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Shortwave radio in the news- Facts and figures of the 97th Indianapolis 500 - San Jose Mercury News May 25, 2013
- Nick Leonovich 'Now with the Lord' : Described as 'A true hero of the faith' - Continentalnews.net May 24, 2013
- HOT SEAT: Interview Tendai Biti on MDC-T policies (Part 1) - SW Radio Africa May 24, 2013
- Digital did not kill the radio star in Africa - Mail & Guardian Online May 23, 2013
- End times for doomsday-linked radio network? - CNN (blog) May 16, 2013
- Proclaiming Christ Through Catholic Radio - Catholic World Report May 9, 2013
- Police confiscate 10 motorbikes during MDC office raid - SW Radio Africa May 9, 2013
- ABC may pull plug on China broadcast - The Age May 8, 2013
- Africa: Digital Did Not Kill the Radio Star - AllAfrica.com May 3, 2013
- Shortwave Radio Operator – Eternal Word Television Network, Inc. (Vandiver, AL) - DFW Catholic April 25, 2013
- RNW Media Network
- This is a searchable archive of over 15,000 international media stories published from Oct 2003 - March 2012
- Kenya: CCK to take back unused frequencies
- Rwanda: Parliament radio goes on air
- Radiofax audio archive to mark 20 years since closure
- Swaziland to ban anti-Mswati tweets
- Web address controversy deepens after US warning
- New company building a search engine for television
- EU willing to support Portuguese on Euronews
- Kenya to ban analogue TV imports
- Christian TV Network bosses accused of massive fraud
Tag Archives: Numbers Stations
Numbers Stations: The English Man came back
Two weeks ago this Friday, I caught and recorded the numbers station often referred to as the English Man. He was found in the pirate radio watering hole (of 6,925-6,990 kHz) on 6,949 kHz. After sifting through more spectrum recordings taken … Continue reading
Finding the “English Man” numbers station while scanning for pirates
While listening for pirate radio stations last night, I recorded a numbers station. I found it on 6,949 kHz at 1:30 UTC, 26 May 2012. It was broadcast in USB for almost exactly ten minutes. The ID was sent for … Continue reading
New Batman teaser uses numbers stations concept
The new Batman film, The Dark Knight Rises, is using a strange numbers station concept to lure people into the theatre via their theatrical teaser. The numbers station-like audio is complete with eerie ident, simulated SSB, and hetrodyne sounds– evidence that … Continue reading
Russia Today features the Buzzer
(Source: RT) Read the full transcript on RT. Thanks to Kim Elliott for the tip!
Posted in Numbers Stations, Videos
Tagged Numbers Stations, RT, Russia Today, The Buzzer, Videos
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Estonian engineer drags UVB-76 numbers station into the Internet era
It seems there’s no shortage of interest in numbers stations these days. This article, from Wired magazine, Inside The Russian Short Wave Radio Enigma: From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious shortwave radio station transmitted day and … Continue reading
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Tagged Estonia, Numbers Stations, The Buzzer, UVB-76, UVB-76.net, Wired
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Archived BBC 4 documentary on Lincolnshire Poacher
A friend recently sent me this archive site of a BBC documentary from 2005 that tracks the Lincolnshire Poacher and other numbers stations. If you’re unfamiliar with numbers stations check out our previous post on the subject–and be sure to listen to David Goren’s … Continue reading
Posted in Articles, Broadcasters, Numbers Stations
Tagged David Goren, Lincolnshire Poacher, Numbers Stations, Spy Numbers
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Russian Numbers Changing?
(Source: Gizmodo) The bizarre, constant audio output of one particular mysterious Russian “Numbers Station” has changed, for the first time in 20 years. This might mean something bad is about to happen, or simply that someone finally remembered to switch … Continue reading
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Tagged Numbers Stations, Russian Numbers Stations, Shortwave Numbers
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NPR Explores Numbers Stations
This weekend, NPR’s Guy Raz interviewed Mark Stout, the official historian at the International Spy Museum. Their topic? Numbers stations. Click hear to go to NPR’s webpage, listen and/or read the full transcript. You can also download an MP3 audio file … Continue reading
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Tagged National Public Radio, NPR, Numbers Stations, Shortwave Number Stations, Shortwave Radio
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Slate Magazine explores how Russian spies used shortwave radio
Slate: It may seem like the digital era of spy technology has passed the Russians by. In the Washington Post, columnist Jeff Stein tittered that “the FBI must have been clapping its collective hands when it discovered the primitive radio … Continue reading
Russian Agents Used Shortwave Radio to Receive Coded Messages
Many of you may have noticed in the news yesterday that shortwave radio was used by the 11 Russian agents who were carrying out espionage within the United States. An article in the New York Times noted that one of … Continue reading
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Tagged Espionage, Numbers Stations, Russian Agents, Shortwave Radio
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