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Revision as of 13:30, 12 September 2026
This page is reserved to the activity of the NTFZh Russian Military Station.
July 2026
| Date | Frequencies | Time (UTC) | Activity log & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
28/07/2026 |
4584 kHz | — | Monolith voice message (not logged) |
| Daily Summary: Limited monitoring session marked solely by an unlogged Monolith voice message on the historical 4584 kHz frequency. | |||
August 2026
| Date | Frequencies | Time (UTC) | Activity log & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
04/08/2026 |
4774 kHz | — | Multiple test counts noticed between 12:00–12:20 UTC and 13:10–13:20 UTC. |
| Daily Summary: Brief activity window characterized by recurring technical test counts on 4774 kHz. | |||
05/08/2026 |
4774 kHz | — | Malfunctions and huge ground loop noticed. |
| 4744, 4774, 4804 kHz | — | Due to malfunctions, 2-second transmitters were set up on 4744 kHz and 4804 kHz. | |
| 13:40 | Monolith voice message: НТФЖ 52156 НАТИЖ 0100 4638 | ||
| 4770, 4774 kHz | — | After the voice message, 4744 and 4804 frequencies shut down, and a new channel marker appeared on 4770 kHz resembling a deep low-tone Buzzer. Malfunctions fixed on 4774 kHz (signal clear now). | |
| 4770 → 4761 kHz | 14:30 | 4770 kHz channel marker moved to 4761 kHz (reason unknown). | |
| Daily Summary: Highly unstable day featuring severe ground loops, temporary multi-frequency auxiliary transmitters, a Monolith message transmission, and dynamic shifts in channel markers including a deep low-tone buzzer emulation. | |||
07/08/2026 |
4774 kHz | 11:10 | Music observed on frequency (confirmed from the station itself, not a pirate). Songs identified as old iconic Russian songs, non-propaganda (ended at 11:20 UTC). |
| Daily Summary: Routine marker interrupted by a brief internal broadcast of non-propaganda classic Russian music directly from the station. | |||
11/08/2026 |
4774 kHz | — | Lot of marker malfunction and loud 50Hz ground loop observed. |
| Daily Summary: Technical degradation session dominated by hardware instability and persistent 50 Hz power line interference. | |||
12/08/2026 |
4781 kHz | — | NTFZh identified on 4781 kHz contacting another station in two-way communication (net check communication). |
| Daily Summary: Operational check session featuring a rare direct two-way network communication with an external station. | |||
16/08/2026 |
4774 kHz | 14:37 | Marker stopped and open mic. |
| 16:43 | Special voice message: НТФЖ 50261 4774 КТШЦ 5206 0824 (time and date doesnt match to anything on this message, maybe logged wrong or operator mistake) | ||
| Daily Summary: Unusual messaging sequence involving an open microphone period followed by a special voice transmission containing timestamp anomalies. | |||
21/08/2026 |
4844 kHz | — | Transmitting on new frequency: 4844 kHz. |
| — | Different markers test. | ||
| ~16:XX | Komanda with the callsign DDDDD.
