Falcon
Well-Known Member
I found out about this on the internet recently, I find this sort of thing really interesting.
Numbers stations are high powered radio stations which are probably used to broadcast coded messages to spies.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station"]Numbers station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Two of the most well known are the Russian UVB-76 (located just outside Moscow) and the "Lincolnshire Poacher". Which was apparently located at RAF Akrotiri.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Station_UVB-76
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire_Poacher_%28numbers_station%29"]Lincolnshire Poacher (numbers station) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
I found this recording on youtube of what is allegedly a rare coded message from UVB-76. If one of our Russian members could translate it, that would be great.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSN8ebNTXaY&feature=related"]YouTube- UVB-76 "Buzzer" voice msg 29/09/09, 1605z (4625 khz)[/ame]
There was also the Soviet DUGA-3 Over-The-Horizon anti missile radar AKA the woodpecker which caused disruption to radio reception.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Woodpecker"]Russian Woodpecker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Woodpecker_array.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Woodpecker_array.jpg/300px-Woodpecker_array.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/9/90/Woodpecker_array.jpg/300px-Woodpecker_array.jpg[/ame]
Feel free to add comments about military radios or espionage. I thought this could start an interesting discussion.
Numbers stations are high powered radio stations which are probably used to broadcast coded messages to spies.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station"]Numbers station - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
Two of the most well known are the Russian UVB-76 (located just outside Moscow) and the "Lincolnshire Poacher". Which was apparently located at RAF Akrotiri.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Station_UVB-76
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lincolnshire_Poacher_%28numbers_station%29"]Lincolnshire Poacher (numbers station) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/ame]
I found this recording on youtube of what is allegedly a rare coded message from UVB-76. If one of our Russian members could translate it, that would be great.
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSN8ebNTXaY&feature=related"]YouTube- UVB-76 "Buzzer" voice msg 29/09/09, 1605z (4625 khz)[/ame]
There was also the Soviet DUGA-3 Over-The-Horizon anti missile radar AKA the woodpecker which caused disruption to radio reception.
[ame="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Woodpecker"]Russian Woodpecker - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia@@AMEPARAM@@/wiki/File:Woodpecker_array.jpg" class="image"><img alt="" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/90/Woodpecker_array.jpg/300px-Woodpecker_array.jpg"@@AMEPARAM@@en/thumb/9/90/Woodpecker_array.jpg/300px-Woodpecker_array.jpg[/ame]
Feel free to add comments about military radios or espionage. I thought this could start an interesting discussion.