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Number's stations..... Anyone ever heard one

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While ive read reports of people hearing these and not knowing what they are ive never heard one myself. What they are, or what they could be is actually quite errie, enough to make me hind under the bed if I ever heard one. Do a search for numbers stations on google and listen to some of the recordings that DXers have logged from Numbers stations. It is very interesting, yet very creepy, I would hate to find one on the dial late at night while no one is at home, and then suddenly get a knock at the door. If you dont know what a numbers station is, look it up on google and you will find hours of reading, Samples, and everything else you want to know about them. The thing that makes them the most scary is the fact that no government acknowledges them, and no one seems to know exactly what they are, or what they are for, but the recordings will have you creeped out, they sound like something straight out of a horror movie and often have a very young child reading unidentifiable codes.......Really creepy.... :p
 
Mid West Clubber said:
While ive read reports of people hearing these and not knowing what they are ive never heard one myself. What they are, or what they could be is actually quite errie, enough to make me hind under the bed if I ever heard one. Do a search for numbers stations on google and listen to some of the recordings that DXers have logged from Numbers stations. It is very interesting, yet very creepy, I would hate to find one on the dial late at night while no one is at home, and then suddenly get a knock at the door. If you dont know what a numbers station is, look it up on google and you will find hours of reading, Samples, and everything else you want to know about them. The thing that makes them the most scary is the fact that no government acknowledges them, and no one seems to know exactly what they are, or what they are for, but the recordings will have you creeped out, they sound like something straight out of a horror movie and often have a very young child reading unidentifiable codes.......Really creepy.... :p
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I've heard these myself on shortwave a few years back. I figured it was some sort of code for folks who were up to "no good" could communicate with one another.

This is what "they are" according to wikipedia. Messages between drug smugglers and/or contacts to spies (that would explain why no government acknowledges them).


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station



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Mid West Clubber said:
While ive read reports of people hearing these and not knowing what they are ive never heard one myself. What they are, or what they could be is actually quite errie, enough to make me hind under the bed if I ever heard one. Do a search for numbers stations on google and listen to some of the recordings that DXers have logged from Numbers stations. It is very interesting, yet very creepy, I would hate to find one on the dial late at night while no one is at home, and then suddenly get a knock at the door. If you dont know what a numbers station is, look it up on google and you will find hours of reading, Samples, and everything else you want to know about them. The thing that makes them the most scary is the fact that no government acknowledges them, and no one seems to know exactly what they are, or what they are for, but the recordings will have you creeped out, they sound like something straight out of a horror movie and often have a very young child reading unidentifiable codes.......Really creepy.... :p
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I've caught spanish language numbers stations,I assume those are for Cuban spies in the USA.
 
This is what they meant on Mission:Impossible when the recorded voice said "The agency will disavow any knowledge of your activities." :)
 
A couple of SW Pirates,the main one calling himself "Commander Bunny" ran a fake numbers station on 6925 kkhz.and 6950 khz. early in this decade to mess with numbers dx'ers. They sent out messages when decoded read stuff like "Check your tire pressure" and "F*** with the Bunny,get the carrot". It went on for a good couple of months,them going back and forth,one signing on when the other signed off. I remember one used "White Rabbit" as an intro/outro.

The best thing in the saga was when the tv show "Lost" debuted a few years afterwards. The Bunny Code and the "Lost" number code were similar. Fan's of "Lost" made Commander Bunny an internet sensation when they discovered it and tried to tie the two together.

There's a website called "blackcatsystems" or something like that. It has a large section devoted to numbers stations. It used to have a pretty active BB regarding them and where to tune to them.

Back in the 80's there were couple of Cuban numbers stations that would pop up in the MW/AM band. You could here them well all over the eastern half of the States when they came on.

Most of the SW ones have killer sig's. Any decent SW portable will get you started in tracking them down.
 
5.900 has been active lately. Last time, I heard CW with other stuff in the background.

Try that.

-Rob
 
In the mid-90's I was hearing one on the low end of the FM band, below 88.1. Though reception was very fuzzy with static, it seemed to spread wide on the analog tuning dial, not be on one specific frequency. It came on intermittently, and it was a female voice counting down numbers.

I don't see how that could've happened. I've never heard of one of those on or near the FM band or using FM modulation, but it sounded perhaps like my receiver was being overloaded by something either strong or nearby on another band, that I wasn't receiving it's actual frequency. I'm in the north of Boston metro. Anyone have any idea what this could've been??
 
A)Do you remember what language she was using? B) Any military bases or commercial shortwave outlets nearby?
 
Aljr said:
A)Do you remember what language she was using? B) Any military bases or commercial shortwave outlets nearby?
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I think it was English, perhaps with an accent, but it was so fuzzy and off-frequency sounding that it was hard to tell.

I don't know of any military or shortwave transmitters nearby, though that doesn't necessarily mean that there aren't any. I'm in Somerville MA, just a few miles north of Boston.

I guess it could've even been a nearby "ham" or pirate operator rebroadcasting the numbers, but I really have no idea.
 
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