| ||
| — | New pip marker. | ||
| Daily Summary: Transition phase marked by initial testing on the new 4844 kHz primary frequency, testing of alternative markers, a novel pip marker implementation, and an irregular Komanda call using the radiogram callsign format DDDDD. | |||
22/08/2026 |
4844 kHz | 14:23 | Pip channel marker ON. |
| 14:25 | Test Count: НТФЖ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Проверка Микрофона Приём | ||
| 15:21 | Monolith Voice Message: НТФЖ ТОД3 86106 БИМБАЛОКЗ 0870 3256 Приём | ||
| 16:33 | DLYA message in morse: ХХХ ХХХ ДЛЙА ДЕ НТФВ == 54987 МОМБАЛКХ МОНТУ МОБУТУ КОНТО АОРИС == 5640 8975 K | ||
| 16:38 | Microphone leak (possibly phone line) calling for Komanda with callsign Vulkan for 4625 kHz from 4844 kHz until 16:45 UTC. | ||
| 16:46 | Transmitter turned off. | ||
| Daily Summary: Heavy operational traffic day on 4844 kHz featuring vocal microphone test counts, a Monolith voice dispatch, Morse telegraphy (DLYA message), and a notable cross-station phone line audio leak targeting NZhTI's Vulkan command. | |||
24/08/2026 |
4844 kHz | 12:16 | Pip marker ON. |
| 12:18 | Marker off and music started playing: Red Army is The Strongest [Rock Version] by LYUBE. | ||
| 12:20 | RDFT transmission. | ||
| 12:32 | RDFT ended and marker back. | ||
| 12:55 | Playing multiple Russian songs with a 3-tone clock in background. | ||
| 13:05 | Music and clock off, marker turned on again. | ||
| Daily Summary: Broadcast session alternating between standard pip markers, scheduled Russian rock/patriotic music entertainment blocks, a background 3-tone clock, and digital RDFT data transmissions. | |||
26/08/2026 |
4844 kHz | 00:30 | Channel marker ON with extreme power. |
| 00:40 | Marker off and music started playing: Red Army is The Strongest [Rock Version] by LYUBE with extremely high power. | ||
| 00:43 | Marker back. | ||
| 00:45 | Transmitter off. | ||
| 22:18 | Marker ON, once again with extreme power. | ||
| 22:29 | Pirate attack. | ||
| 22:32 | Jammer on, and after the jammer being not enough strong, they pulled out max power with propaganda songs... | ||
| 22:43 | End of pirate attack and marker back with the same marker as UVB-76 in 2000-2010 era. | ||
| 22:59 |  | ||
| 23:00 | Switched back to pip marker. | ||
| 23:02 | Power lowered back to normal (or almost) | ||
| 23:22 | Transmitter off. | ||
| Daily Summary: Intense operational day characterized by high-power transmission tests, external pirate interference, retaliatory high-power music countermeasures, and deliberate replication of legacy 2000–2010 era UVB-76 markers and top-of-the-hour routines. | |||
29/08/2026 |
4584, 4844 kHz | 11:XX | Channel marker active on 2 frequencies, 4584 kHz and 4844 kHz |
| 4844, 5368 kHz | 11:46 | 4584 kHz transmitter has been turned off and a new signal appeared on 5368 kHz but not from the same location, looks like 4844 kHz is from the main TX, and 5368 kHz from somewhere in Southern District of Russia... | |
| 4844, 5368 kHz | 11:58 | Both transmitter turned off | |
| 5368 kHz | 12:00 | 5368 kHz back but from the main TX location. | |
| 12:07 | Alarm | ||
| 12:59 | Alarm off, and noisy 50 Hz hum | ||
| 13:10 | Pip marker back | ||
| 13:2X | Transmitter off | ||
| Daily Summary: Multi-frequency coordination and geographic testing day, highlighting simultaneous dual-frequency marker states, temporary transmitter relocation testing to the Southern Military District, internal system alarms, and power line noise. | |||
September 2026
| Date | Frequencies | Time (UTC) | Activity log & Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
01/09/2026 |
4844 kHz | 16:XX | Transmitter on from new location |
| 16:32 | Pip marker changed to a low tone pip marker | ||
| 16:4X | Marker off and transceiver noise is transmit (supposely not intentional) | ||
