These Russian Radio Signals Cause Havoc!

Published on 2023-10-06 | Archived on 2023-11-21

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Those who use CB radio regularly may have sometimes suffered with numerous channels completely wiped out by the sound of Russian female voices.

I don’t mean specifically on SSB or AM where signals tend to carry further, I’m talking about on the 40 UK FM channels.

Listening round the dial at certain times of the day, especially this time of year as the winter propagation approaches will reveal numerous channels, and in some unfortunate cases, all of them, in use by strong, high powered signals carrying female voices.

This type of interference has become more prevalent in the last 20 years since the late 1990’s to early 2000’s.

Affectionately referred to in the UK as Olga, the majority of these voices emanate from the Russian Federation but what are they? Who is Olga? And why does she cause havoc to CB operators.

Olga is the name assigned by British CB radio operators as a collective term for the hundreds of Russian, mostly female taxi dispatchers heard on the air.

Olga can be heard all over Europe on the 12, 11 and 10 meter band. These signals can carry many hundreds of kilometres.

These Russian taxi companies can be a source of major interference problems. The Russian radio frequency service does receive complaints but doesn’t appear to act in any major form.