The UVB-76 shortwave radio station, which is thought to be used to communicate with Russia’s secret agents, started sending strange messages. Among them are some famous memes and Gangnam Style song.
These so-called “number stations” have existed since World War I, but they came to prominence especially during the Cold War. They usually broadcast a melody or noise, followed by a series of numbers with a human voice or digitally produced voice.
These stations were thought to be used to send messages to undercover agents on the ground, and in a few cases in particular, this suspicion was confirmed. Stations start to emit signals sometimes at regular intervals and sometimes randomly.
The number station “MDZhB”, also known as “UVB-76” and “Buzzer”, sounds like a foghorn every few seconds and sometimes says “Either UVB-76, Or UVB-76. 180 08 BROMAL 74 27 99 14. Boris, Roman , Olga, Mikhail, Anna, Larisa. 7 4 2 7 9 9 1 4”. One of the theories about the station is that if the message stopped intercepting something catastrophic would happen, like a nuclear attack. It stopped sending signals in 2010, but disaster followed. He then moved to another spot and continued to send messages. Now it’s back to life and is broadcasting songs like Psy’s hit Gangnam Style and signals that, after spectrum analysis, are determined to be famous memes.
Allegedly, the station has been taken over by hackers and the messages are broadcast for fun. But it seems that the mystery of the work will not be solved definitively for a long time. . .
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