| 17:08 | CIS-12 Modem turned on (also named T-230) | ||
| 17:20 | CIS-12 Modem off, and lot of malfunctions or uninstabilities of the transmitter has been noticed | ||
| 17:34 | ROJY over the frequency, and RTTY | ||
| 17:39 | 3 Tone modem? | ||
| 17:53 | music started playing: Red Army is The Strongest [Rock Version] by LYUBE | ||
| 5368, 7134 kHz | 18:00 | Moved to 5368 kHz and 7134 kHz which is from the old location (7134 khz) | |
| 7134 kHz | 18:08 | Fully moved to 7134 kHz from New location | |
| 18:20 | Music stopped | ||
| 18:23 | Marker back | ||
| 4844 kHz | 20:18 | Back on 4844 kHz, with 50 Hz hum | |
| 20:30 | Transmitter off | ||
| 21:53 | Transmitter back on, still 50 Hz hum. | ||
| 22:46 | Marker on. | ||
| Daily Summary: High-complexity operational shift following the official relocation to the 270th Communications Center, featuring digital modem traffic (CIS-12/T-230, RTTY), inter-station interference with ROJY, music broadcasts, frequency hopping across 4844, 5368, and the newly introduced 7134 kHz, alongside persistent hardware instability. | |||
02/09/2026 |
4844 kHz | 11:51 | Marker off. |
| 12:00 | 800 Hz tones and Marker back on. | ||
| 12:06 | Marker off or breakdown. | ||
| 12:07 | Marker back with weird tone on the beggining... | ||
| 12:15 | Marker off again. | ||
| 12:20 | Test Count: НТФЖ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 Проверка Микрофона Приём | ||
| 12:28 | Calling someone? callsign not identified... | ||
| 12:32 | CIS-20 on. | ||
| 12:40 | CIS-20 off. | ||
| 12:42 | Marker on. | ||
| 12:46 | Marker changing tone 9 times and set to 230 Hz instead of 200 Hz for the known one. | ||
| 13:27 | Marker off. | ||
| 13:29 | Transmitter off. | ||
| 20:41 | Transmitter on with transmitter noise. | ||
| 20:56 | Marker on. | ||
| 21:07 | Marker off. | ||
| 21:10 | Transmitter off. | ||
| Daily Summary: Highly erratic session characterized by rapid marker cycling, equipment dropouts, voice test counts, unidentified callouts, deployment of the CIS-20 digital modem, and intentional tuning adjustments to a modified 230 Hz marker tone. Note: The 20:41 - 21:10 transmission is supposely a transmitter test, it has been turned on for a short time with noise and marker and a lof of malfunctions and issues has been noticed, the station is maybe fixing there transmitter but on high power somehow... This is only a theory, we are not sure of this but it looks like to be... | |||
05/09/2026 |
4844 kHz | 20:00 | Some sort of CIS? |
| 20:20 | Off | ||
| Daily Summary: Some digital data possible CIS-12 | |||
06/09/2026 |
4844, 12005 kHz | 22:55 | CIS-12 on |
| Daily Summary: Initial CIS-12 digital transmission spanning across dual frequencies. | |||
07/09/2026 (night) |
00:13 | CIS-12 off and 2024 uvb-76 like buzzer marker on | |
| 12005 kHz | 00:16 | Buzzer switched to normal pip marker and 4844 kHz off | |
| 00:21 | 2 Test count with callsign Prymka61: Prymka61, проверка микрофона, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, Как слышно? Свяжись со мной по телефону. Прием. | ||
| 00:28 | Marker and transmitter off | ||
| Daily Summary: High-frequency operational session spanning overnight into September 7, marked by dual-frequency CIS-12 digital data deployment on 4844 and 12005 kHz, followed by rapid marker transitions from a 2024-style buzzer back to standard pip markers. The session concluded with a voice test count on 12005 kHz under the callsign Prymka61 featuring an unusual phone-patch request before full transmitter shutdown. Note: The sequence of rapid digital-to-buzzer switching and subsequent voice testing points toward continued propagation or hardware trials following the station's recent relocations, though specific operational triggers remain under observation. | |||
07/09/2026 |
