Talk:UVB-76

Sudden(?) hijack in 2022(?)

As I type, January 20th 2022 00:08GMT, the station is playing Hey Jude by the Beatles. Somebody has been hijacking the station for presumably days, displaying obscene images on the waterfall one sees when analyzing the waveform (as well as typing out things such as their telegram name, and "penis" in russian) and playing rock music, and somebody says that this has been going on since late 2020...? Editing this page to suggest that somebody do more investigation and listen for an hour or two, and maybe add onto the article about this, since this is pretty significant after all assuming that it has gone on for days without government intervention. I would add something myself, but I see somebody already tried that and got their edit rolled back with no explanation, so I think a discussion should started about this.

The reason why this stuff hasn't been mentioned (I'm aware of it, don't worry) is that there's not enough good media coverage on it. Wikipedia thrives on citations (WP:CITENEED) and unverified facts get deleted. When a good media source, like The Verge, covers it in further detail, I will edit the article as necessary. elijahpepe@wikipedia 03:50, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

We're also NOT A LOG BOOK. We don't care about every bit of vandalism on the frequency. Secretlondon (talk) 16:06, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

There's sufficient media coverage at least to warrant a piece on the article. Wikipedia doesn't omit the incidents that happen to Disneyland, or the movie Rust, or the npm package manager, because "we're not a log book". If there is sufficient media coverage on an event it is fine enough to be on Wikipedia because it's already notable. This isn't as if the station gets hijacked every week (in which case that would still be mentioned if some form of a reliable source covered it). elijahpepe@wikipedia 19:58, 22 January 2022 (UTC)

Today is 23/01/2022 and there's only static being transmited. There are news about the jammings at kotaku and vice. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Phack0 (talk • contribs) 22:32, 23 January 2022 (UTC)

Then dig out the references. Secretlondon (talk) 16:40, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

No record of the new channel marker

Nobody has edited the page to show adequate evidence of the change in sound of the channel marker ever since it happened on January 4, 2022. The only edit mentioning this that has ever been made on the page was probably by a kid with bad grammar and it was reverted.

There is a YouTube video showing the change of channel markers happening live. I know that this is just a singular YouTube video, but if you want more evidence just go listen to the station yourself and record the new channel marker.

Please note that I'm not logged into Wikipedia, and that's because i'm most likely never going to create an account. 2603:8080:570D:B29E:7811:1CF8:1BAB:D5AC (talk) 17:01, 21 January 2022 (UTC)

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Original research in "Location and function"

In particular, the two paragraphs I added to. I have no strong feelings about what the function may be and I don't think these explanations are unreasonable, but these have no source, and they also appear to steer readers towards a certain (unconfirmed) explanation. Can someone please add some expert sources here, and instead of framing it the way it's stated now, say "signals intelligence analyst <insert name here> argues this is unlikely, because..." or something specific like that? Thanks.

Myconix (talk) 15:43, 24 January 2022 (UTC)

Would it be a good idea to add a gallery section of some kind?

My main reasoning for asking this is the fact that there have been pictures floating around of other things people are seeing in their spectrum analyzers, but I'm unsure if this would be superfluous or not to include. Some examples of what people are seeing can be found here. Pardon if my wordings all over the place or my message is unclear, I'm about to head to bed. — Preceding unsigned comment added by RadioHobbyist (talk • contribs) 11:38, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

They are not properly licensed. Also its just pirates. Secretlondon (talk) 16:38, 25 January 2022 (UTC)

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Buzzer had broken in January

The buzzer broke. Replaced with a pip sound for a while. it's back now. 2600:1014:B1A0:97D4:8D12:3625:E1BD:9878 (talk) 17:46, 2 February 2022 (UTC)

The "possibly 1976" claim is back in the page and using an opinion

The editor DigitalIceAge added this on 18 February 2022 Buzzer was first RECORDED in 1982; found a print source stating it was first heard around the late 1970s The "print source" footnote [5] is from the The Buzzer Primer which states via some author called "Tucana" : "Reports of first activity range from 1976 to 1982" Yet no evidence is given or shown as to who or what these "reports" were.

Footnote [6] states: "For most of its existence, which has been traced back to an original airdate in 1976," Says who? Where did this "traced back" "original airdate" come from and from whom? The link says You might have access to the full article... Why quote from something that can't be checked in full. Who is or was Harris, Shane. The Daily Beast, New York: The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company LLC. "in 1976" source?

From Archive 2 UVB-76 pre-foghorn/buzzer days

4625kHz Confidential Frequency List 3rd Edition (1976) (no listing)

4625kHz Confidential Frequency List 4th Edition (1979) (no listing)

The author "Tucana" in The Buzzer Primer cited above writes "first activity range from 1976 to 1982"; "Internet is full of Buzzer folklore"; "Reports of the station's emergence vary from 1976 to 1982"; "an enormous amount of false information about the Buzzer online"; so even this "Primer" doesn't go along with the one sourced 1973 claim.

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