Russia's Mystery Count Down Signal Has Changed!

[@numberstation]

A bloke in an old Transit van drove past my house earlier playing that bugle noise, he was shouting “Scrap Ironnnn…scrap ironnnn…” as well. If I see him again I’ll tell him to stop pissing about on the wireless.

[@toamastar]

always get a rude awakening from those guys! lmao sometimes it distorts and its the most haunting sound i will hear in my life lmao my dog also used to love joining in with them by howling but hes old now so idk if he can hear them very well anymore...

[@wa1ufo]

Ha! Ha! Ha! I saw that same gink over here in America!

[@Robert-cd5zr]

He gives market value, plus ice cream?

[@sebastionlucas7477]

We have the same in Birmingham UK a guy in van shoutin iron over a horrible noise lol

[@rcc475]

Ray: What are you talking about Bubbles: scrAPPP METALLLLL

[@charlesalexander2492]

It’s not any worse than the music on the radio nowadays.

[@timspiker]

This sounds better, it's got a good rhythm to it

[@gentlemanvontweed7147]

​@@timspikerI see what you did there.

[@abacabb-e9r]

Это надо слушать в темной комнате без света

[@dr2d2]

sick burn

[@glennjames7107]

The siren played at 2:00 isn't necessarily a nuclear attack siren, it's just an air raid siren and it's used here in the states as a tornado warning.

[@landonlankford618]

I lived next to a fire station for years, they used the same siren when dispatching fire engines. Day and night. It is amazing how quickly you learn to turn it out.

[@elmogreen107]

Well um.. Here in the states there is no difference between them. A tornado siren is the same as the Nuke siren.

[@gemmrk]

Ya I hear these in my area regularly

[@ramblinman4197]

@@landonlankford618 The fire stations in the area I live in now don't do that anymore but, where I lived when younger, the volunteer fire station used to sound theirs. I was never sure if it was to call the volunteers in, or it meant trucks were rolling as I didn't live close enough to ever witness it, just to hear it. Otherwise, they sounded it (along with the others nearby) during Tornadoes and during Civil Defense (air raid/nuke) testing once a month. If we could hear more than one, and it was not test day, we knew it was a Tornado Warning or the Russians were attacking.

[@olgatarasova-chelpanova1109]

At the time of World War II, during the 872 days of the siege of Leningrad (now called St.Petersburg), the sound of a metronome was broadcast in the streets, the purpose of which was to notify residents of the city of an approaching attack by German aircraft. The slow ticking of the metronome meant that there was no air attack, and the rapid "steps" of the metronome indicated that it was necessary to seek shelter, since the bombing of the city would begin any minute. The sound of a bugle signalled that the alarm was over. The siege of Leningrad, according to various estimates, claimed the lives of 600,000 to 1.5 million residents of the city. Only 3% of people died from Nazi bombing, the remaining 97% died of starvation: about 4 thousand people died of exhaustion every day. We in Russia still pay tribute to the heroism of the undefeated citizens of Leningrad.

[@bobf9749]

Terrible sacrifices made by the Russian people.

[@jontomcsik4575]

Can i ask you a question ? Are you really from Russia? I'm curious what it's like there.. there are some people that believe Russia and usa/nato will be at war soon...but nobody here wants war anywhere it's our corrupt government that keeps pushing it everywhere. It seems more likely daily with what's going on in Russia lately..so many attacks

[@ekesandras1481]

@@bobf9749 Stalin sacrificed Leningrad, because he hated the city. Too many dissidents within the party came from there. Too many people knew what a minor figure he had been during the revolution. Also his preventive attack on Finland turned out to be rather backfiring, when Leningrad was under siege.

[@michaelstanley5215]

@@bobf9749 Unnecessary sacrifices were made. Stalin's purges of the military ranks meant that he had precious few qualified officers to command his forces, the sycophants that he put in their place were criminally incompetent. The millions of Russians that died were essentially murdered by the regime for no purpose at all.

[@kingjames7273]

I'm from Canada we are family not enemy no matter what these war mongers do even if we must die never forget that we are brothers..we need liberation from trudeau here

[@ColinJJStevens]

I get the ticking clock up here too in Northern Snowy Scotland, my little Long Wire picks up many odd things.

[@Mortthemoose]

What's a long wire please? An outdoor aerial?? I'm just visiting this channel (KZbin recommendation for some reason) I'm in Perthshire. What sort of "odd things" do you pick up?

[@454cassul9]

​@@Mortthemooselong wire is what it is - long wire antenna with almost random length, the longer the better. For instance Im living on 2nd floor & I put a wire between my window & a tree on the other side of the street, may be 15 meters length or a bit longer. Im using it to listen to long, medium & short waves radio broadcast, as well as for listening to radio amateurs on 80 & 40 meters.

