Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:
One of my favourite YouTube channels has just published a video talking about number stations.
There’s nothing there that seasoned SWLing.com readers don’t already know of course:
Thanks for sharing this, Mark! I just subscribed to Curious Droid!
(Screenshot: Tudor Vedeanu)
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Tom (DF5JL), who writes:
Who doesn’t know the mysterious station “The Buzzer” on 4625 kHz – but now it gets even more exciting: Because since today “The Buzzer” has a twin that transmits on 4810 kHz – fully synchronous. And to make to put a scoop on it: location is apparently near Changdu in China.
Thanks for the tip, Tom!
Yes, I noticed that our friend, Tudor Vedeanu, recently posted a recording of the new Buzzer twin on 4810 kHz:
I’m curious if the new Buzzer frequency is being used 100% of the time? Can anyone confirm?
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Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Eric McFadden, who shares the following note from the Southgate ARC:
The article Decoding Numbers Stations by Allison McLellan which appears in the November 2019 issue of ARRL’s QST magazine is available for free download
Download the article PDF from
http://www.arrl.org/this-month-in-qstDigital membership of ARRL costs just £40 ($49)
https://www.arrl.org/membership-levels
A few days ago, I noticed a fascinating off-air recording of a live operator covering the “failure scenario” of E17z posted to the Priyom.org Twitter account
From Priyom.org on Twitter:
Listen to the recording in the embedded player below or via Priyom.org:
Click here to download the recording.
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, John Harper (AE5X), who writes:
I don’t know if you’ve heard of a new series on Netflix – “The Same Sky” is a Cold War spy series regarding an attempt to gain access to an American eavesdropping facility in Berlin in the 1970’s.
Not a lot of radio-related activity in the series but there is a scene of a spy receiving his coded instructions via a numbers station. I’ve posted a YouTube video of the scene here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=45&v=KqyIqn926eM
Click here to view on YouTube.
Thank you, John! I’ve just added The Same Sky to my watch list–I love Cold War spy films and series!
I’ll add this post to our ever growing archive of radios in film!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Moshe, for sharing the following video:
I uploaded this video I made in a rush, holding our baby in one hand and my smartphone in the other one…
The receiver is my Ben-Gal Verdi.
I caught the station by accident, while tuning to VOA 15580kHz to listen to Boarder Crossings.
Click here to view on YouTube.
Fantastic catch, Moshe! Thank you for sharing. I can’t tell you how many times in the past I played radio while also holding a baby in my arms. Always a challenge!
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:
Nothing that an SWLing Post reader doesn’t already know–more for general consumption:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-42819704/numbers-stations-the-spy-radio-that-anyone-can-hear
For decades, people around the globe have been able to listen in to mysterious spy broadcasts from all over the world with just a radio.
Gordon Corera has been investigating the strange world of number stations.
Thanks for the tip, Mark!