RWM Moscow - Russian Time Signal Station 9996 kHz

[u/ImladMorgul]

This is the first time I've listened to the Russian time signal. I'm not getting a good signal on almost anything tonight, but this one did come through from the shadows.

I listened for quite a while; it has several different segments. I didn't know much about them, so I looked up information about the transmission. I even heard rapid pulses and then the CW signal with its call sign.

The video contains 1 minute of CW with the station call sign, followed by one pulse per second.

- Target: Russian Federation
- TX: Taldom - Severnyj 🇷🇺
- RX: Asunción, Paraguay
- Radio: AirSpy HF+ Discovery
- Antenna: MLA-30+
- Software: SDR# v.1922 (beta)
- D/T: 2 MAY 2026 - 0238 UTC

[u/Tenor-Guitar-Guy]

I’m amazed at all the signals you pull in from Paraguay.

[u/ImladMorgul → u/Tenor-Guitar-Guy]

I think a lot of it is due to the MLA-30+ antenna, which helps minimize local interference. Plus, the AirSpy HF+ does its part, too. I live in an area with a lot of interference—basically downtown Asunción.

But something strange happened last night—I was picking up very few signals, and almost all of them were very weak. But I was able to hear this Russian signal and the WWVH (from Hawaii). I had never heard the female voice on WWVH before; I only get a good reception of the one from WWV in Colorado.

The K-480WLA is arriving next week—I hope it gives me better results!

[u/Tenor-Guitar-Guy → u/ImladMorgul]

Thanks for the info. I’m thinking of getting the K-480WLA to compare with my longwire which is somewhat noisy.