[@anthonyalfredyorke1621]

Great video, obviously a bit of psyops to worry & keep NATO guessing!!! . The real danger is my wife battering me for listening to these bonkers noises at 01.27 AM . PEACE AND LOVE TO EVERYONE ❤❤.

[@mjwally2112]

LOL yep

[@Vexas345]

Yeah, these signals are not confusing NATO. Honestly, it's more likely they don't even look at this signal, rather than them spending significant time on it.

[@wa1ufo]

Ha! Ha! Ha! I thought at 1:27 AM you'd be over at your girlfriend's pad!

[@gregoryrollins59]

Vatican radio? Peace and Ahev

[@joaoc_PT]

psiops? On a thing less than 1000people in the world are listening?

[@frankclough380]

I was a short wave fanatic as a kid in the late 1950's, I built one and two valve short wave receivers around the trusty DF91. I bought a shortwave receiver a couple of years ago when the international crises started because if the nasty stuff hits the fan the internet will go down but short wave will remain. I found that the short wave spectrum has changed a lot over the last 65 years, there is nothing like the number of stations there used to be when I sat in my bedroom till dawn listening to all the stations in the world that my 50 foot outdoor antenna would pull in, even Radio Australia and Radio Ecuador, The Voice of the Andes. When I was a kid the short wave band was full of people reciting long lists of numbers, I never did figure out what they were,I'll have a tune in on the 43 meter band this evening when the sun goes down and listen to the ticking clock.

[@magnuslundin682]

The long lists of numbers could have been like Beale ciphers, messages encoded using word numbers of a known text. :)

[@GregS-em8tn]

Folks checking in with their call signs, like a regional or even world wide "roll call" had a ham operator in the family and used to hear the same chatter.

[@rhysun]

A military radio operator trying to look busy in case he gets posted to you know where.

[@ohnoitisnt]

I like this one... Keeping busy keeps it funded. I bet the operators room is tidy lol

[@drewstephans3436]

Yeah, he's probably fooling around with the secretary and doesn't want to get caught by VLAD and his gang of thugs.

[@TheRisenPeopleEire]

Another good video man, thanking you for the work mr ringwaymanchester

[@tswdev]

(dont know much about radio but) Ringed my dad, and he instantly replied that this was MARS (Militar Amateur Radio Service) and its supposed to only used in cataclismic emergencies. He said that historically, the americans gave MARS (amateurs) a tiny slice close to the military frequencies (amateur starts at 40m and 7000khz) so amateurs could talk in the military frequencies in case of war. Wikipedia says MARS ended in 2015 and its purpose was to serve for amateurs to assist in providing auxiliary radio emergency communications in case of need. I wonder if the constant sounds are just there to keep the channel alive? Or maybe the opposite, spam it so it cant be used.

[@drewbyronmeadows2208]

Love the B-roll of radio infrastructure. It's always interesting to see how different engineers deal with different challenges.

[@raeyner]

I assume the local surroundings heavily influence the design of a radio mast, depending on the frequency being used for transmission. I would guess things like terrain, trees, other structures, weather, potentially large metal deposits in the ground even? Nearby equipment? I'm sure my autism would be fascinated to start exploring the waves and what influences radio waves. I can't say I know very much about them. I suppose this seems like a good place to start!

[@GregS-em8tn]

Study diffusion, diffraction and reflection of RF. And Fresnel lenses, that'll get you started. From an old microwave tower technician.

[@drewbyronmeadows2208]

@@GregS-em8tn it's pretty awesome that Fresnel lenses work with microwaves. I am definitely going to do some digging into that.

[@theyearis1706]

The first time an alarm sounded on the frequency was half an hour after your first video about it. It's a pirate, and they obviously watch your videos, and timed it to coincide with an influx of people listening in and chatting about it in the chat.

[@wa1ufo]

Blackbeard is still loose!

[@stevenbennett2755]

Producing it himself maybe ?

[@-DeeKay-]

The last segment sounded as if the person responsible at the transmitter had accidentally set the frequency a little lower and then corrected it midway when he noticed it. It all gives the impression of trolling or pirates having some shortwave fun.

[@therealjammit]

I was thinking a record being played at the wrong speed.

[@wisteela]

​@@therealjammitOr a tape

[@therealjammit]

@@wisteela Like one of those reel to reel types that played and recorded at different speeds. I choose record because most of the old cheap ones you can change the speed while it's running. The older reel to reel you had to turn it off, install or remove a capstan sleeve, and turn it on again to change speed.

[@geronimo5537]

Could be a ww2 recording itself

[@wtmayhew]

The 6911 transmission seems to be a psychological effort aimed at tying up resources trying to make sense of the signal.

