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Deutsche Welle: spies received secret messages on their shortwave receiver
If you’ve ever been curious who listens to and acts upon the coded messages we hear in numbers stations (a.k.a. spy numbers stations), follow this German-based couple who are being accused of spying on...
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North Korean numbers station detected; possible submarine instructions?
The website Intellihub.com features an Op Ed piece regarding a recently detected numbers station supposedly originating from North Korea. The station, reported by a ham radio operator, is in...
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Russian spies used shortwave numbers stations and satellites inside Germany
Thanks to Andrea Borgnino for sharing this article: (Source: Der Spiegel) A pair of Russian agents was convicted on Tuesday of spying in Germany for more than 20 years. Russian President Vladimir Putin...
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Cuban Numbers Station HM01: serving up a little confusion
On occasion, I hear the Cuban numbers station HM01 on 5,855 kHz on weekday mornings. It seems that many of the mornings as I listen, I hear HM01 making mistakes or at least experiencing “technical...
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Reuters: “Beethoven and numbers on Korean shortwave”
Numbers stations get some spotlight in the wake of Jang Song Thaek’s removal from power: (Source: Reuters) Dec 9 (Reuters) – As a scratchy rendition of Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No 8 fades into a sea of...
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Miami Herald: Cuban spies and shortwave numbers
I should note that we have several recordings and frequencies for the numbers station HM01, which is mentioned in this article. Very happy to see that they interviewed Chris Smolinski: (Source: Miami...
View ArticleNumbers station presentation by Peter Staal
Many thanks to Jonathan Marks who discovered the following video–a lecture by Peter Staal at TU Delft–on the topic of numbers stations: Note that they attempt to sort out a technical problem in the...
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Cold War Echo: RT investigates UVB-76
(Source: Russia Today via YouTube) “From a lonely rusted tower in a forest north of Moscow, a mysterious shortwave radio station transmitted day and night. For at least the decade leading up to 1992,...
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Numbers stations featured in Highbrow Magazine
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Richard Cuff, who shares this link to a numbers station piece in Highbrow Magazine; one of the more comprehensive numbers station articles I’ve read in a while....
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Jack Barsky: KGB spy who relied on numbers stations
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Anthony, for forwarding this CBS/60 Minutes video: an interview with former KGB spy, Jack Barsky. During the interview, Barsky mentions that he received encrypted...
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Hackaday: “Secret Radio Stations by the Numbers”
(Source: Hackaday via Andrea Borgnino) One thing has stayed with the James Bond movie franchise through the decades: Mr. Bond always has the most wonderful of gadgets. Be it handheld, car-based, or...
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UVB-76: The Buzzer surfaces on 6,998 kHz
Image: Andrea Borgnino My buddy, Andrea Borgnino, recently heard UVB-76 (The Buzzer) on 6,998 kHz with his Elecraft K3 in Italy. Check out this short video: New buzzer on 6998 khz received in Roma...
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Shortwave Radio Recording: “The Buzzer” on 6,998 kHz
Screen capture of the Web SDR waterfall tuned to 6,998 kHz. On Friday, Andrea Borgnino, tweeted that he could once again hear “The Buzzer” on 6,998 kHz. Of course, during the day, I couldn’t hear the...
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Was Morse Code the smoking gun for this spy with no name?
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Dan Robinson, who shares this story from the BBC News via Matthew M. Aid‘s blog: […]It was a cold Saturday morning in April 1988 when a van full of detectives...
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North Korea activates numbers station?
Many thanks to a number of SWLing Post contributors who’ve shared this particular item from The National Interest: North Korea Broadcasts Really Strange Messages As New Nuclear Weapons Test Looms...
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How to find the Pyongyang numbers station (V15) including an off-air recording
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Mark Fahey (our resident North Korea specialist) who shares the following comment regarding our recent post about the re-activation of the North Korean Numbers...
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Australian code breakers in World War II
Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Ian P, for sharing the following from the radio program, ABC Overnights: The crucial role of Australian code breakers in World War 2 Thanks to the recent film,...
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Operator shares what it’s like to work for a numbers station
(Source: Numbers Stations) Working at a numbers station 6 decades ago was not much different than working at an AM broadcast station. Located on a WWII old Naval Base it consisted of one building...
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Numbers stations featured in Highbrow Magazine
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Richard Cuff, who shares this link to a numbers station piece in Highbrow Magazine; one of the more comprehensive numbers station articles I’ve read in a while....
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Jack Barsky: KGB spy who relied on numbers stations
Many thanks to SWLing Post reader, Anthony, for forwarding this CBS/60 Minutes video: an interview with former KGB spy, Jack Barsky. During the interview, Barsky mentions that he received encrypted...
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