Russian beacons
Updated 3 Sept 2006
Who has not heard them? During at least 35 years many of you have
谁没听到过它们呢？在过去至少35年里你们中许多人曾经
reported the various channel markers and cluster beacons from the former
报告来自前苏联和之后独立国家的多种频道标记和成群信标。
Soviet Union and later from the separate countries. I have read many
我曾读过很多
speculations about these "mysterious" single-letter-beacons. What are
关于这些神秘的单字母信标的猜想。 它们到底
they? Who is using them? Believe it or not but I even read an article
是什么？是谁在使用它们？ 不管你信不信，我甚至读过一片声称
that stated that the beacons were intended as homing beacons for extra
这些信标是为地球外部的归航信标的文章。
terrestrials. Yes, really!!! Others state that they are being used by
是的，这是真的！！！ 其他资料说他们供
vessels on Russia's rivers. I'm not sure what they meant by that. One of
俄罗斯河流上的船只使用。 我不清楚他们到底意味什么。 一个
the best was the one about the "buzzer". The author says that the buzzer
最好的说法是就是那个关于"buzzer"（蜂鸣器）的。作者称buzzer
is in fact the safety transmitter of the Tsjernobil nuclear power plant.
事实上是Tsjernobil 核能发电厂的安全发射机。
When the buzzer stops, you really should panic because that would mean
当buzzer停止时，你应惊恐（应急），因为那意味着
that a melt down is about to happen. Well, the power plant was switched
（反应堆）融化即将发生。 核电站很多年前就关停了，
of many years ago and the buzzer is still there. :-)
而buzzer仍然保留在那。
I am not sure if all frequencies are still being used. Except for the
我也不清楚是不是所有频率仍在使用。 除了
historic beacons all the stations were heard during the past two years
历史信标外，在过去两年中所有电台在所列频率上都能够听得到，
on the listed frequencies, some of them only a couple of times. Stations
其中一些只有一两次。
like "P" and "V" are using a whole bunch of frequencies but only few of
像"P"和"V"信标台使用整个频率簇，但只有一些有规律的运行。
them are regularly used.
Cluster beacon slots:
群标窗口：
.7 "D", Sevastopol
.8 "P", Kaliningrad
.9 "S", Severomorsk
.0 "C", Moscow
.1 "A", Astrakhan?
.2 "F", Vladivostok
.3 "K", Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy
.4 "M", Magadan
Example of a cluster:
一簇实例：
"D" - 8494.7
"P" - 8494.8
"S" - 8494.9
"C" - 8495.0
"A" - 8495.1
"F" - 8495.2
"K" - 8495.3
"M" - 8495.4
I have updated the frequency list of current and historical MX, S28, S30 and S32
我曾经更新过正在使用的和历史上使用过的MX, S28, S30 和 S32 台频率表。
stations. Additions are most welcome.
非常欢迎添加信息。
CLUSTER BEACONS
成簇信标
Frequency Callsign Location Ctry Remarks
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3593.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet黑海舰队
3593.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet 波罗的海舰队
3593.9 S Severomorsk RUS
3594 C Moscow RUS
3594.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
3594.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
3594.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
3594.4 M Magadan RUS
3594.8 M Magadan (March-July 2004) RUS
4557.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
4557.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4557.9 S Severomorsk RUS
4558 C Moscow RUS
4558.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
4558.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
4558.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
4558.4 M Magadan RUS
5153.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
5153.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
5153.9 S Severomorsk RUS
5154 C Moscow RUS
5154.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
5154.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
5154.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
5154.4 M Magadan RUS
5154.8 M Magadan (March-July 2004) RUS
7000 D Sevastopol (spurious) UKR Black Sea Fleet
7000 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS (spurious freq)
7038.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
7038.8 M Magadan (March-July 2004) RUS
7038.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
7038.9 S Severomorsk RUS
7039 C Moscow RUS
7039.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
7039.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
7039.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
7039.4 M Magadan RUS
7077.4 D Sevastopol (spurious) UKR Black Sea Fleet
7078 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS (spurious freq)
7078.4 F Vladivostok (spurious freq) RUS Pacific Fleet
8494.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
8494.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
8494.9 S Severomorsk RUS
8495 C Moscow RUS
8495.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
8495.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
8495.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
8495.4 M Magadan RUS
10307 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
10743.9 S Severomorsk (off freq) RUS
10871.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
10871.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
10871.9 S Severomorsk RUS
10872 C Moscow RUS
10872.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
10872.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
10872.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
10872.4 M Magadan RUS
13527.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
13527.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
13527.9 S Severomorsk RUS
13528 C Moscow RUS
13528.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
13528.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
13528.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
13528.4 M Magadan RUS
16331.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
16331.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
16331.9 S Severomorsk RUS
16332 C Moscow RUS
16332.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
16332.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
16332.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
16332.4 M Magadan RUS
17015.9 S Severomorsk RUS
17016 C Moscow RUS
17017.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
20047.5 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
20047.7 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
20047.9 S Severomorsk RUS
20048 C Moscow RUS
20048.1 A Astrakhan (tentative)
20048.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
20048.3 K Petropavlovsk Kamchatskiy RUS
20048.4 M Magadan RUS
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CHANNEL MARKERS
频道标记
Note: these stations are not always on the air. Frequencies may change from
注意：这些台不经常发射。 频率有时可能改变。
time to time.
