Numbers Stations - perfect method of anonymous, one way communication
Numbers stations (or number stations) are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast artificially generated voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters (sometimes using a spelling alphabet), tunes or Morse code. They are in a wide variety of languages and the voices are usually female, though sometimes male or children’s voices are used.
Evidence supports popular assumptions that the broadcasts are used to send messages to spies. [more @ wikipedia]
Short news broadcast about Number Stations:
The Conet Project - Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations (audio files inside)
…For more than 30 years the Shortwave radio spectrum has been used by the worlds intelligence agencies to transmit secret messages. These messages are transmitted by hundreds of Numbers Stations.
Shortwave Numbers Stations are a perfect method of anonymous, one way communication. Spies located anywhere in the world can be communicated to by their masters via small, locally available, and unmodified Shortwave receivers. The encryption system used by Numbers Stations, known as a one time pad is unbreakable. Combine this with the fact that it is almost impossible to track down the message recipients once they are inserted into the enemy country, it becomes clear just how powerful the Numbers Station system is.
These stations use very rigid schedules, and transmit in many different languages, employing male and female voices repeating strings of numbers or phonetic letters day and night, all year round.
The voices are of varying pitches and intonation; there is even a German station (The Swedish Rhapsody) that transmits a female child’s voice! (listen)… (via Life as an Artificial Lifeform)
More samples on YouTube, spynumbers.com, palais de tokyo, …
And for the grand finale… Anon Numbers Station Transmission (3133.7 MHzAM)
A German produced, low powered transmission for anonymous in the spirit of the old spy “Numbers Stations” of the cold war.
The translation:
March 15.
How are you gentlemen.
All your orgs are belong to us.
You have no chance to survive make your time.
Hahaha.
We are anonymous.
We are legion.
We do not forgive, we do not forget.
Expect us.
-End-
♫
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It features a short, monotonous buzz tone, repeating at a rate of approximately 25 tones per minute, for 24 hours per day. The station has been observed since around 1982. On rare occasions, the buzzer signal is interrupted and a voice transmission in Russian takes place.
Despite much speculation, the actual purpose of this station remains unknown to the public.
Inside the Mysterious UVB-76 Station @englishrussia.comЯ — 143. Не получаю генератор.”“Идёт такая работа от аппаратной.”“I am 143. Not receiving the generator (oscillator).”“That stuff comes from hardware room.”
UPDATE: The function of the mysterious transmitter has been revealed: UVB-76 is used to transfer orders to military personnel, along with the time at which they should be executed. @ slashdot[YouTube - Radio station UVB-76 (The Buzzer)]](http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l7uzavlVnJ1qzo7fxo1_500.png)
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