...Because I listened to it crystal clear & it just doesn't have the same... I don't know... midnight... out in the middle of nowhere... near the train tracks & telephone lines kinda sound... I know that probably sounds weird, but something about the sound of this particular numbers station sound is just so cool!!!! THANX!!!
Ahhh I've been looking for this version of Lincolnshire Poacher forever & by that I mean the way this one sounds with the notes slightly distorted.. almost as if thers a slight Ring Modulator effect goin' over them or maybe just a secondary alternate pitch... but I love the way this one sounds!! THANK YOU!!
@Giganaut233 No one has ever been able to crack a numbers station. The BBC did an interview with a guy who has been analyzing this numbers station for 16 YEARS, with no luck. But I bet you can do it with a little reverse cipher scheme. Maybe its in pig latin, too.
try to decode the numbers with the intervaling signals tones, how much it is played and also try to decode with the date it was aired, and then the type of tones in the bars, change that into numbers scaling from 1 to... i forgot how many tones, and then also
try to decode using the the code numbers in reverse
14565 probably designates an agent, and the rest of the numbers is the message. I'm guessing the amount of times the song is played as well as the tones in the middle could be a part of a message (for example, the codeword for the pad)
@itaRomeo I doubt it... It stopped transmitting in the summer of 2008. It has a sister station called 'Cherry Ripe' which operates from Guam, I forget its frequencies (easily Googlable), I have reveived Cherry Ripe quite well on one of its late morning/early afternoon (UTC) slots.
From what I've read Lincolnshire stopped in July of 08' and that Cherry Ripe had been in Guam but had moved and was heard out of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus, but reports say it stopped broadcasting in December 09'.
Not that I am saying your wrong, I'm not a current DX'er (need a new system). So my information could be dated or incorrect.
@Weps21 Well, I'm sure I've logged Cherry Ripe later than December '09, but would have to look it up. There seem to be conflicting stories about both stations, unfortunately I just havent had time to check anything out. I need to reprogram the freqs into my R5000, and get more listening in! Regards. H.
a variation of this was elsewhere. Lincolnshire Poacher ? "Poaching is the illegal taking of wild plants or animals contrary to local and international conservation and wildlife management laws. Violations of hunting laws and regulations are normally punishable by law and, collectively, such violations are known as poaching." WIKIPEDIA!
Woha.. Im from Denmark. I used to listen alot to various frequences. As a electronic geek i naturally have a scanner as well. Those tones.. I remember them.. I remember having heard those.. Thats seriously creepy.
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@SVWillmer Hi, I uploaded this video as Im a keen shortwave listener, numbers station follower, and general radio nut. Please tell me where this sudden interest in numbers stations comes from, and who the hell is 'Mason'? Mason has been mentioned by several people.
@SVWillmer Oh, somebody mentioned 'blops', and someone else later explained to me this meant 'Black Ops' or something. Is this Mason guy also a pixelated figament of a programmers imagination?
@Hanglands Well in case you didnt know, Black Ops just so happens to be a video game in which number stations play a very prevalent part. Alex Mason is the primary protagonist, and has been brainwashed as a sleeper agent to respond to a broadcast sent out by a hidden numbers station that told sleeper agents to release a nerve agent in majot populated ares in the united states. sorry if I spoiled anything and hope that helps, and the video game is overrated. Good,but overrated.
@Maus5000 Thanks for the information. Not a gamer myself, just wondered why these previously unpopular videos of mine started to creep up in the view-count stakes.
It does bare some resemblence, I do hear numbers now and again in games. Not just ordinary numbers. Numbers, I'm not hearing things, the numbers phenomena being repeating has cropped up in several games and I don't think its fuelled by these number stations.
In ancient texts they believes that numbers, and words held significance to the world around us. For instance some Egyptian Obelisks today still vibrate at 135Hz.
The poacher tune starts at 530Hz, its possible tune is code.
Sounds a lot like the enigma machine from WW2 in the way it dishes out numbers. Of course, with the advent of computers it would probably be a 1,000 times more complex than the enigma could ever be, (and it was considered uncrackable).
@Lieblingsfachful it's believed that they use a one-time pad. When properly constructed and handled, one-time pad encryption is by definition uncrackable, because the code is random and only two copies exist - the sender's and the receiver's, which are both destroyed after encoding/decoding. The weak link is actually getting "the pad" to the recipient which usually needs a dead-letter drop etc.
@Trashcanman0o What the hell is 'blops'? Numbers stations have been well known by shortwave listeners (SWLs) for years and years. Sadly, many of them have been going off air since the end of the cold war.
@Hanglands I was referring to Call of Duty Black Ops.