[@testboga5991]

They have 0.00001% of the KZbin audience captured.

[@AbuHajarAlBugatti]

„6“.“911“? Sounds more like a freemason warning radio

[@wtmayhew]

@@testboga5991 I was writing about tying security service analysts of various governments. KZbin is largely irrelevant.

[@rustyshackleford9066]

@@AbuHajarAlBugatti A cynical person could be forgiven for thinking cabal puppets on both sides lust for a war in which the bulk of humanity would be killed. While they run down to their bunkers.

[@TheAwillz]

@@testboga5991but a far larger proportion of those people into this niche topic…

[@madnessandescapism]

Ticking clock signal is a test pattern used in wired radio system in Russia. The system itself in additional to regular broadcasting controls civil defense sirens and street loudspeakers. You can hear this signal from time to time in Saint Petersburg coming from civil defense loudspeakers, locals call it the metronome. Not sure if it has anything to do with ticking clock station, but now I wonder if this test pattern is a reference to WW2 in the first place.

[@elusive6119]

1:45 is not a clock! this metronome immediately recalls the siege of Leningrad, the metronome was used in the broadcast as a "carrier" signal, heard constantly. The sound of the metronome is also associated with the besieged Leningrad, which, by the way, sounds in the very "Leningrad Symphony" by Shostakovich. It's not for nothing that the composer incorporated the sound of the metronome into his work. The metronome was, in the truest sense of the word, the real savior of the Leningraders. The metronome has a very close connection with the residents of Leningrad and the radio. The fact is that radio at that time, especially for Leningraders who found themselves in this position, was the only way to find out about what was happening. But the broadcasts on the radio did not happen very often. When there were no broadcasts on the radio, the sound of a metronome was broadcast through it, the purpose of which was to notify residents of the city of an approaching attack by German aircraft. The slow ticking of the metronome meant that there was no air attack, and the rapid "steps" of the metronome indicated that it was necessary to seek shelter, since the bombing of the city would begin any minute. The metronome beat incessantly, constantly reminding the residents of Leningrad that they must be on their guard. These very sounds of the metronome were reflected in culture, poetry, and music (the same "Leningrad" symphony by Shostakovich). "In the darkness it seemed: the city was empty; Not a word from loud mouthpieces, But the pulse beat relentlessly, Familiar, measured, forever new"

[@LukeDon10]

It would be interesting to know where the signals coming from. With a few guys across the country using directional antennas, find the compose heading of where the signal is strongest, then draw lines on a map to triangulate the signal. Where the lines converge will be the rough location of the transmission - just an idea

[@AllanSitte]

Short wave trolling? That is what I get from this. 🤔

[@brianwesley28]

Probably.

[@RJDA.Dakota]

You and me both.

[@wisteela]

I'm thinking the same.

[@wa1ufo]

Oh yeah! Have the chicks arrived yet?

[@labnine3362]

"In my defense, I was bored."

[@Seasonstobecheerful]

Sample, remix, and send it back with a bit of drum n bass thrown in.

[@persistentwind]

It's gonna make horrible house music.

[@David-lt6lt]

Long live Jungle!

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

What about a reply transmission of endless cow and elephant flatulence?...

[@kevinkrebs1412]

eerie bugle actually sounds like something you'd hear in a dnb/jungle track

[@timspiker]

Gotta use some AI to make Putin spit some sick bars over it

[@McRoodyPoo]

That's not just a bugle call... those are notes from a performance of Also sprach Zarathustra composed by Richard Strauss (better known for its use in 2001: A Space Odyssey). The notes are a bit out of order, but it's unmistakable.

[@sprint955st]

Or the opening notes of Fanfare For The Common Man by Emerson, Lake and Palmer, but as you say re-ordered.

[@KyzylReap]

Or the Deguello.

[@McRoodyPoo]

​ @sprint955st ​ @KyzylReap no guys, I'm telling you, it's Also sprach Zarathustra. It's from a recording of a performance of that composition in particular. There's no mistake. There's no shot it's anything else. You can play them side-by-side and they're exactly the same, pitch for pitch and timbre for timbre. It's not Fanfare For The Common Man and it's not Deguello.

[@ifv2089]

Yeah from 2001

[@dwayne_dibley]

@@sprint955st fanfare for the common man was composed by Aaron Copland, ELP just did a cover. It’s also different notes and different intervals although similar to non musicians.

[@1_lens_view]

That particular siren was available on a sound effects record album that one could check out at the local library back in the 70s. We sure had some fun with it back in high school. Always enjoyable watching your videos. Keep up the great work.

[@ANTHONY1983--]

Our local fire station every Saturday at lunchtime tests its warning siren. It sounds exactly like the nuclear siren

[@everest9707]

What country is that?

