N4AAB, Mar 5, 2019 #67. Ham Radio - Woodpecker vs The Bear The Russian Woodpecker Not an avian at all, the Russian Woodpecker was the vast, faceless and distant enemy of most of the users of shortwave radio in the Western World for eight or nine years, beginning in 1976. There were a number of transmission hopping and timing techniques that were used by the Soviets to avoid jamming of their transmit frequencies as well as to prevent spoofing of the received echoes. Why that moniker? Triangulation quickly revealed the signals came from Ukraine. We know about as much about it now as we did back then. This was followed by the prototype Duga, built on the same site, which was able to track launches from the far east and submarines in the Pacific Ocean as the missiles flew towards Novaya Zemlya. Amateurs with yagis eventually determined that the signals (yes there was more than one it seemed) were coming from the USSR. In the end maybe the “Russian Woodpecker” wasn't Russian at all. Duga-1 was built in northern Ukraine, between Liubech and Chernobyl-2. {* currentPassword *}, {* optInRegistration *} The Chernobyl DLC for the game Spintires features a representation of the sarcophagus and an antenna array similar in appearance to Duga. WOODY WOODPECKER. Confusion due to small differences in the reports being made from various military sources led to the site being alternately located near Kiev, Minsk, Chernobyl, … The Soviets had been working on early warning radar for their anti-ballistic missile systems through the 1960s, but most of these had been line-of-sight systems that were useful for rapid analysis and interception only. There would be no information content, but you'd probably be much louder than the return. This huge radar complex was restored in 2002 after a fire seriously damaged it. If covered all of ham radio bands and well beyond. However, because of its distinctive transmission pattern, many experts and amateur radio hobbyists quickly realized it to be an over-the-horizon radar system. Starting in 1976 a new and powerful radio signal was detected worldwide, and quickly dubbed the Woodpecker by amateur radio operators. If you tuned into this movie hoping to learn something about the infamous Russian Woodpecker of the 1980's, you are in for a huge disappointment. 3 thoughts on “ A close look at the Russian Woodpecker (Duga-3) ” Pingback: A close look at the Russian Woodpecker (Duga-3) – dxradio.de Tim Marecki August 10, 2017 at 7:28 am. | News links, New and Noteworthy Categories on Thomasnet.com for October 2020 » Open News Window. The short wave listeners, therefore, nicknamed it as the Russian Woodpecker. 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Confusion due to small differences in the reports being made from various sources led to the site being variously located near Kiev, Minsk, Chernobyl, Gomel or Chernihiv. The Russian Woodpecker Not an avian at all, the Russian Woodpecker was the vast, faceless and distant enemy of most of the users of shortwave radio in the Western World for eight or nine years, beginning in 1976. It was pretty simple really: turn up the speed on your keyer until it sounded like the same pulse rate and transmit back. It's been said that the origins of “ham” and “ham radio” are unknown, or that it dates back to pre-radio, with the wired telegraph. I remember once hearing the Woodpecker stop, as if the operators were saying to each other “what the heck was that? It was abandoned after the nuclear disaster in Chernobyl on April 26th 1986, and remains only as a technological relic of the cold war Soviet Union. A New Trilogy of LTSpice Circuits With NTC Thermistors, PART II: LTSpice Simulation of PID Temperature Control of a Peltier Thermoelectric Element With a NTC Thermistor, How to Charge Lithium Iron Phosphate Rechargeable Batteries. info), repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, 24 hours per day. Discussion in 'Amateur Radio News' started by W1YW, Mar 3, 2019. Your existing password has not been changed. The radar system was given the code 5Н32-West by the Soviets, and was set up in two closed towns, Liubech-1 held the two transmitters and Chernobyl-2 the receivers. The Duga radar is also featured in the films of the Divergent series, where it was used as the giant wall and fence surrounding the main city. There were thousands of complaints worldwide as the signal was causing a nuisance to receivers. Duga (Russian: Дуга́, literally "arc" or "curve") was a Soviet over-the-horizon radar (OTH) system used as part of the Soviet missile defense early-warning radar network. Having obtained my ham radio license in the 1980's I was well familiar with the Woodpecker. The original Duga was the first experimental system. A couple months ago I head what sounded a lot like the audio clips I have heard of the infamous signal on 40m band late at night. The "Woodpecker" Tuning aid Most modern Amateur Radio operators, are well used to modern "no tune" transistorised rigs, but have problems when faced with the intricacies of tuning a … I'm a ham radio operator and my interest is mostly in the woodpecker which I had to deal with on a daily basis. Ham was defined as “a poor oprator”, also called a “plug”, in “The Telegraph Instructor” (1901) by George M. Dodge. They appeared without warning, sounding like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise at 10 Hz repetition rate,[1] which led to it being nicknamed by shortwave listeners the Russian Woodpecker. It sounded like a sharp, repetitive tapping noise, at 10 Hz, giving rise to the "Woodpecker" name. You can hear the sound of the Woodpecker signal on YouTube here. The interference was accordingly dubbed the Russian Woodpecker, as amateur radio enthusiasts quickly triangulated the source to an area in what was then the USSR (in the modern day this is in the “three-corners” region where Ukraine, Belarus, and Russia meet). That is why I love ham radio! Data analysis showed an inter-pulse period of about 90 ms, a frequency range of 7 to 19 MHz, a bandwidth of 0.02 to 0.8 MHz, and typical transmission time of 7 minutes. This page was last edited on 29 December 2020, at 10:59. The broadcast jamming theory was discarded early on when a monitoring survey showed that Radio Moscow and other pro-Soviet stations were just as badly affected by woodpecker interference as Western stations. Duga is able to track launches from the Far East and from submarines in the Pacific Ocean, as the missiles fly towards Novaya Zemlya in the Arctic Ocean. Check your email for a link to verify your email address. Great article, but the name of our hobby is not “HAM” or “HAM radio.” It's not an acronym for anything. Although there were Duga sites in other Soviet republics, so who knows which ones we were hearing? Check your email for your verification email, or enter your email address in the form below to resend the email. In the early days with spark-gap transmitters, an amateur's radio signal could blanket the whole band — similar to the Russian Woodpecker. Their difficulties with it were in part caused by a loose coalition of amateur radio operators, many from Texas, jamming the h311 out of it whenever it intruded on the ham radio bands. my subreddits. 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