UVB-76 Live stream

Ukraine - 34 Kanal

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DISCLAIMER

IT IS TIME TO TAKE SIDES
During almost 12 years the repeater has been up, I have been keeping it apolitical. But Putin has gone batshit and UVB-76 radio station is a weapon. So, while I keep translating it, you are welcome to also watch the Ukrainian news channel '34 Kanal' to see, what kind of events this signal is actually participating at today.
Slava Ukraini!


DISCLAIMER: I have no association with UVB-76 station, neither do I have any clue what is the content I am relaying. I can only assure, that the signal is received on 4.625MHz about 300km NW from supposed origin and retransmitted unaltered. In no way can I guarantee this service, nor be considered responsible of any content re-transmitted. The only purpose for this relay to exist is because lot of people who do not have equipment or are located too far from station seem to be interested about listening to it. Note, that because of shortwave radio signal propagation specifics the station is not always audible

Wednesday, August 27, 2014

Interference source found and eliminated!

Glad to announce that repeater is once again running interference-free!

The irony is that the power supply littering the signal was the very same powering the SDR receiving the buzzer. So for past several months the repeater has basically recorded  his own mess...

Anyway, from now on we have clean signal again and hopefully even better than before thanks to newly installed magnetic loop.

Posted by Laid at 8:21 PM 3 comments

Monday, August 18, 2014

New Antenna for Repeater

As a somewhat late birthday present from Satrian, my SDR radio company, repeater got itself now a brand new magnetic loop antenna!


It is fairly straightforward design made out of water pipes and tuned to 4.625MHz. 

The main advantage over the more classic antenna designs is its directional capabilities. The noise what is hindering the reception for past couple of months is therefore a little less evident, resulting a better SNR now.
Posted by Laid at 9:30 AM 0 comments

Sunday, August 17, 2014

Repeater Maintenance on August 17, 2014

The UVB-76 Temporary Internet Repeater is now more than 4 years old and no significant upgrades have been done since. 
As Buzzer seems to be alive and kicking as always and as the worldwide situation is heating up daily, the time has come to have some upgrades done. 
I will be moving the repeater to other server room today with new magnetic loop antenna already set up, what is supposed to take care of some of the QRM (interference) what has been disturbing the reception for past few months.

The expected downtime is 17.08.2014 from 2.30pm to 4.00pm UTC.

EDIT: Move complete, works nicely at new location!
Posted by Laid at 5:39 PM 0 comments
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