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that broadcasts a distinctive sound. From around 2000 until 2008 the station's attention tone was a high-pitched two tone signal that vaguely resembled a squeaky wheel. From 2008 the channel marker changed to two different tones in a short sequence repeated with a short silent gap. In 2023 the
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The frequencies are 5367 kHz (day) and 3363.5 kHz (night). Several times voice messages in Russian military format have been reported. The exact transmitter site is unknown, but is thought to be near
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Other frequencies observed are 3650 kHz, 3815 kHz, 5474 kHz, 5641 kHz and 4201 kHz
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Distinctive two-tone and three-tone channel markers for the Squeaky Wheel
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and the signal sometimes even disappears for days in the noise.
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Index

Frequency
Format
Russian
Russian Armed Forces
Sister stations
The Buzzer
The Pip
The Squeaky Wheel
media help
radio listeners
shortwave
radio station
Rostov-on-Don
Russia
signal strength
Central Europe
Enigma designation
Slavic language
"Numbers and Oddities"
the original



"Squeaky Wheel"
the original
"Mystery Signals of Shortwave"
the original
"MX"
Archived
"The Squeaky Wheel"

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