4844 kHz | 14:59 | Marker on |
| 15:00 | Soviet music | ||
| 15:03 | Song off and marker back | ||
| 15:05 | Marker off but transmitter still on | ||
| 15:10 | Marker on, but different marker kerro-pip like | ||
| 4862 kHz (CW) | 15:21 | Morse monolith message: XXX XXX NTFV 54805 POVKLAMA 8075 9089 K TTT TTT | |
| 4844 kHz | 15:27 | Monolith voice message (very slow operator and lot of mistakes): НТФЖ 54805 ПОВКЛАМА 8075 9089 | |
| 15:30 | Mic stay open after voice message and communication via phone or someone the room has been heard speaking asking for the voice message reception (kind of acknowledgment of receipt) | ||
| 15:31 | Mic closed and marker back | ||
| 15:36 | Pirate activity | ||
| 15:39 | Pirate out followed by station changing marker back to original pip marker | ||
| 4862 kHz (CW) | 16:07 | CW unknown message format: DE NTFV == 55870 54408 40848 == NTFV K | |
| 4844 kHz | 16:08 | Pirate activity | |
| 16:12 | Marker off, pirate still on the frequency | ||
| 16:18 | 2024 uvb-76 like buzzer marker, pirate still on the frequency | ||
| 16:20 | Self defence jamming? | ||
| 16:23 | CIS-12 jamming | ||
| 16:32 | Marker back, pirate moved in LSB due to jamming | ||
| 16:35 | Marker switched to a 800 Hz pip and loud ground loop (50 Hz hum) | ||
| 16:40 | Soviet music again (same song from 15:00 UTC), and other songs | ||
| 16:48 | Switched transmitter to the crappy but extremely powerfull one | ||
| 16:55 | Special message: Я НТФЖ, сообщение для всех станций мониторинга: передатчик отключается менее чем через минуту, повторяю, передатчик отключается менее чем через минуту, завершаем сегодняшние передачи. Прием. Translated: This is NTFZh, a message for all monitoring stations: the transmitter is shutting down in less than a minute, I repeat, the transmitter is shutting down in less than a minute, we are concluding today's transmissions. Over. | ||
| 17:00 | Transmitter off | ||
| Daily Summary: Highly volatile and dramatic final operational session featuring a complex mix of scheduled Soviet music blocks, experimental kerro-pip and 2024-style buzzer markers, parallel Morse telegraphy dispatches (4862 kHz CW), slow operator voice Monolith traffic with an open-mic room acknowledgment leak, persistent pirate interference met with aggressive self-defense and CIS-12 jamming, a switch to a high-power low-quality transmitter setup, and a rare explicit closing announcement directed at monitoring stations before full shutdown. | |||
08/09/2026 |
4844.5 kHz | 17:45 | Transmitter on with a frequency error of 500 Hz |
| 17:50 | Music: Потому, что русские мы Группа Голубые береты | ||
| 17:53 | Music off, transmitter noise | ||
| 17:58 | Noise off | ||
| 18:00 | Transmitter off | ||
| Daily Summary: Brief transmission session on an offset frequency (4844.5 kHz) characterized by a 500 Hz drift, featuring a short broadcast of the patriotic song *"Potomu, chto russkiye my"* by the Blue Berets group, followed by transceiver noise before final shutdown. | |||
10/09/2026 |
4955 kHz | 18:16 | Transmitter on (on one of the alternative frequencies: 4955 kHz) |
| 18:17 | 800 Hz tones | ||
| 18:18 | Typical NTFZh weird tones activity | ||
| 18:23 | Tones out, some sort of clapping hum left | ||
| 18:26 | Test count, testing propagation | ||
| 18:50 | Music: Гимн России by Lyube | ||
| 18:57 | Microphone Open/Leaked via phone call | ||
| 19:03 | Test count: Я Прймка61, НТФЖ, Проверка Микрофона, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Приём | ||
| 19:13 | Marker on | ||
| 19:16 | Clapping noise fixed/disapeared | ||
| 4844, 4955 kHz | 19:20 | 4844 kHz transmitter turned on | |
| 19:24 | Marker off, 800 Hz tone | ||
| 19:28 | CIS-Something, looks like a CIS-12 variant | ||
| 4955 kHz | 19:42 | CIS and 4844 transmitter off | |
| 19:49 | Marker back | ||
