice messages & other sounds==
Voice messages from UVB-76 were very rare until a sudden spate of activity in August 2010. They are usually given in Russian by a live, male voice and repeated. Around 7<ref>http://googlesightseeing.com/2009/07/the-buzzer-uvb-76/</ref> such messages have been intercepted in over twenty years of (non-continuous) observation. Some well known examples of such messages include:
{{Prose|date=September 2010}}
* At 2100 [[UTC]] on December 24, 1997: "Ya, UVB-76, 18008, BROMAL, Boris, Roman, Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa, 742, 799, 14."<ref name="oddities"/><ref name="Russian_HF_beacons"/><ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Rus">{{cite web | last=Michalski | first=Jan | title=Радиостанция "УЗБ-76" | url=http://www.geocities.com/uvb76/uvb76.html | archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20030414090619/http://www.geocities.com/uvb76/uvb76.html | archivedate=2003-04-14 | accessdate=2008-08-29 | language=Russian}}</ref><ref name="Single_Letter_Markers">{{cite web |title=Single Letter Markers | work=Posts from the SPOOKS and WUN listservers |date= |url=http://dxworld.com/markers.html |year=2000 |accessdate=2008-08-29 |archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20071125051007/http://dxworld.com/markers.html |archivedate=2007-11-25 }}</ref>
* At 0418 UTC on December 9, 2002, a voice message was detected, but with extreme distortion (possibly as a result of the source being too close to the microphone head) that rendered comprehension very difficult.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}} This broadcast has been partially translated as "UVB-76, UVB-76. 62691 IZAFET 3693 8270."<ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Rus"/>
* At 0757 UTC on February 21, 2006, another voice message was detected, but the speaking voice was highly distorted. The message's content was partially translated as: "75, 59, 75, 59, _, 39, 52, 53, 58, _, 5, 5, 2, 5, _, _, _, _, Konstantin, 1, 9, 0, 9, 0, 8, 9, 8, Tatiayna, Oksana, Anna, Elena, Pavel, Schuka, _, Konstantin, 8, 4, _, 9, 7, 5, 5, 9, Tatiayna, _, _, _, Anna, Larisa, Uliyana, 9, 4, 1, 4, 3, 4, 8"<ref>{{cite web | title=Mike and Sniffy's radio 'X' files | url=http://mikeandsniffy.co.uk/thesecretsiteofmike/mikes.htm | work= | publisher= | date= | accessdate=}}</ref>
* At 1335 UTC on August 23, 2010: "UVB-76, UVB-76, 93, 882, NIGGAS, 74, 14, 35, 74, 9, 3, 8, 8, 2, Nikolai, Anna, Ivan, Mikhail, Ivan, Nikolai, Anna, 7, 4, 1, 4, 3, 5, 7, 4" ([http://soundcloud.com/djoutcold/uvb-76-aug-23-2010-9-32ampst Recording of August 23rd transmission]) <ref>{{cite web | title=August 23, 2010 9:35AM PST Voice transmission confirmed | url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sBFA1p_-UAI | work= | publisher= | date= | accessdate=}}</ref>
* At 1631 UTC August 25, 2010: "38, 77, 38, 527, a, 3, 50, 3707, 55, 73, 3, 8, 5, 2, 7, Anna, Konstantin, Konstantin, Roman, Elena, Caplya, Ivan, Yakov, 3, 5, Dnjyaj, Viljanka, 5, 5, 2, 3, UVB-76, UVB-76, 38, 527, AKKRECIA, 3609, 55, 73, 3, 8, 5, 2, 7, Anna, Konstantin, Konstantin, Roman, Elena, _, Ivan, Yakov, 3, 5 ,0, 9, 5, 5[a sound similar to if someones saying "yeah!"], 9, 3." [http://www.mdn.fm/files/194442_u6qfv/UVB-76_Aug.25.2010_6.54amUTC.mp3 "Recorded transmission"], ''UVB-76.com'', August 25, 2010 1631 UTC.
* On September 1, 2010, the buzzing has stopped and Morse code can be heard, repeating question marks. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/2d5ad824-e9cd-4b45-8f6c-aba40f06f3ab/Transmission_Stop_September_01_4.05UTC "Recorded at 04:05UTC When the buzzing stopped."], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010.