I know number stations "existed" before, I'm kind of lamenting the fact that everyone connects # stations with Black Ops now. I kind of felt privileged to know about something that was previously only knowledge to SWLs.
I was also trying to make it clear that I was expressing a very hipster kind of sentiment. xD Number stations are awesome though.
@Hanglands As with many things, I guess, they become popular once they have disappeared. Theres still some interesting stations out there, but this one - Lincolnshire Poacher - has gone.
im very interested in this, i got some questions: where can i get one of these radios, what kind would you recommend, and could you get arrested or in any sort of trouble for listening to these numbers stations? please answer back
@KRAZE87GMODDER Hi. All you need is a moderately ood shortwave receiver with a BFO, or one that states it can receive in SSB (single sideband mode). The one pictured (and used) here is a Realistic (Radioshack) DX-394. No, you cant be arrested for this sort of activity - heck, youre only using a shortwave radio right? Not a scanner or anything.
@baldiri1234567 As great as that single-player campaign was, I can't forgive them with the sudden rush of CoD morons looking up number stations on YouTube and yet not reading up about them, passing them off as "soviet brainwashing tools."
but i wasn't searching number stations because cod, i was hearing the number stations, cuz in one episode of fringe are mentioned, and a felt a lil' curious
@baldiri1234567 The producer of lost knows something about number stations but cant talk about it. He was strongarmed and he adjusted the plots of his tv shows accordingly
I found it thanks to Black Ops too, so what? I was always interested in this sort of things, that's good it appeared in Black Ops (which I don't even like,lulz) because it's really interesting.
@itaRomeo No, it ceased in the summer of 2008 or 2007. Its siter station 'Cherry Ripe' still broadcasts out of Guam, I usually get it best on the hour between 1100 and 1300 UTC - try 18864kHz. Its the same format and voice as the Poacher, but has a different tune.
@Hanglands Cherry Ripe has apparently moved to northern Australia but is still broadcasting. With Iran still being an issue I'm surprised that the Poacher has stopped, although it no doubt had more work to do when there was more than one unfriendly country in the Middle East. Cherry Ripe's main target is China no doubt.
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I believe the music is there to make it easier for you to tune in with an analog dial. Have you ever sat there and tried to tune into a station and get it just right without the static? hearing the music allows you to gauge how well you are tuned in, which is why it plays for so long, to allow you time to set the dial. The numbers could either be a dummy transmission to throw off potential airwave spies or something legitimate.
@APCTOOL16 Yes, has been off air for a couple of years almost. Its close relation "herry Ripe" still broadcasts very regularly though. I often hear it best on 18864kHz on the hour between 1100 and 1300 UTC.
@weirdnessofthem If it does mean anything in another language, then its only by coincidence... all these five letter groups are meaningless unless you have the one-time-pad to decode the message.
@hrzns The point of the music is to provide an easily identifiable sound for the recipient to tune to around the time of the start of the transmission. It has to be memorable and simple. Many numbers stations used a similar preamble. Its purely an aid to tuning prior to the transmission of the important stuff.
How many numbers stations still broadcast as i find this facinating. Ive been trying to locate some on a SW with analogue tuning but i dont thinki its accurate enough. Is it worth buying something better?
@SgtHydra Hi there. The user is widely believed to be MI6. This station used to broadcast out of RAF Akrotiri. Its sister station is still active - 'Cherry Ripe' broadcasts from Guam.
@XxzacharysaintxX Like most voice numbers stations, the voice here is a synthesised one.I know what you mean when you say droid-like, but actually the voice for this one is quite good compared to some others.
I got 1:23 in and had to stop the video. Knowing what a numbers station is terrifies me for some reason, I have a clear view of the only way in the room, and I keep looking over my shoulder.
@SargonAnkro Well, after the 5 figure group that gives the recipient indentification of the recipient (in this case "14565"), the glockenspiel indicates the start of the message, also in five figure group format. It just designates the start and end of the body of the message.
@Hanglands thanks. is it sure that numbers before glockenspiel define particular recipient of message? Or maybe it is the key to decrypt message?
and is there a webpage on net where i could listen other number stations? here on ytb is only Lincolnshire NS, Cuban NS, Mossad NS, Swedish Rapsody NS and Persephone NS.
@SargonAnkro The messages sent by numbers stations are decyphered with a one-time-pad, not a key sent with the message. Its certainly a recipient ID, I have read this before, but can't find a source at the moment.
To hear good quality recordings of many numbers stations, just Google 'The Conet Project', it has loads of freely downloadable recordings, much better quality than most stuff offered on YT.
