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« on: November 16, 2005, 08:03:03 AM »

Im sure you guys have heard them. Ever wonder what they are?  http://www.g1lvn.org.uk/wavefiles/numbers_stations.wma
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« Reply #1 on: November 16, 2005, 10:12:12 AM »

I always figured they were "bulletin boards" for spies and agents and such. e.g. ---- Boris and Natasha tune in their little Sony SW portable to the appointed numbers station and laboriously decode their instructions from the KGB.

But it's a mystery why the numbers stations are still heard today. You can accomplish the same if not better with a laptop and an AOL account.
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« Reply #2 on: November 16, 2005, 10:15:39 AM »

Gee I thought it was Irb getting instructions
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« Reply #3 on: November 16, 2005, 11:22:05 AM »

FINDM OOSEA NDSQU IRREL
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« Reply #4 on: November 16, 2005, 12:39:28 PM »

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FINDM OOSEA NDSQU IRREL

No Tom, find the 'Hush-A-By Bomb' Grin
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« Reply #5 on: November 16, 2005, 01:00:18 PM »

THere was some lady who worked for DIA and was arrested for spying for Cuba here in DC about 3-4 years ago... she received coded messages via shortwave, so spake the absolutely unassailable Washington Post.

Here;'s a pretty good link to Wired magazine on numbers stations

http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,65698,00.html
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« Reply #6 on: November 16, 2005, 03:15:08 PM »

I just tuned in to the station I was told to listen to. I wrote everything down and after reading my orders I was bewildered. I am suppose to pick up Mexican food on my way home.
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« Reply #7 on: November 16, 2005, 04:18:25 PM »

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THere was some lady who worked for DIA and was arrested for spying for Cuba here in DC about 3-4 years ago... she received coded messages via shortwave, so spake the absolutely unassailable Washington Post.

As Ollie North refers to it as the Washington com-Post Cheesy
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« Reply #8 on: November 17, 2005, 03:02:08 AM »

Probably 99% of this stuff is just T-rash to tie up, overwhelm, spread decrypt assets long enough to where the 1% of real traffic is no longer relevent to a current situation when it is eventually decrypted. As far as the numbers stations go, they will still work very well with a one time decrypt key pad stuffed in a diplomatic bag. The first seveal numbers or letters in the one way transmission would be a primary key to signify which number page of the key pad to use. Simple,cheap,effective no computers. Shocked
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« Reply #9 on: November 17, 2005, 06:50:50 AM »

 When I first heard these stations,I would sometimes listen until I couldnot stand it any longer hoping for a ID. Guess I needed a life.
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« Reply #10 on: November 17, 2005, 08:39:23 AM »

When I first heard these stations,I would sometimes listen until I couldnot stand it any longer hoping for a ID. Guess I needed a life.

They did ID.  You just needed a Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring.

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« Reply #11 on: November 17, 2005, 11:07:37 AM »

Son-of-a-bitch! Its a crummy commercial!!
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« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2005, 12:11:19 AM »

ocho tres ocho siete cinco uno cuatro dos cinco tres nueve  : W2VJZ WILL BE LISTENING  ON THE OUTSIDE SPEAKER GOD BLESS GLENN
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« Reply #13 on: November 18, 2005, 12:12:06 AM »

When I first heard these stations,I would sometimes listen until I couldnot stand it any longer hoping for a ID. Guess I needed a life.

They did ID.  You just needed a Little Orphan Annie Decoder Ring.


Cheesy Grin Cool
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