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Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by wichert on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:02AM (#14990330)
For the lazy who were hoping to find an audio clip in the article: you can find some here: http://www.sigidwiki.com/wiki/The_Buzzer_(ZhUOZ_MDZhB_UZB76)
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by rosbrith on Friday August 11, 2017 @11:46AM (#14990836)
A few years back some brave souls visited the site of the old transmitter at Povarovo and posted some pictures and video of the trip: http://bydunai.livejournal.com/749.html
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @04:13AM (#15025779)
Old soviet infrastructure like this always reminds me of the STALKER games.
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by jimmytucson on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:07PM (#14993157)
They link to a Wired article about the station from 2011: https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff_uvb76/all/1
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by Lagged2Death on Friday August 11, 2017 @03:16PM (#14993235)
What a dreadful noise! I wonder if there's a good reason so much cold-war detritus is so ominous, so foreboding, and so nerve-wracking in its design, character and presence.

Maybe there are practical reasons in this case; maybe the sound is memorable, or recognizable even with marginal reception, etc.

Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by besselheim on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:08PM (#14992635)
The WebSDR at http://websdr.ewi.utwente.nl:8901 (based in the Netherlands) can be used to hear the station as it is broadcast. Set to 4625 kHz, USB.
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by dabber on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:26PM (#14992792)
This site is really cool. Thanks for sharing though I'm afraid I'll be wasting quite some time today playing around with it :)

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It looks like the site doesn't get such a large number of people very often and the CPU load is getting too high to hear anything clearly. For clearer audio of the buzzer check here:

http://websdr.printf.cc:8901/

Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by threeio on Friday August 11, 2017 @07:17PM (#14995180)
More web based receivers are also available on http://sdr.hu and http://websdr.org
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by criddell on Friday August 11, 2017 @02:50PM (#14992984)
Neato - it's picking up the buzzer station right now!
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by KGIII on Friday August 11, 2017 @09:28PM (#14995824)
If you're unfamiliar, search for 'number station.' They are kinda neat and still in use.
Re:A ghostly radio station that no one claims to run by bahjoite on Friday August 11, 2017 @01:55PM (#14992528)
or the one linked in the article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wcv_cGLjxCY