I remember this on the radio as a child ,most of you would not have noticed it.Its very important these numbers mean something........................
can I just mention it but I have finally won one of these super receivers on ebay - and I have a list of mods to do to it. the only one I can do at the mo is the purple wire... well its a start.
Well if you think about it short wave station were big during WW2. But as the cold war happened better way of radio transmission occurred IE fm radio. Virtually leaving a huge range of radio bands open for use with virtually no listeners. And i could transmit over huge distance. What more could a cold war spy ask for.
Because the cold war is over probably, and also the vast advances in secure data communications - Tho it has to be said that one-time-pads as used by numbers stations were secure, they were also slow and time consuming.
You're saying then, that the cold war is over. I think I'll do some reading over the cold war, but I wonder what direction these countries are taking now? Either way number stations were brilliant.
I'd say its over for all intents and purposes - it ended over the course of events between 1989 and 1991, the reunification of Germany, free elections all over eastern Europe, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Thats true. UVB76 and other similar Russian frequency/chanel markers are very active indeed, as are a plethora of CW stations, as can be seen from the Squeaky Wheel, the Pip and the cluster beacons. But generally the number of numbers stations and shortwave oddities throughout the rest of the world has dropped off since the end of the cold war. Russia is the exception really.
Yes, someone told me Cherry Ripe was gone too, but I couldnt find any mention of that on the usual sites. I still havent managed to catch it myself yet though! Heres to prseverence!
I live in Guam, the supposed broadcast location of Cherry Ripe, I just tried to tune it in for the firs time yesterday. I dont know much and I am using a very cheap SW radio but it sure is interesting.
Yar, I just caught Cherry Ripe yesterday on 18864kHz. It was quite weak, but I could clearly make out the tune, and the odd number when the fading brought the audio up over the static. So pleased its still there, and maybe I might catch it better sometime soon.
just bought a Realistic (DX-200) and a nice heath-kit speaker for it a our local library rummage sale where i live, the pots are noisy, if I cleaned them with compressed air would that do the trick. to clear up the static crackling?
I think the last time it was logged by anyone was June 29. I guess it could come back at some point, but I wouldn't hold out much hope. I remember when the US number station quit transmitting in 2003. I thought it would come back, but it still hasn't yet. Maybe they've found something better.
@SgtZippzapp No, I just think it has to do with the fact that HF is considered old tech and they've found better ways to send messages. There was a time when someone listening to a shortwave radio wasn't thought of as odd. Now, a person or "agent" with a radio would be seen as suspicious. Who knows, they may pass messages on Youtube.
Its a bit unusual isnt it? The whole transmission takes 45minutes, so I have cut this clip down a lot. There are loads of other numbers stations out there, when I eventually get around to putting up a better aerial, I'll see if I can chase some down.
Is it reading 14569 or 14565? I can't tell... =/
botxxx333 1 week ago
@kakashka949 COD reference.
chaseray21 1 month ago
my left ear enjoyed that
MalfunctionsSuck 1 month ago 4
Oh Get Outa Here
With a Boom Boom Boom!!
And Don't Come Back No More!!
kingbushwickthe33rd 2 months ago
BINGO!!!
eyechubcunt 2 months ago
Someone should rebroadcast this just for kicks. within 5 hours you're gonna have crazy conspiratists going nuts
rysnyper50002 3 months ago
It would be fun to install an very powerful station emmiting at that frequency Rick Astley singing Never Gonna Give You Up all the day xD
lucksku 3 months ago
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WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN MASON
FugaziCharon 4 months ago
What is the frequency Kenneth?
nergvol 4 months ago
...Because I listened to it crystal clear & it just doesn't have the same... I don't know... midnight... out in the middle of nowhere... near the train tracks & telephone lines kinda sound... I know that probably sounds weird, but something about the sound of this particular numbers station sound is just so cool!!!! THANX!!!
QUIZFILTER 5 months ago
Ahhh I've been looking for this version of Lincolnshire Poacher forever & by that I mean the way this one sounds with the notes slightly distorted.. almost as if thers a slight Ring Modulator effect goin' over them or maybe just a secondary alternate pitch... but I love the way this one sounds!! THANK YOU!!
QUIZFILTER 5 months ago
your frequency is off a little bit.
epicsucess 5 months ago
@epicsucess By 394 standards, this units frequency counter is pretty good.
Hanglands 5 months ago
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PROscout117 5 months ago
@PROscout117 THE ISLAND SPEAKS TO ME, JACK
randomperson11111123 5 months ago 2
14565 26319 13615 45512 93477 04802 31731 96523 91772 42413 42413 51002 08172 92286 98459 05550 10472 05559 19186 19186 11470 23845 11162 53804 86508 25688 78620 83709 28994 96549
Lotto numbers for next year... lol
1MaskedMexican 7 months ago 27
what i can come up with is abit jibberish... but saying that message here would expose their activities of that time...
