8375kHz Chinese Numbers Station - designated Enigma code V22

*thank you all for corrected translations*

This is a rare catch, one I came across purely by chance.

It appears to be a null message, as the same set of numbers/characters are repeated. With some digging around, it translates as - "All listening stations in the country" three times, then "This is Beijing" two times, ending with "Thanks".

http://www.cvni.net/radio/e2k/e2k007/e2k07vs.html

Little work for the spy or government spook that the message was probably intended for.

Numbers stations such as these are used by various intelligence agencies to get messages to spies without them being traced.

This station rarely seems to send any actual spy number traffic, but there are recordings of numbers being read elsewhere. This is a good example, recorded back in 1999:

http://home.planet.nl/~boend177/peking.zip

I recorded this clip of it for over 3 minutes because it seems to be a very odd catch indeed. It was broadcast in AM mode, and the carrier seemed to hang around after the message.

It was recorded at 14:30 UTC and the message repeated at the top of the hour at 15:00 UTC.

Enigma code is V22.

http://www.spynumbers.com

http://www.izumix.org.uk/c/spynumbers/

http://home.luna.nl/~ary/

Wiki article on number stations if you're confused:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station

My own rendering of another audio sample of this station in GarageBand:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLY3I-WROYM

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[AtomicExplosion95695]

I have a radio for FM/AM music and stuff. How do i picked up number stations?

[MattExzy]

@AtomicExplosion95695 Well you don't need a 'special' awesome radio, just any radio that can tune shortwave bands, ie, 4-30MHz. Heaps on eBay, but the number of number stations has shrunk, but there's still lots of interesting things on shortwave.

[BPhoenixProductions]

I can't stop watching these videos, even though they creep the heck out of me.

[mejorization]

You have the translation wrong. The last part says "There is currently no message", not "Thanks".

source: Chinese

[ross817]

@BPhoenixProductions I can't stop watching these videos BECAUSE they creep the heck out of me.

[igorhb]

@AtomicExplosion95695 There's websdr on the internet.

[Yodovannn]

Aliens are among us. But you people keep consume. Resistance is useless ;)

[AtomicExplosion95695]

@cod4madass They want us. They're coming for us.

[cod4madass]

@AtomicExplosion95695 Do You Know The Point In These Stations? i Pick Them Up On 8meters SomeTimes

[AtomicExplosion95695]

@cod4madass

We're both one in the same, you and I. The CIA, the KGB, MI5...

they all want us

This is why the number stations give us fear.

[linutas]

@HarvestmanMan you need a better antenna, its almost imposible to hear something like this with built in antenna.  Make a longwire you lazy person!