Radio Station UVB-76
Frequency |
4625.0 kHz |
Radio center |
# 143 |
Military unit |
# 44684 |
Transmitter operator |
1st Communications Hub of the General Staff of Army |
Agency |
Staff of the Moscow military district, Kosmodamyanskaya Str. 24, Moscow (Photo) |
Station location |
Lozhki, 56°04'58” N/37°05'22” E (56.08 N/37.08 E); 40 km N/W of Moscow |
Emission mode |
A3E (full crrier two sideband AM) |
Transmitter type |
Molniya-2M (PKM-15); Molniya-3 (PKM-20) (Photo); backup transmitter: Viaz-M2 |
Power (A3E) |
Main Tx ≈10 kW, backup Tx ≈2.5 kW |
Antenna |
Horizontal dipole VGDSh (Photo); h ≈ 20 m |
Schedule |
07:50-07:00 UTC (Summer 06:50-06:00 UTC); 07:00-07:50 (Su 06:00-06:50 UTC) – maintenance of the main transmitter |
Content |
Channel marker (Audio), voice messages (Audio), data (radio modem AT-3004D, 1440 bps) (Audio) Format of the voice messages: “UVB-76, UVB-76. 62691 Izafet 3693 8270” and similar |
Purpose |
Transmission of orders to the military units and recruitment centers of the Moscow military district. Russian equivalent of the U. S. EAM's |
Similar Russian military networks |
5448.0 kHz (day), 3756.0 kHz (night) – North-Caucasus military district, Rostov/Don: channel marker “pip”, voice messages 4325.9//5465.9 kHz – Privolzhsko-Uralsky military district, Yekaterinburg: callsign “Plavets-41”, channel marker “R”, voice messages 5473.0 (day); 3828.0 (night) – Leningradsky military district, Saint Petersburg: callsign “Riabina”, channel marker “squeaky wheel”, voice messages |
Photo – Moscow military district headquarters
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