What to listen to

Stations worth an evening: what they are, why they are on the air, and how to hear them without a receiver of your own.

Mystery stations

UVB-76 “The Buzzer” story	4625 kHz	USB	The Buzzer: a continuous buzz with occasional voice messages, on air since the 1970s, now near St. Petersburg.
The Pip story	5448 kHz	USB	A short pip every second; 5448 by day, 3756 at night. Rostov region.
The Pip (night) story	3756 kHz	USB	Night frequency of The Pip.
The Squeaky Wheel story	5367 kHz	USB	The Squeaky Wheel: a repeating squeak; 5367 by day, 3363.5 kHz at night (per priyom.org). “Monolith” voice messages.
The Squeaky Wheel (night) story	3363.5 kHz	USB	Night frequency of The Squeaky Wheel.
The Goose story	4310 kHz	USB	Goose-like marker, 4310 by day, 3243 kHz at night, Smolensk; live voice messages. Not heard since August 2024 (priyom.org).
The Air Horn story	4930 kHz	USB	Air-horn marker, 4930 kHz round the clock, Smolensk; since Dec 2023 uses the Goose marker. Currently inactive.
The Alarm story	4770 kHz	USB	Western Military District marker, 4770 kHz, Smolensk, since 2019; hardly any real traffic.
Katok-65 story	4224 kHz	USB	Voice channel (male and female voices), 4224 by day, 3218.5 kHz at night. Active (2024).
Vega story	5372 kHz	USB	Rostov-on-Don, Southern Military District: “Monolith”/“Uzor” messages, long code words, an 800 Hz tone at times; the Pip marker is audible behind. Daytime only, 5372 kHz.
Baron-78 story	4940 kHz	USB	Voice channel, 4940 by day, 3850 kHz at night; marker = open-microphone noise. Active (2024).
D Marker 5292 kHz story	5292 kHz	CW	CW marker: the letter D repeated endlessly. Sister “T” marker on 4325 kHz.
T Marker 4325 kHz story	4325 kHz	CW	CW marker: the letter T (a single dash) endlessly.
V13 New Star Broadcasting 13974 story	13974 kHz	USB	Taiwanese numbers station: female Mandarin voice, four-digit groups, musical intro. Transmissions on the hour and half hour. Frequencies: 7502, 7688, 8169, 8300, 9276, 11430, 13974, 14944, 15250, 15890, 16050, 17000, 18040, 19052, 20025, 20095, 21000.
V13 New Star Broadcasting 9276 story	9276 kHz	USB	Evening frequency of V13.
HM01 Cuba 11530 story	11530 kHz	AM	Cuban hybrid numbers station: Spanish female voice plus HamDRM data bursts. Off air since 23 August 2024 (transmitter failure), may return. Frequencies: 9065, 9155, 9240, 9330, 10345, 10715, 10860, 11435, 11462, 11530, 11635, 12180, 13435, 14375, 16180, 17480.
DHO38 (23.4 kHz) story	23.4 kHz	CW	German Navy submarine transmitter at Rhauderfehn, MSK stream on 23.4 kHz. The loudest VLF signal in Europe.
GQD Anthorn (19.58 kHz) story	19.58 kHz	CW	British VLF submarine transmitter, Anthorn.
NAA Cutler (24.0 kHz) story	24 kHz	CW	US Navy, Cutler (Maine), 1.8 MW; audible in Europe.
ICV Tavolara (20.27 kHz) story	20.27 kHz	CW	NATO VLF transmitter on Sardinia.
HWU Rosnay (20.9 kHz) story	20.9 kHz	CW	French Navy, Rosnay; also 18.3 and 21.75 kHz.
JXN Novik (16.4 kHz) story	16.4 kHz	CW	Norwegian Navy, Helgeland.
SAQ Grimeton (17.2 kHz) story	17.2 kHz	CW	The only surviving 1924 Alexanderson alternator transmitter (UNESCO). On air on special days: Alexanderson Day (June), Christmas Eve 24 Dec around 08:00 UTC.
RSDN-20 Alpha (12.649 kHz) story	12.649 kHz	CW	Russian Alpha radionavigation system: pulses on 11.905, 12.649 and 14.881 kHz from Krasnodar, Novosibirsk, Khabarovsk and others.