Back يو في بي-76 Arabic UVB-76 Breton UVB-76 Czech UVB-76 Danish The Buzzer German Ραδιοσταθμός UVB-76 Greek Estación de Radio UVB-76 Spanish UVB-76 Basque یوویبی-۷۶ Persian UVB-76 Finnish
 A spectrogram of UVB-76, showing the suppressed upper sideband | |
| Broadcast area | Russia, Soviet Union (Former) |
|---|---|
| Frequency | 4625 kHz shortwave |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | Russian |
| Format | Repeated buzzing sound |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Russian Armed Forces |
| The Pip, The Squeaky Wheel | |
| History | |
Former call signs | УЗБ-76 (Commonly mistaken to be УВБ-76), МДЖБ, ЖУОЗ, АНВФ |
Former frequencies | 4625 kHz |
| Links | |
A short clip of UVB-76's transmission as recorded in Southern Finland, 860 km (530 mi) away from the station in 2002. | |
UVB-76 (Russian: УВБ-76; , also known by the nickname "The Buzzer", is a shortwave radio station that broadcasts in Upper Side Band mode on the frequency of 4625 kHz.[1][2] It broadcasts a short, monotonous , repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, 24 hours per day.[1] Sometimes, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place.[3][4][5][6]
- ^ a b Cite error: The named reference
The Buzzerwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ "The Buzzer › Priyom.org". priyom.org. Retrieved 16 October 2021.
- ^ Savodnik, Peter (27 September 2011). "Inside the Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma". Wired. Retrieved 16 November 2020.
- ^ McLellan, Allison (November 2019). "Decoding Numbers Stations". QST. 103 (11). American Radio Relay League: 70–73 – via ProQuest.
Perhaps the best-known is the Russian UVB-76, a misheard version of its first call sign, UZB-76. Transmitting on 4625 kHz, it was first noticed around the late 1970s, earning the nickname 'the Buzzer' because of its 24-hour droning hum.
- ^ "The Buzzer Primer" (PDF). Priyom.org. 25 March 2012. p. 1.
- ^ Harris, Shane (6 March 2016). "The Stupidly Simple Spy Messages No Computer Could Decode". The Daily Beast. The Newsweek–Daily Beast Company – via ProQuest.
For most of its existence, which has been traced back to an original airdate in 1976, it has transmitted a short, high-pitched buzz, every few seconds.