[@ANTHONY1983--]

@@everest9707 New Zealand

[@everest9707]

@@ANTHONY1983-- thanks 👍

[@Ultra04channel]

Interesting. That siren isn't a warning, it's an "all clear" signal, usually meant for after an air raid is over.

[@Dark_Brandon_2024]

the whole russian radio hand and mysteries are like an aztec whistle - scares that cannot lend russians any victories

[@РусланЗаурбеков-з6е]

This "ticking clock" sounds more like a metronome.

[@izotopestudio6097]

Metronome is clock

[@beauzer36]

You've never heard old grandfather clocks.

[@snikrepak]

Kids these days, damn, never had they had the shit scared out of them at thier uncle's house when the damned clock hit 12, like WHO INVENTS TIME KEEPING ​@@beauzer36

[@ardeladimwit]

actually sounds like most clocks I heard as a child or pendulum clock. School clocks always had a strange hop and vibration on the second and minute hands.

[@jasonmeister6988]

@@ardeladimwit true

[@gerryjamesedwards1227]

It would be interesting to know how many ticks happen between the siren samples, and if they get fewer in number or not.

[@samhorowitz7593]

I wonder if there is a way to attempt decoding the signal to discern if any logic or data is being transmitted. It appears that different tones might be employed to represent higher or lower bit rates, possibly explaining why songs and tones vary in length seemingly at random each time.

[@jimspc07]

Its actually a SW output to tell clandestine Russian listeners they are tuned into the wrong station. It was set up many years ago to tell anyone who tuned in that there is no one here. At the moment. The bugle call or the siren indicates they should go somewhere else to listen. Its actually an automated signal that when received by an authorised receiver will open up another variable preset frequency to a transmission which is actually the one of interest.

[@stickemuppunkitsthefunlovi4733]

How you know?

[@buckeyeblaster]

Another great video! Thanks for the updates.

[@andymerrett]

You're calling it a nuclear warning siren and while that's the most apocalyptic assumption I thought most of these sirens were already in place for more conventional air attacks experienced during the world wars. Nuclear attack is the most chilling but hopefully not yet an inevitability.

[@bingbong7316]

The London air-raid sirens were recycled for Thames flood warnings, before the Barrier was built. I remember bricking myself in 1974 when the whole lot went off, for a test. I was waiting for The End lol. I think only a couple remain now.

[@uazuazu]

@@bingbong7316 Also used in case of accidental chlorine gas release from water treatment works

[@KyzylReap]

As a resident of the US Midwest it’s a tornado warning siren to me.

[@MikeOxlong-]

Yep, these are no different than the air raid sirens being played in Belgorod as of late with Ukraine finally giving back some of what it’s been receiving…

[@kennymustdie8518]

I've been hearing these sirens about 5 times a week for 2 years now. Recently there was an anniversary - the 1000th air raid. Many ppl just don't give a sheet about them. Usual stuff here. Yet every siren means that some people will be killed and some houses will be destroyed.

[@todddavid3695]

Sounds more like a metronome than a clock, but, same idea..

[@tapasdechance7473]

then you have never known a tilting clock.

[@DarkSygil666]

Sometimes it's sounds like my grandma's grandfather clock ticking away. Still remember the weights inside and the shiny pendulum. Brass as all brass can be, very shiny.

[@planetwisconsin9901]

I find these transmissions to be haunting!

[@454cassul9]

... and low-budget horrors to be scary... C'mon, no serious agency worldwide will do tings like that. Waste of resources & time.

[@almightyIrie]

Siren is not necessarily nuclear.. it sounds pretty much [1:1] like the regular "air raid" warnings in the small city i live in here in germany. I remember hearing them rather frequent [as tests] and they scared me as a kid in the 80s, and then i kinda forgot about it over the years after the cold war.. Only recently notice these again (they sound them every Saturday as for tests or whatever). i feel like it became more often [picked up from once a month to every Saturday] at some point since the Russian invasion of Ukraine, but i couldn't say i'm sure about that. EDIT: actually i might be talking bs - i was always told it was a regular air raid siren but never looked that up. Maybe i was told bs by my parents when i was a kid and still do believe that with regards to that siren sound.

[@Rain_Zima]

I'm just gonna be real with you this is either a civ jammer or Ukraine participating in psychological warfare over the radio. What makes me believe Civ jammer more than anything is that the very same jammer who called you out over the buzzer, has used that exact same siren audio file on the buzzer several times while jamming.

[@edwardkoopmans56]

​@@oggaBuggain case of an EMP, short wave radio will be the only way to communicate, I think.

