Numbers Stations (Russian speaker wanted).

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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.

 

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Maybe this didn't get noticed the first time.

It would be great if a Russian speaking member could translate the message in the link.