Overload
Enigma ID | n/a |
Name | Overload |
Frequencies | 4050kHz |
Status | Active |
Voice | Male and female, live |
Emission mode | LSB |
Location |
Russia
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Activity pages |
First heard in 2022, this station serves the Western Military
District of Russia and operates without a channel marker on 4050kHz
LSB all year round. It relays messages sent on the Vyezha
channel.
Voice broadcasts are usually preceeded by one or more counts.
Monolyth messages transmitted on this channel have either one, two
or sometimes three 4-digit number groups per codeword, which makes
it different from other networks, which usually have two groups per
codeword only. Apart from Monolyth transmissions, this station also
does two-way reception checks in voice, with stations answering
calls on 3822kHz LSB, 4099kHz LSB or 4113.5khz LSB. It is also the
only station in this network, which transmits radiograms and
messages of three letter groups starting with Z via the voice
channel. Recipients of radiograms are then usually asked to confirm
its reception via a "wire channel" - a phone line. Radiograms sent
on this network are unique, as they contain 3-letter groups
starting with Z, at the end (the groups are included in the group
count in the header). The callsigns of this station and its
recipients change every day and are different for nighttime and
daytime. Since the start of the observations, they have never
repeated.
Radiograms transmitted on this network are unique, as they
contain two groups of three letters, each starting with the letter
Z. They are included in the group count in the header of the
message. Often the letters, out of which the radiograms are
composed, are rarely seen in radiograms of other networks (for
example: Ь, Й or Э).
On this station the Monolyth messages are read first in full
without phonetical spelling, and then once again with spelling and
with each digit read separately, as opposed to other stations which
read them as whole numbers. The 5-digit group in Monolyth messages
in voice is read in 3+2 digits pattern ("303+76"), instead of the
usual 2+3 ("30+376").
The transmissions by this station are very often distorted, which
is caused by the use of overloaded radio equipment. As a result of
this, the broadcasts also have very high power.