{"id":39956,"date":"2019-10-01T07:33:54","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T11:33:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=39956"},"modified":"2019-10-01T07:33:54","modified_gmt":"2019-10-01T11:33:54","slug":"free-download-decoding-numbers-stations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/10\/free-download-decoding-numbers-stations\/","title":{"rendered":"Free download: “Decoding Numbers Stations”"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Eric McFadden, who shares the following note from the Southgate ARC<\/a>:<\/p>\n

The article Decoding Numbers Stations by Allison McLellan<\/strong>\u00a0which appears in the November 2019 issue of ARRL’s QST magazine is available for free download<\/p>\n

Download the article PDF from
\nhttp:\/\/www.arrl.org\/this-month-in-qst<\/a><\/p>\n

Digital membership of ARRL costs just \u00a340 ($49)
\nhttps:\/\/www.arrl.org\/membership-levels<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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\u00a0which 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-qst Digital membership of ARRL costs just \u00a340 ($49) https:\/\/www.arrl.org\/membership-levels<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,172,43],"tags":[2887,4088,580,1680],"class_list":["post-39956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-numbers-stations","category-shortwave-radio","tag-eric-mcfadden","tag-numbers-stations","tag-southgate-arc","tag-spy-numbers-station"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aos","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":34691,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/11\/fcc-fines-ham-25000-for-operating-an-fm-pirate-radio-station\/","url_meta":{"origin":39956,"position":0},"title":"FCC fines ham $25,000 for operating FM pirate radio station","author":"Thomas","date":"November 2, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"(Source: Southgate ARC) FCC fines Amateur Radio licensee $25,000 for operating unlicensed FM station ARRL reports in an FCC Enforcement Bureau case going back to early 2015, a Paterson, New Jersey, Amateur Radio licensee has been penalized in the amount of $25,000 for allegedly continuing to operate an unlicensed FM\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "FM"","block_context":{"text":"FM","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/fm\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/Soundboard-Mixer-Microphone-Pirate-Radio-1.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":6019,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2013\/03\/rijmenants-paper-sheds-light-on-cuban-numbers-stations\/","url_meta":{"origin":39956,"position":1},"title":"Rijmenants’ paper sheds light on Cuban numbers stations","author":"Thomas","date":"March 23, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"I'm always amazed by the remarkable talents and extraordinary knowledge of SWLing Post readers. 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