Frequency Callsign Location Ctry Remarks
--------- --------- ---------------------------- ---- -----------------------
2742.2 F Gdynia ???
2813 N Unid
2842.8 F Gdynia ???
3043 OB unid location RUS
3070.5 unid location; not Prague
3167 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3175 V Khiva UZB
3192 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3195 R Izhevsk RUS
3202.8 L Tirana ALB
3203.6 L Tirana ALB
3204.2 L Tirana ALB
3208 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3262 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3264 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3291 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3317 V Khiva UZB
3322 R Izhevsk RUS
3335.7 L Tirana ALB
3335.7 LT Tirana (defective "L") ALB
3336.2 L Tirana ALB
3339.6 L Tirana ALB
3345 L Tirana ALB
3415 A unid location
3415 OB unid location RUS
3508 T Dash. Unid location
3534 V Khiva UZB
3593.8 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3649 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3658 V Khiva UZB
3685.9 R Izhevsk RUS
3699.5 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3756 'Pip', Rostov Volgograd RUS
3772 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
3798.5 F Gdynia ???
3807 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4031 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4043 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4049 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4051 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4069.6 L Tirana ALB
4091.5 L Tirana ALB
4210 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4301 S Severomorsk RUS
4315 F Gdynia ???
4325.9 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4325.9 R Izhevsk RUS
4424.5 L Tirana ALB
4446 V Khiva UZB
4469.1 L Tirana ALB
4469.6 L Tirana ALB
4476 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4498.5 V Khiva UZB
4555.8 F Gdynia ??? POL operates only during
daytime. Irregular
4558 R Izhevsk RUS
4575 V Khiva UZB
4605 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4625 'Buzzer', Moscow area RUS
4646 V Khiva UZB
4828 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4828 R Izhevsk RUS
4848 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
4878 V Khiva UZB
4899 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
5041 F Vladivistok RUS Pacific Fleet
5111 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
5154 E Defective cluster beacon?
5154 R Izhevsk RUS
5203.6 L Tirana ALB
5213 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
5342 V Khiva RUS
5448.6 'Pip', Rostov Volgograd RUS
5462 'Squeaky wheel' RUS
5465.9 R Izhevsk RUS
5473.9 'Squeaky wheel' RUS
5862 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
5920 K Petropavlovsk Kamcatskiy RUS
5982 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
6672.4 L Tirana (harmonic) ALB
6203 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
6389.9 R Izhevsk RUS
6550 D Sevastopol UKR Black Sea Fleet
6873 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
6934 T Dash. Unid location
6990.8 'Squeaky wheel' RUS
7000 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
7000 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
7000.2 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
7002 V Khiva UZB
7038.8 V Khiva (harmonic?) UZB
7064.4 H unid location
7452 R Izhevsk RUS
7550 R Izhevsk RUS
7630 V Khiva UZB
8165 T Dash. Unid location
8183 L Tirana (harmonic) ALB
8306 F Gdynia ???
8442 AS (. ...) Unid. AS sent as 1 character
8492 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
9090 I unid location (6 + 16 Jan. 2004)
9111 W unid location not related to the
old 'W' stations
9188.5 I unid location (6 + 16 Jan. 2004)
10008.6 L Tirana (harmonic) ALB
10470 T Dash. Unid location
10871.6 U Defective cluster beacon?
12158 T Dash. Unid location
13539 V Khiva UZB
15064.7 V Khiva (harmonic?) UZB
16204 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
16332 E Defective cluster beacon?
16932 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
20126.5 EO or J Unid location
20127 F Vladivostok RUS Pacific Fleet
21070.6 V Khiva UZB
2330.9 P Kaliningrad RUS Baltic Fleet
25250 R Izhevsk RUS
2547.8 F Gdynia ???
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HISTORIC MARKERS
Frequency Callsign Location Ctry Remarks
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Ch (---.) Unid location
Yu (..--) Khizyl Orda URS
3088 L St. Petersburg (Leningrad) URS
3090 L St. Petersburg (Leningrad) URS
3092 L St. Petersburg (Leningrad) URS
3533 W Cuba CUB
3564 C Moscow URS
3635.5 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
3650 'Yelper' URS
4302 C Moscow URS
4447.5 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
4775.5 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
5306 C Moscow URS
5308 O Moscow URS
5308.5 L St. Petersburg (Leningrad) URS
5309.5 Z Mukachevo (Ukraine) URS
5376.0 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
5568.5 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
5922 X Prague CZE
6245.5 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
6802.5 J Unid location
6803.5 G Unid location
6806 Q Unid location
6864.0 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
6985.5 U Khholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
7383 N Unid location
7395 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
7395.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
7423.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
7569.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
7677.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
8136.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
8669.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
8670.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
8682 M Magadan URS
8698 B Arkhangelsk URS
8918.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
9001.6 Y Unid location
9057.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
9160 Ya (.-.-) Unid location
9313.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
9322 X Prague CZE
10215.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
10285.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
10308 C Moscow URS
10612 C Moscow URS
11526.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
12149.5 I Unid location
12184.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
12329.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
13527 Y Unid location
13636 C Moscow URS
15655.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
15700.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
15705.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
18115.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
20428.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
24371.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
24409.5 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
24657.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
24982.0 U Kholmsk and other locations URS jammer related
26170 L St. Petersburg (Leningrad) URS
