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Mysterious Radio Station UVB-76 Goes Offline
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."
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, the ultimate way to make money and spread influence without declaring war?
And why is there no comparison to HAARP 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 out of it.
It's a conspiracy! Damn them! This means something, but WHAT COULD IT MEAN?
"Maintenance"
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
Russian media says the station is switching to soft rock.
Even the venerable Cryprome implicitly endorses a conspira-wiki.
Heard about this on 4chan's science board
Current events research. Your doing it wrong.
'We are trying to prove ourselves wrong as quickly as possible, because only in that way can we find progress.' RPF
Your equipment must be burning hot because 4625 KHz is a very fast rate of temperature increase.
Your doing it wrong.
...
You can hold down the "B" button for continuous firing.
I man stepped into the boxing ring
His name was Sock'em Dazer
He took a look around and said...
Where's my Occam's Razor?
I judt got a nre Kinesis keybiartf so please excusr ant egregiou typos.
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.
maybe the record finished?
Maybe this is just the longest viral marketing campaign ever. We'll soon find out about the game/movie ralated to this buzz... :P
No, calm down, I'm sure it's got something to do with those pesky aliens.
No, no... that's spelled correctly in the native language of 4chan.
[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.
What one fool can do, another can. (Ancient Simian Proverb)
Maybe someone just opened the electric bill...
This issue is a bit more complicated than you think.
"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"
>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.
WWV? Did I miss WWIII and WWIV?
Guess that's what happens when you spend too much time on Slashdot.
Sheesh, evil *and* a jerk. -- Jade
The RIAA got them. The buzztone was already under copyright by Britteny Spears.
Comrade,
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
http://www.khaaan.com/
I've lost track; how many years has Kirk been yodeling into the ether like that?
-FL
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.
RUGBYRUGBYRUGBY
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.
maybe Sealab really blew up for good this time.
Monstar L
Its been slashdotted.
http://michaelsmith.id.au
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.
I real conspiracy theorist would say that the reason the US didn't invade right then was because they were exposed by slashdot and others and therefore aborted the invasion. In fact all those theories that didn't actually come true was all because of the theorists, so be happy that they exist.
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.
"If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; But if you really make them think, they'll hate you." - DM
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!
I don't believe in time. It's a grand conspiracy designed to sell watches.
You can still get WWIV, it's on Sourceforge now:
http://wwiv.sourceforge.net/
The Venerable Cryptome publishes the following on the latest Bilderberg bash:
Yeah, but they still haven't forgiven Eastwood for stealing that plane back in 1982.
(Kids these days. Nowadays they just browse the web for cultural references.)
Mark my words, somebody will click on this link and regret it.
At 666kHz I can hear Dick Cheney breathing.
Table-ized A.I.
They were bought by ClearChannel. They will return as a Classic Rock station playing Hotel California and Stairway To Heaven seven times a day.
Any conspiracy that can be proven is a pretty rubbish conspiracy - it's in their nature that they need to be denyable! :-D