{"id":41809,"date":"2020-01-31T09:06:25","date_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:06:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=41809"},"modified":"2020-01-31T09:06:25","modified_gmt":"2020-01-31T13:06:25","slug":"numbers-stations-anonymity-in-the-airwaves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2020\/01\/numbers-stations-anonymity-in-the-airwaves\/","title":{"rendered":"Numbers Stations: &#8220;Anonymity in the Airwaves&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Numbers1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10793\" src=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Numbers1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"238\" srcset=\"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Numbers1.jpg 640w, https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/SWLingPost-Numbers1-300x111.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>One of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC726J5A0LLFRxQ0SZqr2mYQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">my favourite YouTube channels<\/a> has just published <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/SQbQTv3aMkU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">a video<\/a> talking about number stations.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s nothing there that seasoned SWLing.com readers don&#8217;t already know of course:<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SQbQTv3aMkU?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for sharing this, Mark!\u00a0 I just subscribed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UC726J5A0LLFRxQ0SZqr2mYQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">to Curious Droid<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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&#8217;s nothing there that seasoned SWLing.com readers don&#8217;t already know of course: Thanks for sharing this, Mark!\u00a0 I just subscribed to Curious Droid!<\/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":[8293,5458,4088,4093],"class_list":["post-41809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-numbers-stations","category-shortwave-radio","tag-curious-droid","tag-mark-hirst","tag-numbers-stations","tag-videos"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-aSl","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":30813,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/bbc-video-the-spy-radio-that-anyone-can-hear\/","url_meta":{"origin":41809,"position":0},"title":"BBC video: &#8220;The &#8216;spy radio&#8217; that anyone can hear&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"February 10, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Hirst, who writes: Nothing that an SWLing Post reader doesn\u2019t 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. 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The animated video takes us on a journey through radio and broadcasting history. No doubt, you'll recognize many names and stations. It's\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Music&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Music","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/music\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rush-Spirit-Of-Radio-Guitar.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rush-Spirit-Of-Radio-Guitar.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rush-Spirit-Of-Radio-Guitar.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Rush-Spirit-Of-Radio-Guitar.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":64373,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/astrad-mikado-f8-tr17-b205-mark-discovers-this-ussr-radio-at-his-local-charity-shop\/","url_meta":{"origin":41809,"position":2},"title":"Astrad &#8220;Mikado&#8221; F8-TR17-B205: Mark discovers this USSR radio at his local charity shop","author":"Thomas","date":"October 25, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Mark Hirst, who writes: This gem arrived in the charity shop where I volunteer yesterday, a radio made in the USSR (Minsk) in around 1975. It was in fantastic external condition, although after checking it out discovered that the band changing control on the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/astrad-radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/astrad-radio.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/astrad-radio.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/astrad-radio.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/astrad-radio.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/astrad-radio.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":30918,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2018\/02\/mark-spots-a-vintage-radio-in-travelers\/","url_meta":{"origin":41809,"position":3},"title":"Mark spots a vintage radio in &#8220;Travelers&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"February 27, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to\u00a0SWLing Post\u00a0contributor,\u00a0Mark Hirst, who adds the following to\u00a0our growing archive of radios in film. 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