| 19:55 | Music: Oleg Gazmanov - officers | ||
| 20:03 | Transmitter off | ||
| Daily Summary: Operational session shifting to alternative frequency 4955 kHz, featuring weird tuning tones, propagation test counts, patriotic music broadcasts (Lyube and Oleg Gazmanov), a phone-patch microphone leak leading to a Prymka61 test count, temporary dual-frequency operation on 4844 kHz with a CIS-12 variant digital modem, and eventual shutdown. | |||
11/09/2026 |
4844 kHz | 15:56 | Transmitter on with short unstable T Marker |
| 16:16 | Switched to high power, possible the overdriven transmitter... | ||
| 16:20 | Marker off, 50 Hz hum | ||
| 16:22 | Clapping noise back | ||
| 16:25 | Marker back | ||
| 4844 -> 4804 kHz | 16:28 | Switched frequency to 4804 kHz, reason remain unknown, we suppose that is related to the interferences with FENT on 4840 kHz... | |
| 4804 kHz | 16:35 | Marker off | |
| 16:38 | Marker on but like a continuous tone | ||
| 16:40 | Marker back | ||
| 16:44 | Marker off | ||
| 16:45 | Test count: Ya Prymka61, Proverka microfona, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0, Priyom | ||
| 16:50 | Test count: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 Priyom | ||
| 16:55 | Marker back with microphone leak in background, not very well audible... | ||
| 17:00 | Russian Folk patriotic song: Когда мы были на войне | ||
| 17:03 | Marker back | ||
| 17:07 | Malfunctions | ||
| 17:09 | Fixed | ||
| 17:10 | Marker tone change a little bit more high picthed | ||
| 17:14 | Loud hum behind the marker | ||
| 17:18 | Marker off, and very loud hum | ||
| 17:29 | Transmitter off | ||
12/09/2026 |
4844 kHz | 13:26 | 800 Hz Jammer turned on due to pirate activity, the modulation is very bad, we guess it got turned on in emergency |
Messages list
| Date of Messages | Frequency | Hour (UTC) | Type | Messages |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28/07/2026 | 4584 kHz | --:-- | Monolith | - (not logged) |
| 05/08/2026 | 4744, 4774, 4804 kHz | 13:40 | Monolith | НТФЖ 52156 НАТИЖ 0100 4638 |
| 16/08/2026 | 4774 kHz | 16:43 | Special | НТФЖ 50261 4774 КТШЦ 5206 0824 |
| 22/08/2026 | 4844 kHz | 14:25 | Test count | НТФЖ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Проверка Микрофона Приём |
| 22/08/2026 | 4844 kHz | 15:21 | Monolith | НТФЖ ТОД3 86106 БИМБАЛОКЗ 0870 3256 Приём |
| 22/08/2026 | 4844 kHz | 16:33 | CW - DLYA | ХХХ ХХХ ДЛЙА ДЕ НТФВ == 54987 МОМБАЛКХ МОНТУ МОБУТУ КОНТО АОРИС == 5640 8975 K |
| 02/09/2026 | 4844 kHz | 12:20 | Test Count | НТФЖ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 Проверка Микрофона Приём |
| 07/09/2026 | 12005 kHz | 00:21 | Propagation test | Prymka61, проверка микрофона, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10, Как слышно? Свяжись со мной по телефону. Прием. |
| 07/09/2026 | 4862 kHz | 15:21 | CW - Monolith | XXX XXX NTFV 54805 POVKLAMA 8075 9089 K TTT TTT |
| 07/09/2026 | 4844 kHz | 15:27 | Monolith | НТФЖ 54805 ПОВКЛАМА 8075 9089 |
| 07/09/2026 | 4862 kHz | 16:07 | CW - Unknown | DE NTFV == 55870 54408 40848 == NTFV K |
| 07/09/2026 | 4844 kHz | 16:55 | Live message | Я НТФЖ, сообщение для всех станций мониторинга: передатчик отключается менее чем через минуту, повторяю, передатчик отключается менее чем через минуту, завершаем сегодняшние передачи. Прием. |
| 10/09/2026 | 4955 kHz | 18:26 | Test count + Propagation Test | - (Test count with propagation test, not logged) |
| 10/09/2026 | 4955 kHz | 19:03 | Test count | Я Прймка61, НТФЖ, Проверка Микрофона, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Приём |
| 11/09/2026 | 4804 kHz | 16:45 | Test count | Ya Prymka61, Proverka microfona, 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0, Priyom |
| 11/09/2026 | 4804 khz | 16:50 | Test count | 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 0 1 2 3 1 2 3 Priyom |