# Savodnik 2011: Inside the Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma

> Peter Savodnik, 2011. 9 records on Mysteries Department cite it. The best named-author account of the station's history to 2011 and of the Povarovo site.

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# Inside the Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma

Peter Savodnik, 2011. _Wired, 27 September 2011_.

A long feature from a visit to Povarovo, north-west of Moscow, where the station was said to have transmitted from a military compound now nearly abandoned. Describes the 2010 disruptions, the new MDZhB call sign of 7 September 2010, the station's apparent move toward Pskov, Ary Boender's view that it is military, and a former European official's (JM) view that it sends coded orders to units inside Russia, with a 20 kW main transmitter, 5 kW backup and horizontal dipole antenna.

**UVB-76, "the Buzzer"** Web pageChecked against the original0

## What it's used for here

The best named-author account of the station's history to 2011 and of the Povarovo site.

## Cited by on this site 9 records

[A single new site near Pskov, close to the Estonian border.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/answers/ANS0CR2K17273YA/a-single-new-site-near-pskov-close-to-the-estonian-border)

Answer

ANS

[The former transmitter compound at Povarovo](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/artifacts/ART0CR2K4CM3W3V/the-former-transmitter-compound-at-povarovo)

ART

[A former European official told Wired its specifications point to conventional military use for orders to…](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/evidence/EVD0CR2JVKC1JQE/a-former-european-official-told-wired-its-specifications)

Evidence

EVD

[A former European official traced the 2010 location to near Pskov, without triangulation.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/evidence/EVD0CR2K1EW1SAA/a-former-european-official-traced-the-2010-location-to-near)

Evidence

EVD

[Call signs changed in September 2010, coinciding with the reorganisation of military districts.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/evidence/EVD0CR2JV3R5H83/call-signs-changed-in-september-2010-coinciding-with-the)

Evidence

EVD

[Peter Savodnik reports from Povarovo for Wired](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/events/EVT0CR2JRDT54XA/peter-savodnik-reports-from-povarovo-for-wired)

EVT

[Peter Savodnik](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/people/FIG0CR2JNZP3335/peter-savodnik)

FIG

[UVB-76, "the Buzzer"](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer)

The mystery article

MYS

[Where has the station transmitted from since 2010?](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/questions/QST0CR2JTCA64RV/where-has-the-station-transmitted-from-since-2010)

Question

QST

## Cite it

```
Savodnik, P. (2011). Inside the Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma. Wired, 27 September 2011. https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff-uvb76/
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[Read it free at wired.com](https://www.wired.com/2011/09/ff-uvb76/)

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