Giganaut233 7 months ago
@Giganaut233 No one has ever been able to crack a numbers station. The BBC did an interview with a guy who has been analyzing this numbers station for 16 YEARS, with no luck. But I bet you can do it with a little reverse cipher scheme. Maybe its in pig latin, too.
nyc14gauge 6 months ago
@nyc14gauge Thats just it you cant crack it Because they use a thing called one-time pad Which has been proven impossible to crack
darkarm3rocks 6 months ago
try to decode the numbers with the intervaling signals tones, how much it is played and also try to decode with the date it was aired, and then the type of tones in the bars, change that into numbers scaling from 1 to... i forgot how many tones, and then also
try to decode using the the code numbers in reverse
Giganaut233 7 months ago
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PilesDriver 8 months ago
is like one web(or prison?) around the world.. how can be our Earth if all this things just make silence?
luzzyra 8 months ago
THE MASON NUMBERS! MEAN THEY DO WHAT!?
(Sarcasm)
JobecRichardson 9 months ago
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Alexander9170 9 months ago
Hiel I saw them tonight. Holdings hand we are up in high 99924028 THE KING COME DOWN
mrbobmanbob 9 months ago
14565 probably designates an agent, and the rest of the numbers is the message. I'm guessing the amount of times the song is played as well as the tones in the middle could be a part of a message (for example, the codeword for the pad)
shanem201 10 months ago
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The number i cant get them out of my head Reznov was there
mastereldiablo 10 months ago
The number i cant get them out of my head Reznov was there
mastereldiablo 10 months ago
THE NUMBERS MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN!?
EDDIEinWAR 10 months ago
Hi all, has anyone ever figured out what these number stations are used for
celticirishkeith 10 months ago
@celticirishkeith copy the title and search it on wikipedia
mikew1133 10 months ago
@celticirishkeith
One-time-pad encrypted messages. Google "one-time-pad"
b1naryd1g1t5 10 months ago
@celticirishkeith Considering they "don't exist", we'll probably never know.
Kirby4life0 10 months ago
@celticirishkeith i found alot of them being put into sound from the engineering language.
Peppepoppldoppl 10 months ago
Is back on air???
itaRomeo 11 months ago
@itaRomeo I doubt it... It stopped transmitting in the summer of 2008. It has a sister station called 'Cherry Ripe' which operates from Guam, I forget its frequencies (easily Googlable), I have reveived Cherry Ripe quite well on one of its late morning/early afternoon (UTC) slots.
Hanglands 11 months ago
@Hanglands I have recived yesterday a comment to my video about E3.
This comment say the station in back on line.
I don't have finded no one news on internet and radio heard.
itaRomeo 11 months ago
@itaRomeo Maybe they heard Cherry Ripe, it is very similar, with the same synthesized voice, just a different tune as a preamble.
Hanglands 11 months ago
@Hanglands
It is back, I heard it yesterday while on my own Ham
Temarisboy 10 months ago
@Hanglands
From what I've heard, Cherry Ripe has been moved to Cypress and stopped broadcasting in 09'.
Weps21 8 months ago
@Weps21 Poacher stopped in '09, Cherry Ripe carried on but possibly moved.
Hanglands 8 months ago
@Hanglands
From what I've read Lincolnshire stopped in July of 08' and that Cherry Ripe had been in Guam but had moved and was heard out of RAF Akrotiri on Cyprus, but reports say it stopped broadcasting in December 09'.
Not that I am saying your wrong, I'm not a current DX'er (need a new system). So my information could be dated or incorrect.
Weps21 8 months ago
@Weps21 Well, I'm sure I've logged Cherry Ripe later than December '09, but would have to look it up. There seem to be conflicting stories about both stations, unfortunately I just havent had time to check anything out. I need to reprogram the freqs into my R5000, and get more listening in! Regards. H.
Hanglands 8 months ago
a variation of this was elsewhere. Lincolnshire Poacher ? "Poaching is the illegal taking of wild plants or animals contrary to local and international conservation and wildlife management laws. Violations of hunting laws and regulations are normally punishable by law and, collectively, such violations are known as poaching." WIKIPEDIA!
MichaelHansenFUN 11 months ago
for some reason, listening to this gives me a massive craving for a Chinese take-away...
Kinlochbervie50 1 year ago
I have a headache now and I still remember all the numbers. going to die in my sleep tonight? yes.
magicalxleopluradon 1 year ago
@magicalxleopluradon
that is if the men in black don't kidnap you before that. you know their code.