* On Sept 1, 2010, around 17:00CDT (UTC -05:00) the buzzing came back intermittently along with a song, at intervals (repeating). This song is believed to be [[Danse des petits cygnes|Dance of the little swans]] from the ballet [[Swan Lake]] by [[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]]. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/804343a7-3665-462e-8677-ef8cf473a821/BuzzerSmallReturn1722CDTSept12010 "Recorded at 17:22CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/7c4ecd9b-3cfb-41f2-bf0f-97807d249ea8/BuzzingLowerFreq1714CDTSept12010 "Recorded at 17:14CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010. , [http://www.esnips.com/doc/29c458e6-6b22-42e1-b625-e373307a59a1/1717CDTSept12010SongBuzzing "Recorded at 17:17CDT With Song"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010.
* On Sept 1, 2010 Starting at 17:00 CDT, the same part of song was played at intervals, followed by 15 or so buzzes, usually accompanied by morse code [http://omploader.org/vNWV1YQ/1737CDTSept12010.jpg "Pictured At at 17:36CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010. (as pictured) The piece from swan lake was always the same small clip. [http://www.esnips.com/doc/ccda0f29-88d1-40b0-9780-958baf4f3670/1736CDTSept12010MusicBuzz "Recorded at 17:36CDT"], ''UVB-76.com'', Sept 1, 2010.
*On Sept 2, 2010 At 16:36UTC there was a recorded message of a man repeatedly counting, [http://soundcloud.com/user2618956/1to101636utcsept22010 "Recorded at 16:36UTC"], ''UVB-76.com'' Throughout the day, 2 voices had gone on air, a male, and a female, both reciting numbers 1-10.
*On Sept 3, 2010 At 04:16 UTC the station broadcasted "the buzz" went silent, and returned with [[Danse des petits cygnes|Dance of the little swans]] playing http://soundcloud.com/tymaxbeta/uvb-76-buzzer-music-01
*On Sep 3, 2010 at 12:00 and on, layers of morse code was heard by many shortwave listeners.
==Location and function==
The station's transmitter is located just outside [[Povarovo]], [[Russia]] at {{Coord|56|4|58|N|37|5|22|E|}},<ref name="Geocities_UVB76_Eng"/><ref name="Mystery_Signals"/> which is about halfway between [[Zelenograd]] and [[Solnechnogorsk]] and {{convert|40|km|mi}} [[Ordinal directions|northwest]] of [[Moscow]], near the village of Lozhki. The location and callsign were unknown until the first voice broadcast of 1997.{{Citation needed|date=August 2010}}
The purpose of UVB-76 has not been confirmed by government or broadcast officials. However the former Minister of Communications and Informatics of the Republic of Lithuania has written that the purpose of the voice messages is to confirm that operators at receiving stations are alert.<ref name="Russian_HF_beacons"/><ref name="Mystery_Signals"/><ref name="Single_Letter_Markers"/><ref>{{cite book | last =Pleikys | first=Rimantas | title =Jamming | publisher = Rimantas Pleikys | year = 1998 | location = Vilnius Lithuania | url = http://www.zilionis.com/jamming/jamminge.htm}}</ref>
Another hypothesized explanation for the constant buzzer is for testing a high-frequency Doppler method for ionosphere research,<ref>{{cite journal |title= Information-measuring complex and database of mid-latitude Borok Geophysical Observatory |journal= Russian Journal of Earth Sciences |volume= 10 |year= 2008 |doi= 10.2205/2007ES000227 |authors= S. V. Anisimov, A. Chulliat, and E. M. Dmitriev }}</ref> in which radio waves are reflected from ionosphere inhomogeneities. 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 UVB-76 (4.625 MHz).
==See also==
{{Portal|Radio}}
* [[Russian Woodpecker]]
* [[Numbers station]]
* [[Letter beacon]]
==References==
{{Reflist|2}}
Photos: http://alex-odn.livejournal.com/12148.html
==External links==
{{Commons category|UVB-76}}
*[http://www.astrosol.ch/numberstations/index.html Number Stations] - Includes discussion of UVB-76.
* [[NPR]]'s [http://www.npr.org/templates/topics/topic.php?topicId=1074 Lost and Found Sound], 2000-05-26: [http://www.npr.org/programs/lnfsound/stories/000526.stories.html The Shortwave Numbers Mystery]
*[http://qrg.broker.freenet6.net/details.php?id=19667 UVB76] at the [http://qrg.broker.freenet6.net/ Global Frequency Database]
*[http://www.uvb-76.net UVB-76 Temporary Internet Relay] - Live Internet Streaming site, 900 km NW from station.
*[http://www.starbacks.ca/uvb76/index.html UVB-76 page designating UVB-76's operator]
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