[@kevins.3573]

Similar broadcasts have been made for decades. The earliest I could find on KZbin was 14 years ago. "Russian Atomic clock" radio. US intelligence agencies have had clandestine operations broadcasting messages on the radio waves since The Cold War. My guess is this has been Russia's response to those US agencies for the past 50+ years.

[@jimbotron70]

​@@edwardkoopmans56 Not even that one, for a while.

[@trudilm3864]

In this Country, there used to be pips issued a couple of times a day. Long before the internet, it was said to be a message that our subs could pick up, a reassurance that all was well. I'm just a civilian, I don't know if it's true, but it occurs to me that the ticking could be something similar.

[@Milspecpoptart]

If the clock stops, russia is gone.

[@Boodieman72]

In the US that siren noise is played when there is a tornado.

[@blargcoster]

They were originally for air raids or other military attacks, including nuclear. They transitioned into natural disasters eventually, but I think it was still one of the original purposes as well.

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

Despite being on an edge of the so-called "tornado alley", my town's klaxons are flood sirens. Just depends on what the main natural disaster is for an area, and what rules govern their use. Testing every other Saturday at noon does make for some fun around young ones who aren't aware of the calendar, but they do know sirens are never a good sound 😂

[@justjennie7394]

@@myfavoriteviewer306when I lived in Memphis, I could never get used to the siren tests even though I knew they were coming. Such a creepy dystopian sound

[@easyasabc0]

@@justjennie7394every wensday at 12 :D

[@firebush1343]

@@blargcoster the same siren plays lots of different alerts. The newest ones can play voice messages. On the test days they go thru all of them.

[@wbehrens62]

Reminds me of the old WWVB signal from Boulder NIST station. Just missing the solar report and the "at the tone it will be ..... universal coordinated time"

[@OxfordShortwaveLog]

Excellent video, Lewis. I think it's most likely psyops but you never know! 73

[@gamlemann53]

I will monitor this frequensy more now, becauce I can hear it here in Oslo Norway as well! Thanks for the video Lewis! The best from LB1NH. 🙂

[@DarkpawTheWolf]

This means something to somebody.

[@scorchedearth1451]

But what does it mean to whom?

[@shanelongest9326]

Unnerving and very Russian.

[@rovhalgrencparselstedt8343]

Yea, Russia scares me.

[@enduser63]

And the czechs are leaders in psychology War fare Russia not far behind

[@tsuunited5100]

Thank you for your time

[@snikrepak]

That's some encryption I have never heard before, the zingers "that zing" is atmospheric conditions, so it's not propagation issues, it's actually modulated to make that noise, beginning, is attention, then listen, then write, then decode then end.

[@geeussery8849]

Thanks for the heads up.

[@alzeNL]

Very interesting as ever !!

[@Nethanieal]

Been routine for the past month over at 6911. I am on early mornings listening and I have noticed pretty much the same thing. The signal strength varies a lot. The bugles are often followed by a Russian anthem. Picked up some female with feed back on her mic , reading what sounded like sets of numbers and letters...interesting to say the least.

[@simontemplar0468]

Hi Lewis. I’m listening to 6911 on a kiwisdr in Finland and right now they are broadcasting the Russian national anthem…..over and over. Just like on this video. Hope you are having a good weekend. Be safe my friend. 73

[@peterweaver2170]

I found siren recordings on YT that sounds very similar Great videos and loving your knowledge

[@outaspaceman]

Bah..! I’m really bad at SDR and never get any completely terrifying signals from far away places..😕

[@99_friety]

I have the same, but haven’t tried to find signals out in the wild.

[@Guns_N_Gears]

Seems the frequency went dead for now!! Sat, 10pm eastern time

[@boilerroombob]

Great video lewis.,...chaos reigns at the Ukraine/Russian border with this type of traffic ....I would imagine its a mix of both sides pysops along with pirates chucking in there part to its so easy today with hf set 100w good antenna to put this stuff across 40 metres. Keep going lewis soon 150k subs

[@OldManBadly]

Based on the clips you have played, my feeling is that there are a number of different transmitters in different sites all competing for the frequency. Some of them are working together to "pass the baton" while others are just trying to go over the top - which explains the distorted ticking as it's likely doubling up against a second signal that is ever so slightly off frequency. I am assuming if you spent time looking a the audio spectrum of each you could determine how many different variations there are. From your clips, there appear to be at least 3 main signals more or less taking turns and a bunch of other sub-signals.

[@rockfella1377]

They use those radiocenters to maintain contact with agents in the field. Yes, russia still uses analoque communication.

[@flyingdutchmanindustries5877]

Maybe that is a repeater station, broadcasting from other stations. Maybe these are Russias inverse of the EBS (Emergency Broadcast System). If officials DON'T hear these signals, it's world-wide trouble.

