Numbers station

[shortwavesam]

nice radio man!

[cowtippingrocks]

@shortwavesam thanks!

[shortwavesam]

@cowtippingrocks i bet the sensitivity is excellent, btw, what antenna do you use?

[cowtippingrocks]

@shortwavesam A coat hanger. hahaha.

[shortwavesam]

@cowtippingrocks really? try using some speaker wire

[20122017]

nice radio. nice numbers in spanish mi gusta, know any good freqs?

[cowtippingrocks]

@20122017 not really. Its been a few years since i've had that radio on.

[cowtippingrocks]

@kronair thanks for the translation :D

[kronair]

8 24 2 5 9 7 8 9 5 2 6 6 4 5 6 4 5 1 4 7 (and a girl saying: What is)

when she says 24. there is another you in English, I think, that says 9

[G0IFI]

Ah, the 'Spanish Lady', although I always thought it sounded more like a kid. I often wonder what they told the people speaking the numbers what they would be used for. They've been around 50 years or more, so yes, they were originally recorded on tape and you can imagine it being transmitted on some machine with ten looped reels on which punched paper might be read to activate whichever tape had to be spun up and transmitted...Cuba is credited with this one.

I agree about that radio, love it!

[cowtippingrocks]

Thanks!

I can remember when I was a kid hearing a similar brodcast (sometime around 1990) of a male voice reading out spanish numbers on an AM radio. I wonder if the 2 are related..

[G0IFI]

Well, they each have the same purpose for sure, whichever 'side' transitted them. The whole thing's a real mystery. If it was the Soviets or their allies sending those coded messages in 5-figure groups, how come the British Royal Air Force base in Cyprus was found to be the source of the 'Lincolnshire Poacher' numbers station? Wouldn't NATO want to use a different system of encryption? This is one of the things that makes it all so interesting. I bet that old beauty sounds great for music.

[cowtippingrocks]

Not bad for 70 years old! from what i've learned about numbers stations, when you think about it, its almost fool proof. Even the internet isnt the best way to send encripted messages cuz some computer g33k somewhere could crack it. Its an old technology from what i've read has been used since world war one. Its pretty much impossible to crack unless you have the answer key yourself, and I think thats what makes it so mysterious is its pretty much impossible to figure out.

[G0IFI]

Yes, one-time pads are still pretty much the most secure way to send a message, and shortwave is still the best way to deliver it. Now way to know who's using it and who it's for...the East Germans used to add cryptic messages to broadcasts, presumably for spies, such as 'Attention Crocodile. Grind your teeth'. or 'Attention teaparty. The cake is burned' etc. Much as the BBC did with messages for the resistance in ww2.

[Hostog]

Great video and that radio is a beauty!

[vinylevel]

If I heard something like this in my radio , I would die from heart attack !

Creepy :/

[cowtippingrocks]

The first time I heard a numbers station I think I was 10 years old. I was up late, and tuned a station in very similar to that one! Talk about something good to hear before bed when youre a kid! :D

[darvenfolsoy]

Nice radio !!!

[cowtippingrocks]

Thanks :D

[emmthreejonny]

That radio. Its beautiful.

[cowtippingrocks]

Thanks! Its quite the bit of history. And works good for its age. Only cost me 50 bucks!

[pyromaniak97]

what frequency?

[cowtippingrocks]

Its on the inner band, just before 17.0

[MNc99]

I think that's the ATENCION numbers station, broadcasting from Cuba. Deaths have been linked to that station before.

[cowtippingrocks]

If you check out my profile, you'll see a second video I posted showing the intro to the brodcast. The voice says "ATENCION" then reads out several numbers, then repeating it over again. I didnt know deaths were linked to it, but with these mysterious broadcasts, I guess anythings possible.

[waterboardingfan]

on ANY given night I can hear this or

"phonetic stations" on short wave.

[cowtippingrocks]

awesome. This old short wave isnt very strong, but every afternoon at 12 pm eastern time I can hear this one.

[anak1]

v creepy indeed!.. unless u have to be the poor soul who has to decode all that numeric craziness and then (conjecturally) follow its commands lol thanks for uploadin!

[cowtippingrocks]

for sure! After researching numbers stations, I found that these "spy stations" are the oldest brodcasts. They have been used since the beginning of radio, and to this day are still popular for sending messages because they are so difficult to trace the transmissions. Even with this day of modern technology, every other brodcast medium can be traced, but with radio its almost impossible. (not impossible, but almost impossible)

[tarmotanilsoo]

How old is that radio?

[cowtippingrocks]

Its from the early 1930s. Made by Kadette.

[4N3v3r]

Oh,"understand" as in know what numbers stations are.I'm not a secret agent :)

[cowtippingrocks]

haha. I bought that radio at a thrift shop, and took it home and got it working and stumbled on that station by accadent. I googled it and found out what it was and thought i'd post it since there seems to be an interest in it.

[4N3v3r]

Awesome.5 stars for you.I hope other youtubers who understand the video will be along soon :)

[cowtippingrocks]

@4N3v3r

Thanks! Over 2600 views in 2 years. im suprised !