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drakain1 1 year ago
14565 ----- 26319 13615 45512 93477 04802 31731 96523 91772 42413 51002 08172 92286 98059 05550 10472 05559 19186 11470 23845 11162 53804 86508 25688 78620 83709 28994 96549
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drakain1 1 year ago
fancy tune loooooool
thehumor 1 year ago
Woha.. Im from Denmark. I used to listen alot to various frequences. As a electronic geek i naturally have a scanner as well. Those tones.. I remember them.. I remember having heard those.. Thats seriously creepy.
kriss3d 1 year ago
One four five six five. One four five six five. One four five six five. One four five six five.
one three six one five. four five five one two. nine three four seven five. Three. One. Seven Three. One.
ITSbigwillystyle 1 year ago
14565?
Rhisis112 1 year ago
I swear every "WHAT DO THE NUMBERS MEAN MASON" bullshit comment I see on here I'm going to thumbs down and set as spam.
Fucking hate you guys.
VegetarianLyfe 1 year ago 22
@VegetarianLyfe Agreed
markadair 1 year ago
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w4rr0ckm4st3r 3 months ago
@VegetarianLyfe what do the numbers mean mason?
Frosty301289 3 months ago
brb gonna go kill teh president.
EdsonEatsAirplanes 1 year ago
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THE THUMBS UP!?!?
WHAT DO THEY MEAN, MASON?
loopnana 1 year ago
Anybody else writing these down for some strange reason?
904xxiGhost 1 year ago
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All these retards going:
THE NUMBERS MASON WHAT DO THEY MEAN
Fucks sake, 4 months ago even they looking at such a post would agree with me, now that you understand. SHUT----THEFUCK--UP
SVWillmer 1 year ago 25
@SVWillmer Hi, I uploaded this video as Im a keen shortwave listener, numbers station follower, and general radio nut. Please tell me where this sudden interest in numbers stations comes from, and who the hell is 'Mason'? Mason has been mentioned by several people.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@SVWillmer Oh, somebody mentioned 'blops', and someone else later explained to me this meant 'Black Ops' or something. Is this Mason guy also a pixelated figament of a programmers imagination?
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands Well in case you didnt know, Black Ops just so happens to be a video game in which number stations play a very prevalent part. Alex Mason is the primary protagonist, and has been brainwashed as a sleeper agent to respond to a broadcast sent out by a hidden numbers station that told sleeper agents to release a nerve agent in majot populated ares in the united states. sorry if I spoiled anything and hope that helps, and the video game is overrated. Good,but overrated.
Maus5000 1 year ago
@Maus5000 Thanks for the information. Not a gamer myself, just wondered why these previously unpopular videos of mine started to creep up in the view-count stakes.
Hanglands 1 year ago 3
@Hanglands
It does bare some resemblence, I do hear numbers now and again in games. Not just ordinary numbers. Numbers, I'm not hearing things, the numbers phenomena being repeating has cropped up in several games and I don't think its fuelled by these number stations.
In ancient texts they believes that numbers, and words held significance to the world around us. For instance some Egyptian Obelisks today still vibrate at 135Hz.
The poacher tune starts at 530Hz, its possible tune is code.
SVWillmer 1 year ago
@SVWillmer 4 8 15 16 23 42 now go kill them johnny, kill them all
EDDIEinWAR 10 months ago
@SVWillmer THE NUMBERS MASON WHAT DO THEY MEAN
colonelcool1017 6 months ago
12.345 o.0
spartanblud 1 year ago
Sounds a lot like the enigma machine from WW2 in the way it dishes out numbers. Of course, with the advent of computers it would probably be a 1,000 times more complex than the enigma could ever be, (and it was considered uncrackable).
Lieblingsfachful 1 year ago
@Lieblingsfachful it's believed that they use a one-time pad. When properly constructed and handled, one-time pad encryption is by definition uncrackable, because the code is random and only two copies exist - the sender's and the receiver's, which are both destroyed after encoding/decoding. The weak link is actually getting "the pad" to the recipient which usually needs a dead-letter drop etc.
BaseTurnComplete 1 year ago
@BaseTurnComplete I've heard that too. Just thought I would offer an opinion.
Lieblingsfachful 1 year ago
number stations used to be so underground. ever since blops came out they're mainstream...
Trashcanman0o 1 year ago
@Trashcanman0o What the hell is 'blops'? Numbers stations have been well known by shortwave listeners (SWLs) for years and years. Sadly, many of them have been going off air since the end of the cold war.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands I was referring to Call of Duty Black Ops.
I know number stations "existed" before, I'm kind of lamenting the fact that everyone connects # stations with Black Ops now. I kind of felt privileged to know about something that was previously only knowledge to SWLs.