[@Ubereme]

its a numbers station. using the ticking and the high and low pitch to send code.

[@BeneeUK]

Numbers use a one time pad, why would they need to bother doing this other than just the standard morse code or reading numbers out?

[@Ubereme]

@BeneeUK it will be what you don't hear or a signal to a change in code or many other things. It will be something hard to decipher.

[@BeneeUK]

@@Ubereme one time pads are the hardest things to decipher already though

[@RingwayManchester]

I very much doubt it

[@totalrecone]

Might be fun to get some triangulation happening to try and see just where these signals are coming from.

[@Blackwing2345635]

Actually surprised no one posted the result. But i'm not into radio, maybe it's an etiquette

[@jimbotron70]

​@@Blackwing2345635 The only way to triangulate is being physically in the presumed area of broadcast.

[@BeamerTheFox]

@@Blackwing2345635 yes, we never tell where others are broadcasting, i wouldnt want it done to me so i dont locate others, its only common operator respect

[@syfr]

Usng the Kiwi SDR network and TDOA would work

[@BeamerTheFox]

lol who the fuck deleted my comment? it wasnt a bad one, i guess ill unsub fromt his dude

[@jessebest5961]

This would be an amazing concept for a horror video game.

[@gabanjoman]

Maybe its The Woodpecker sound from cold war days

[@sprint955st]

I wouldn’t necessarily call it a nuclear attack siren specifically…it’s a generic air raid warning that has been repurposed over recent years for all sorts of forewarning

[@MikeOxlong-]

Very generic.

[@sprint955st]

@@MikeOxlong- still bluddy terrifying

[@JoshColletta]

It sounds like, in the altered bugle call, the final note actually was NOT altered. Strange.

[@hapanjuuri]

It sounds like it is ringmodulated with another signal.

[@safetychuck2]

Maybe they do it because they know people are listening...and speculating.

[@Kakker71]

Knowing how they use every thinkable measure to destabilize the west, I think this is the most likely explanation.

[@seanhayes1996]

If that's not you adjusting the receiver's centre frequency while the trumpet sound is playing in those recordings where it's off pitch, then it sounds like it might be a recorded interval signal the pirate is using to calibrate their transmission equipment mid-broadcast. My running theory is that either the pirate is trying to jam that frequency for one reason or another, or attention-seeking because of increased observation on that area with the ongoing war.

[@MathewMoss-fp9ju]

This says a lot about whats going on. Is there a means to use software to monitor these radio stations and a computer rather than big costly antenna and radios made for monitoring

[@petersmithm9]

Won't be lying in bed with the wireless under the sheets like listening to Radio Luxembourg in the 70's.

[@Mortthemoose]

😅 I used to do that too.

[@pin00ch]

@@Mortthemoose Me three!!!!

[@inthefade]

That "bugle" sounds like a Casio keyboard I used to own. It was a cheap ROMpler one for kids with bad 8-bit samples.

[@Meddled]

The note endings don't sound natural at all. It sounds like a cheap FM synth, right down to the washy phasing effects. It is either a cut up recording or somebody with some Casiotone goodness.

[@Nickb-fk5vi]

they play that so channel stays clear until its needed......otherwise someone might try to start using it as their own.

[@tomtichi8760]

It's just a way to send encoded messages.

[@wisteela]

It's getting weirder. Maybe somebody is doing all this to confuse us?

[@richardscathouse]

Ministry of the easily confused 😊

[@Moneyman-5150]

its code. that's easy if you have the sypher. They probably have times they have to tune in and get their marching orders. very effect if you are trying to coordinate small groups into large tactical movements.

[@branchcovidian754]

It's almost comical now. Is anyone intimidated or frightened by it anymore?

[@timspiker]

@@JJiMedia I don't know. It's kind of like the story of the boy that cried wolf. Eventually no one listened anymore but then something serious happens and everyone goes... damn, we should've listened.

[@JJiMedia]

@@timspiker it sure is a thing to keep in mind, but for the time being it does sound and look like the pirates are enjoying their 15 minutes of fame. There are plenty of ears on these frequencies so I'm quite confident that the age-old tale of the boy that cried wolf is unlikely to happen. At any rate, these are interesting times to be a shortwave listener.

[@timspiker]

@@JJiMedia I don't know. I wouldn't make that assessment based on the frequencies but everything going on lately. Crazy times

[@RobertSlaven-f9e]

Is the Bugle a variant of “fanfare for the modern man”….?

