MYSTERY has deepened over Russia's doomsday radio station called “The Buzzer” after the Soviet-era relic sent out four cryptic signals in just 24 hours.
Known to be used by the KGB during the height of the , has been continuously buzzing since the late '70s to allegedly exchange secret military messages.
On April 15, the doomsday signalled four words: Neptune, Thymus, Foxcloak, and Nootabu, according toTelegram channelUVB-76 logs, which constantly monitors its activity.
The radio signal buzzed the cryptic messages within 24 hours, understood to be a rare occasion.
While one knows what these eerie signals indicate, speculations are that they are linked to secret military operations or even nuclear protocols.
UVB-76 transmits on the frequency 4625 kHz and is characterised by an eerie sound that buzzes 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The shortwave station usually emits nothing but a static buzz — until something huge like a nuclear attack is about to happen, it is said.
In February, the radio station sent out 25 messages within 24 hours.
Some of the words broadcast were “synopsis,” “boulevard,” “coarsening,” “bitching,” “optoshum,” “elecbase,” “shtatognome,” “commissar,” “volkokran,” and others.
Many believe it is a military communication tool – possibly used to communicate with remote stations or to activate certain military units.
Some even believe it is part of a “dead man's switch” system, which would automatically trigger a military response in the event of an attack on .
Professor David Stupples, a senior researcher in electronic warfare, first heard about the mysterious Russian radio frequency in the 1990s.
He explained to Flying Eze that the UVB-76 is a high-frequency band, known as HF, and is available to listen to across the entire Russian territory, from its Indochina end all the way to its European cities.
The advantage, the expert says, is that such a signal can be transmitted and heard without satellites or the internet.
This makes it easy for Putin and his spies to send military intelligence quite literally “under the radar”;.
Professor Stupples said: “What that means is that the signal never leaves the atmosphere.
“It just bounces along what is called the ionosphere. It would cover basically the whole of Russia.”
And in the event of a nuclear war where most communication would be wiped out, Putin’s high-frequency signal could still operate “as normal”, he said.
The reason behind the continuous broadcast is simple, the researcher said.
If they stopped broadcasting and the 4625 kHz frequency became free to use, anyone could “snatch” the signal from the Russians.
“The only way that you can make certain that the band is available is to keep broadcasting on it,” Professor Stupples explained.
“So what Russia is doing is reserving this frequency.
“My own speculation is that they are reserving this channel for emergencies.
“Either because of a worldwide conflict using nasty weapons or in case other things go wrong, like they’ve lost all their satellite communications.”