I was also trying to make it clear that I was expressing a very hipster kind of sentiment. xD Number stations are awesome though.
Trashcanman0o 1 year ago
@Hanglands As with many things, I guess, they become popular once they have disappeared. Theres still some interesting stations out there, but this one - Lincolnshire Poacher - has gone.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands blops = Call of Duty: Black Ops
KamKrzem 1 year ago
@Trashcanman0o I KNOW RIGHT!? I loved them before all the Black Ops players found out about everything
pangolin97 1 year ago
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1337Vxh4x0rxV1337 1 year ago
im very interested in this, i got some questions: where can i get one of these radios, what kind would you recommend, and could you get arrested or in any sort of trouble for listening to these numbers stations? please answer back
KRAZE87GMODDER 1 year ago
@KRAZE87GMODDER Hi. All you need is a moderately ood shortwave receiver with a BFO, or one that states it can receive in SSB (single sideband mode). The one pictured (and used) here is a Realistic (Radioshack) DX-394. No, you cant be arrested for this sort of activity - heck, youre only using a shortwave radio right? Not a scanner or anything.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands K thanks mate, very appreciated.
KRAZE87GMODDER 1 year ago
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WHERE IS THE NUMBER STATION?!?!
ANSWER ME MASON!!
baldiri1234567 1 year ago 16
@baldiri1234567 This one was DF'd to the RAF station at Akrotiri in Cyprus.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567
THE NUMBERS MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN? YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE THAT KNOWS!
xxyankssju 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567
THE NUMBERS, MASON! WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
xxyankssju 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 In a secret underwater base below the Rusalka ship in the Gulf of Mexico.
ajet100587 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 As great as that single-player campaign was, I can't forgive them with the sudden rush of CoD morons looking up number stations on YouTube and yet not reading up about them, passing them off as "soviet brainwashing tools."
*facepalm*
PancakesoftheLove 1 year ago
@PancakesoftheLove jajaj
but i wasn't searching number stations because cod, i was hearing the number stations, cuz in one episode of fringe are mentioned, and a felt a lil' curious
baldiri1234567 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 The producer of lost knows something about number stations but cant talk about it. He was strongarmed and he adjusted the plots of his tv shows accordingly
tengrigim 1 year ago
@PancakesoftheLove
I found it thanks to Black Ops too, so what? I was always interested in this sort of things, that's good it appeared in Black Ops (which I don't even like,lulz) because it's really interesting.
KamKrzem 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 Haha and now every time I hear the phrase "numbers station", I think of Black Ops.
"I can't get these %$#@ing numbers out of my head!"
hardtackjack 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 Kiss my ass
oc175 1 year ago
@oc175 may i ask why are you being so mean with me? :(
baldiri1234567 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 Black ops shouldnt convolute this video
oc175 1 year ago 2
@oc175
if it's any consolation
, i do not searched for the number stations because of that :P
baldiri1234567 1 year ago
@baldiri1234567 black ops cock
TastyNachoz 1 year ago
Still on air?
itaRomeo 1 year ago
@itaRomeo No, it ceased in the summer of 2008 or 2007. Its siter station 'Cherry Ripe' still broadcasts out of Guam, I usually get it best on the hour between 1100 and 1300 UTC - try 18864kHz. Its the same format and voice as the Poacher, but has a different tune.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands Cherry Ripe has apparently moved to northern Australia but is still broadcasting. With Iran still being an issue I'm surprised that the Poacher has stopped, although it no doubt had more work to do when there was more than one unfriendly country in the Middle East. Cherry Ripe's main target is China no doubt.
BaseTurnComplete 1 year ago
@BaseTurnComplete I was unaware of that, thanks for the info.
Hanglands 1 year ago
I want to hum this tune incessantly to creep people out.
puppehtron 1 year ago 2
"be sure to drink your ovaltine"
nipplesnipplenipples 1 year ago 44
@nipplesnipplenipples
It's "ovomaltine"
Sven2Perroy 5 months ago in playlist Nerdalicious
I used to love tuning in to number stations, specially the Lincolnshire Poacher. cant get those numbers out of my head. 14565
20122017 1 year ago
Those fucking numbers! I can't get them out of my head!
Oliie23 1 year ago 4
DO NOT WATCH PERSEPHONE NUMBERS STATION YOU WILL NEVER SLEEP AGAIN I ALMOST SAW IT!!! SCROLL DOWN AND EXIT IF YOU CLICK IT!!! Actually, go ahead, click that link over there. Don't say I didn't warn you.
DalekHunter1994 1 year ago
@DalekHunter1994 Personally I think backwards music is worse.