[@anthonychilders9549]

No it's different audio clips of "Also sprach Zarathrusta"

[@prophecy3332]

I’m not sure if anyone has played this game called south of the circle 😳 but it’s about the Cold War and it’s about the Antarctic the British, America and the bear country 😳 and in that game there was a signal on the radio and in the end of the game it turns out that it was a Russian count down of a nuclear catastrophe 😳 if you have the patience to play this game on A play, please do it’s quite an interesting game that seems to coincide with what is happening right now 😳🙏

[@SnoCoScanner]

Listening to it all go on ring now. Sirens, ticking clock and all. Alternating from one to another.

[@quietdignityandgrace]

Does the clock change? You weren't playing full intervals; I'm wondering if the clock ticks mean anything. How many ticks between loops and does the count change, is what I'm asking.

[@blakeschreckenbach679]

I think Russia is hinting at Dead Hand doctrine is in effect. Sirens, Angels sounding trumpets...

[@richardscathouse]

Recently, the "Dead Hand" has been modified. Suits

[@Sypaka]

In my opinion, using radio as a dead switch is the most unreliable thing someone could do. Especially, if there are (allegedly) nukes attached to it.

[@honeybadgeractual5734]

Could be an audio que indicator for squad movement, as well as data over audio transmission. Changes in key, frequency, and sound wave played could be translated against a key of data that would help them to translate that into strategic movement. Similar to old battle bugle players using sound and such to help formulate trooper movements during older battles. My guess is that it transmits basic troop movement data from their headquarters to the field units, which is why when march 24 they delayed transmission likely due to active changes on the battlefield, and new information being available to HQ. The alarms are likely to mark the beginning of a data packet, with transmissions being set at predetermined times. A combination of data encrypted into the sound, and hiding in plain sight, the ticking clock being a placeholder for the channel.

[@xv.luc1d]

In case you think countries do not listen to HF radio broadcastsb for intel, back in 2021 i was set to monitor USAF GHFS, GAF (germans), and PLF (poland). Although you can literally see planes in ADSB exchange, hearing them spell their coordinates midflight is way more precise, and rewarding. Also those EAMs on GHFS are sorta intriguing.

[@rustyshack1707]

What do you make of these broadcasts my friend? Any theories?

[@xv.luc1d]

@@rustyshack1707 for EAMs, those are most definitely encrypted. If you don't have a key, these letter strings are useless. I just needed to record them. And maybe someone was decrypting those higher up the pipeline. Those with over 64 letters were rare.

[@msamour]

It's probably still a channel marker. I can't imagine the Russian version of FCC or Ofcom to be super patient with frequency pirates.

[@kodiakwood4924]

Why are so many people so quick to jump to some conspiracy?

[@bodazaphfa]

Because, within the past 3-years, the only thing that separates a conspiracy from the truth is about a week’s worth of time.

[@richardscathouse]

Because in the West, we mostly live in one every day

[@tondekoddar7837]

Because it is a conspiracy. More than one person conspiring to do something in secret, right ?

[@RustyVanDoor]

Are you able to triangulate the source location with assistance from another receiver?

[@vonlouie77]

I was thinking this to, surely between a couple of stations you would be get a generalised location of the transmission

[@GMGB68]

"If it broadcasts Russian music ans the Russian national anthem, it's probably of Russian origin". "Non omne quod nitet aurum est"

[@BeamerTheFox]

gfto with your devil latin

[@magnarez]

I’m listening to this and hearing pro Russian psy-ops. What equipment are you using to get the screen trace? And what antenna? Thanks

[@Bluelagoonstudios]

First, I thought that the siren was a relay for air alarm about the recent attacks on oil refineries. But this is just a bunch of nothing's. So I assume a pirate?

[@rovhalgrencparselstedt8343]

That pitch change on the bugle call at the end made it sound alot like it was all played at the wrong tape speed and the "pirate?" corrected it right before it ended and resumed to the ticking clock.

[@AnyoneSeenMikeHunt]

Just seems like a noisy mess of nonsense tbh.

[@honeybadgeractual5734]

I'm familiar with old data transmission methods, imaging a combination of new and old, RF and data packets being transmitted via modulation. It's likely a troop signal device of some kind.

[@wa1ufo]

One man's noise is another man's symphony! 🇷🇺

[@magnuslundin682]

2:55 “when I asked the computer to identify it, what I got was magma displacement” 😅

[@elusive6119]

2:05 this signal "Attention to all!" means immediate measures by the population to prepare for immediate evacuation or occupation of shelters, shutdown of housing and communal services, electricity, gas, water and receiving further instructions on the radio civilian version of the signal "Storm", meaning a direct military conflict or disaster comparable to WMD. It means an emergency mode or Martial law, readiness for an inevitable conflict is transmitted through a centralized urban warning network and civil defense sirens 2:45 the risk of exposure to WMD factors (nuclear/chemical/bio), an already accomplished event, precipitation, etc. 4:00 metronome, meaning "Attention", is constantly transmitted to control the frequency of transmission of instructions from the Ministry of Emergency Situations and the government 4:15 testing the transmission of an audio message 4:30 beginning/end of the message P.S. Testing of public notification systems in the event of a full-scale conflict is likely. After all this time, I still remember something)

[@evelyngrovesteen3775]

When you post a frequence could you please say if it is Am USB or LSB thank you

[@bingbong7316]

The lower SW frequencies are usually USB, the higher LSB, as a rule of thumb. Can't remember the transition point, but all the info is out there on t'Internet.

