Beta is a time signal service in the VLF range in Russia, especially used by military offices. A radio clock A radio clock is a clock that is synchronized by a time code transmitted by a radio transmitter connected to a time standard such as an atomic clock. ... Very low frequency or VLF refers to radio frequencies (RF) in the range of 3 to 30 kHz. ...

Beta consists of the following transmitters

• RJH69 in Molodechno (Belarus)
• RJH77 in Archangelsk
• RJH63 in Krasnodar
• RJH99 in Nizhny Novgorod
• RJH66 in Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan)
• RAB99 in Khabarovsk

These transmitters transmit time information on 25 kHz on a specific schedule. Additional synchronisation signals are transmitted on 20.5 kHz, 23 kHz, 25.1 kHz and 25.5 kHz. These transmitters are also used at times when no time signals are being transmitted to send other coded information. Maladzechna is a city in the Minsk voblast of Belarus. ... Murmansk, Archangelsk, Dikson, Tiksi, on the Arctic Ocean The city of Arkhangelsk (Арха́нгельск, formerly in English Archangel) lies on the Northern Dvina River (Се́верная Двина́) near its exit into the White Sea in the far north of European Russia. ... Krasnodar (Russian, Краснодар) is a city in Southern Russia on the Kuban River, and is the administrative center of Krasnodar Krai (Krasnodar region, also known as Kuban, Russian Кубань). ... Area  - Total 260,000 mi² Population  - City (2003)  - Metropolitan 1,334,249 2 million approx. ... Bishkek cityscape Bishkek (population in 2005 approx. ... Khabarovsk (Хабаровск) (population 582,700) is the capital city of the Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, some 30 km from the Chinese border, at 48°25′ N 135°07′ E In Chinese, the city is also known as Bуlм (伯力, pinyin: bai3 li4) Khabarovsk was founded in 1858 as a military outpost...