MsSeaKittens 1 year ago
I believe the music is there to make it easier for you to tune in with an analog dial. Have you ever sat there and tried to tune into a station and get it just right without the static? hearing the music allows you to gauge how well you are tuned in, which is why it plays for so long, to allow you time to set the dial. The numbers could either be a dummy transmission to throw off potential airwave spies or something legitimate.
humby123 1 year ago
Creeepyyyy....
lindiemoon 1 year ago
Awesome. Is it really off air??
APCTOOL16 1 year ago
@APCTOOL16 Yes, has been off air for a couple of years almost. Its close relation "herry Ripe" still broadcasts very regularly though. I often hear it best on 18864kHz on the hour between 1100 and 1300 UTC.
Hanglands 1 year ago
14565 - ADEFE? DOes that mean anything in any other language? Adefe?
weirdnessofthem 1 year ago
@weirdnessofthem If it does mean anything in another language, then its only by coincidence... all these five letter groups are meaningless unless you have the one-time-pad to decode the message.
Hanglands 1 year ago 4
@weirdnessofthem
oo you've cracked it!
billiesrus 1 year ago
14565....14565...14565.....
gonepishing 1 year ago
Sounds like this is a sideband transmission being demodulated in AM. It doesn't normally sound this bad.
Ormaaj 1 year ago 2
@Ormaaj Its a USB transmission received here in USB.
Hanglands 1 year ago
i can't think of any point of the disturbing music being in there..
hrzns 1 year ago
@hrzns
I would assume that it's to inform the listener that a broadcast is about to begin.
jbreckmckye 1 year ago
@hrzns The point of the music is to provide an easily identifiable sound for the recipient to tune to around the time of the start of the transmission. It has to be memorable and simple. Many numbers stations used a similar preamble. Its purely an aid to tuning prior to the transmission of the important stuff.
Hanglands 1 year ago
How many numbers stations still broadcast as i find this facinating. Ive been trying to locate some on a SW with analogue tuning but i dont thinki its accurate enough. Is it worth buying something better?
MrMalthus80 1 year ago
So who are these guys?
Spooks?
SgtHydra 1 year ago
@SgtHydra Hi there. The user is widely believed to be MI6. This station used to broadcast out of RAF Akrotiri. Its sister station is still active - 'Cherry Ripe' broadcasts from Guam.
Hanglands 1 year ago
13615
13615
foreal1992 1 year ago
She sounds like a Cyber(wo)man.
IronWaffles 1 year ago
The lady who says 14565 sounds like a droid from star wars :]
XxzacharysaintxX 1 year ago
@XxzacharysaintxX Like most voice numbers stations, the voice here is a synthesised one.I know what you mean when you say droid-like, but actually the voice for this one is quite good compared to some others.
Hanglands 1 year ago
I got 1:23 in and had to stop the video. Knowing what a numbers station is terrifies me for some reason, I have a clear view of the only way in the room, and I keep looking over my shoulder.
richardmaudsley77 1 year ago 4
i wonder if these bells at 2:01-2:13 have som meaning.
SargonAnkro 1 year ago
@SargonAnkro Well, after the 5 figure group that gives the recipient indentification of the recipient (in this case "14565"), the glockenspiel indicates the start of the message, also in five figure group format. It just designates the start and end of the body of the message.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands thanks. is it sure that numbers before glockenspiel define particular recipient of message? Or maybe it is the key to decrypt message?
and is there a webpage on net where i could listen other number stations? here on ytb is only Lincolnshire NS, Cuban NS, Mossad NS, Swedish Rapsody NS and Persephone NS.
SargonAnkro 1 year ago
@SargonAnkro The messages sent by numbers stations are decyphered with a one-time-pad, not a key sent with the message. Its certainly a recipient ID, I have read this before, but can't find a source at the moment.
To hear good quality recordings of many numbers stations, just Google 'The Conet Project', it has loads of freely downloadable recordings, much better quality than most stuff offered on YT.
Hanglands 1 year ago
@Hanglands thanks. i'll check that. cheers!
SargonAnkro 1 year ago
OH MY GOD
It's the voice from Operation: Kids Next Door!
BPhoenixProductions 1 year ago
The music sounds like an ice cream truck from a David Lynch film...
RooseveltFranklinFan 1 year ago 35
@RooseveltFranklinFan Folk song bra
oc175 1 year ago
@RooseveltFranklinFan More like an ice cream truck getting lynched.
hitmankgm 1 year ago
I remember this on the radio as a child ,most of you would not have noticed it.Its very important these numbers mean something........................
sgtbigdoguk 1 year ago
@sgtbigdoguk what do they mean?
hodag97 1 year ago
can I just mention it but I have finally won one of these super receivers on ebay - and I have a list of mods to do to it. the only one I can do at the mo is the purple wire... well its a start.
freddielaker2 2 years ago
Im very pleased to hear it mate, Im sure you will get a lot out of it. Great radios - despite what some people say.