[@OFFTAPnz]

@@bingbong7316 for amateur stuff, usually below 10MHz is LSB and above is USB. Most utility/military stuff is all USB no matter where, and all aircraft stuff is USB.

[@TomSmith-ls5rn]

Another great video! Thank you.

[@geroutathat]

Probably just for people training. Given times to check in at, if your checkin is 5pm and you hear ticking, just continue as are. The bugle probably means start, and the siren probably means stop. That way you could send troops out and call them back, or start their training without freaking people out, and you would only have to give the troops a cheap radio.

[@ronanzann4851]

The "change in sound", is what happens when the receiver bandwidth is opened up by whomever was operating the SDR. It wasn't something that was transmitted. It's something I routinely do.

[@rbti99]

I remember going to the Leningrad Memorial to the dead in '89. The sacrifices Russia made for the madness of Europe makes me believe they'll never risk a repeat of that.

[@Lofzy1]

Russia is the mad one now.

[@jrwood88]

I would have said it was because of the madness of the soviets and stalin!🤷‍♂️

[@mspicer3262]

Who cares if it is connected to a "dead hand". Chances are, russia's nukes have degraded beyond the point of usefulness. Nukes are complex devices, that need a lot of very expensive maintenance. We've seen how the russians feel about paying for maintenance of conventional weapons. Now, also consider this. russia has an annual GDP roughly equivalent to New York State. From this, they have to pay the entire armed forces (army, navy, air, space, rocket), weapon development and acquisition, intelligence, diplomatic services, everything the US government does, but with well under a tenth of the cash. And that's without the famous russian corruption.

[@elusive6119]

In vain. You don't understand the principles of our economy at all. In addition, Russia has never been included in the global economy. More precisely, as a source of resources - yes, but no more. Which meant that it was impossible to compete with imports. And now.. Thank you, no one has done so much for Russia and for the recovery of its economy. Similarly, you have no idea about the nuclear industry and that Rosatom occupies more than half of the global market for nuclear materials and nuclear power plant construction. The only industry that has not stopped working for 30 years, no matter how difficult it is, is the Ministry of Nuclear Industry. It's definitely time for you to get out from under the stone. P.S. It also means that the collapse of the world economy, which was the reason for the outbreak of the conflict in 2007, will affect Russia to a much lesser extent. p.p.s. And also, pride is a mortal sin, sometimes literally)

[@mspicer3262]

@@elusive6119 corruption is deeply seated in the russian psyche. you put that much money in front of a russian, he's gonna see how much he can get in his pocket before anybody notices. the stuff russia sells is to make more money, which goes into the pockets of corrupt politicans, bureaucrats and oligarchs. russia is a large, criminal enterprise. It might have some functioning nukes, but given the sorry state that they left their conventional forces in, the ones they were MOST LIKELY to use, it serves to reason that something they figured would never be more than a threat didn't need all this money poured into it. russia isn't a part of the world economy NOW. They've been purposely excluded. and they're suffering badly because of it. Interest rates are 16% there now, that's not the sign of a healthy economy. New cars have the kind of features you'd expect under the Soviets. Infrastructure is falling apart. Ukrainian drones are shutting down russian refining capacity. The axles are wobbly, and the wheels are close to falling off the wagon.

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

I wonder if i could pick this up on my vhf radio in my fishing boat?

[@wisteela]

It's on shortwave, so no.

[@BurchellAtTheWharf]

@liam3284 no, it's VHF it's a radio frequency used in marine traffic and communications

[@alexskorohod7133]

@RingwayManchester Siren noice switch on in same time when russia start bombing Ukraine. After when attack/aerial bombing session finished music going, then again clicking...

[@bossdog1480]

They're just letting you know that they can ALSO use shortwave/longwave to transmit.

[@qadirtimerghazin]

I can’t exactly recall the exact context, but that bugle sounds extremely familiar to me, who grew up in the 1980s USSR-maybe something they played in the beginning of the military parades on the Red Square or something like that…

[@Barnavit]

3:04 sounds like an interference laced bunker-door closing alarm.

[@KO4DFJRadio]

Nothing heard on my Tecsun 330 and a youloop antenna. Going to try my LoG 100’ next