# Cox 2022: Pirates Spammed an Infamous Soviet Short-wave Radio Station with Memes

> Joseph Cox, Janus Rose, 2022. 3 records on Mysteries Department cite it. Documents interference that contaminates the 2022 record.

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# Pirates Spammed an Infamous Soviet Short-wave Radio Station with Memes

Joseph Cox, Janus Rose, 2022. _Vice, 20 January 2022_.

Reports pirate transmissions on 4625 kHz in January 2022, including music and audio that drew images on a spectrogram, as Russia massed troops near Ukraine.

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

## What it's used for here

Documents interference that contaminates the 2022 record.

## Cited by on this site 3 records

[Pirates have repeatedly transmitted on the frequency without visible response.](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/evidence/EVD0CR2JX280D32/pirates-have-repeatedly-transmitted-on-the-frequency-without)

Evidence

EVD

[Pirates flood 4625 kHz with music and spectrogram images](https://mysteriesdept.com/mysteries/uvb-76-buzzer/events/EVT0CR2JRXE5QMR/pirates-flood-4625-khz-with-music-and-spectrogram-images)

EVT

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

The mystery article

MYS

## Cite it

```
Cox, J., & Rose, J. (2022). Pirates Spammed an Infamous Soviet Short-wave Radio Station with Memes. Vice, 20 January 2022. https://www.vice.com/en/article/pirates-spammed-an-infamous-soviet-short-wave-radio-station-with-memes-uvb-76/
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[Read it free at vice.com](https://www.vice.com/en/article/pirates-spammed-an-infamous-soviet-short-wave-radio-station-with-memes-uvb-76/)

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