Hanglands 2 years ago
Well if you think about it short wave station were big during WW2. But as the cold war happened better way of radio transmission occurred IE fm radio. Virtually leaving a huge range of radio bands open for use with virtually no listeners. And i could transmit over huge distance. What more could a cold war spy ask for.
staniz4 2 years ago
So does anyone know why several stations have stopped?
mymoonman 2 years ago
Because the cold war is over probably, and also the vast advances in secure data communications - Tho it has to be said that one-time-pads as used by numbers stations were secure, they were also slow and time consuming.
Hanglands 2 years ago
You're saying then, that the cold war is over. I think I'll do some reading over the cold war, but I wonder what direction these countries are taking now? Either way number stations were brilliant.
mymoonman 2 years ago
I'd say its over for all intents and purposes - it ended over the course of events between 1989 and 1991, the reunification of Germany, free elections all over eastern Europe, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Hanglands 2 years ago
What about UVB-76? That's still broadcasting, even today. They say activity has actually gone up since the Cold War.
TwoCows23 2 years ago
Thats true. UVB76 and other similar Russian frequency/chanel markers are very active indeed, as are a plethora of CW stations, as can be seen from the Squeaky Wheel, the Pip and the cluster beacons. But generally the number of numbers stations and shortwave oddities throughout the rest of the world has dropped off since the end of the cold war. Russia is the exception really.
Hanglands 2 years ago
@mymoonman because the cold war is over :P
SgtZippzapp 1 year ago
Nice one!
mdkl0000 2 years ago
it kinda sounds like that lazy town "You are a pirate" song in the beginning! :D wow that's really rare to get the beginning of the transmission
coolbluelights 2 years ago
sadly it's gone off the air but I believe Cherry Ripe is still active
Scotscan 2 years ago
Yes, someone told me Cherry Ripe was gone too, but I couldnt find any mention of that on the usual sites. I still havent managed to catch it myself yet though! Heres to prseverence!
Hanglands 2 years ago
I live in Guam, the supposed broadcast location of Cherry Ripe, I just tried to tune it in for the firs time yesterday. I dont know much and I am using a very cheap SW radio but it sure is interesting.
lbaus 2 years ago
Yar, I just caught Cherry Ripe yesterday on 18864kHz. It was quite weak, but I could clearly make out the tune, and the odd number when the fading brought the audio up over the static. So pleased its still there, and maybe I might catch it better sometime soon.
Hanglands 2 years ago
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just bought a Realistic (DX-200) and a nice heath-kit speaker for it a our local library rummage sale where i live, the pots are noisy, if I cleaned them with compressed air would that do the trick. to clear up the static crackling?
konachai1 2 years ago
14565...hey, that was me when I was a spy!!!
IrishLincoln 3 years ago
Makes me wish I could make a number station just to put something like Kraftwerk's "We are the Robots" on it just to mess with people.
Furioku69 3 years ago
Yes, or the other Kraftwerk tune "Numbers", which is like a ready made numbers station transmission in itself ;)
Hanglands 3 years ago
@Hanglands I guess boards of canada already did this with qyroscope
MrMalthus80 1 year ago
It's a shame that the Lincolnshire Poacher has gone off the air. I was sometimes able to catch it here in Kansas in the US.
Mainsail76 3 years ago 6
Has it really gone off air? When did that happen? Must admit Ive had little time to listen to anything lately.
Hanglands 3 years ago
I think the last time it was logged by anyone was June 29. I guess it could come back at some point, but I wouldn't hold out much hope. I remember when the US number station quit transmitting in 2003. I thought it would come back, but it still hasn't yet. Maybe they've found something better.
Mainsail76 3 years ago
@Mainsail76 it's probably the reason why they quit, because everybody knows about it now
SgtZippzapp 1 year ago
@SgtZippzapp No, I just think it has to do with the fact that HF is considered old tech and they've found better ways to send messages. There was a time when someone listening to a shortwave radio wasn't thought of as odd. Now, a person or "agent" with a radio would be seen as suspicious. Who knows, they may pass messages on Youtube.
Mainsail76 1 year ago
Its a bit unusual isnt it? The whole transmission takes 45minutes, so I have cut this clip down a lot. There are loads of other numbers stations out there, when I eventually get around to putting up a better aerial, I'll see if I can chase some down.
Hanglands 3 years ago