I've actually herd these number stations in the past after I took the foundation licence amateur radio course and quite a few times on the HF bands you'd hear these number stations on certain frequencies but I never worked out what the numbers were for and what the purpose of the broadcasts all the time and the last time I herd one of these number stations was way back in 02 and since then I haven't herd any for years. Thanks and best 73's cheers. Stephen M3SNV.
Most of the recordings are from www.numbersoddities.nl/recordings.html, some of Simon Mason's discontinued site www.simonmason.karoo.net/page138.htm +I recorded some active stations
@@onshortwave8901 I visited numbers oddities website and I am so happy that I found recordings of my favorite numbers stations! Thank you so much this made my day! ☺️
E27 sounds like someone from India or Pakistan who learned English, or was coached, from a non-native English speaker. The "eight" is a bit off, though.
Honestly, I imagine spies would only know what their specific message is supposed to mean. i.e. The sequence at a specific data and time, if it has a 0 in it, means go ahead, and anything else means don't go ahead. I doubt it's much more complex than that.
Number stations can also be picked up on cheap walkie talkies, I was only able to pick the signal up in a specific area of a town that I was living in, there must be a relay possibly on top of a block of flats with cell towers on.
Is this a true or pseudo-random number generator that's generating the crypto? Hopefully not something weak like middle squares. I mean c'mon, inferior algorithms and hash functions. I can do permutations with 32 bit prime numbers with a slide-rule quicker than greased lightning.🕵️
Honestly, I would also be interested, I tried to find a reason, but there is no reason on any page, even in the enigma newsletter. Therefore, it could be said that the station was no longer needed, because there were no null messages and the operation had to be very expensive, so we preferred to switch to another way of communication.
@@onshortwave8901 it's fascinating. I remember randomly contacting a telephone based numbers station when I was a lad. Totally by accident when dialling a wrong number. What is baffling is that only a couple of people have ever come forward to talk about numbers stations. How is it that even possible.
@@gilesbovis707 It also intrigued me, my opinion is that they likened it to a kind of "network testing" or a joke. Number stations are very little known in society, which gives them a great advantage, because if their broadcast is tuned by an ordinary person or a child does not tell them anything and it keeps them under a kind of mystery.
@@Bacony_Cakes Heh, something like that. Simply, the intelligence office likely didn't have a need for a high-power HF radio station anymore. The required amount of electricity for one is quite high, so if it isn't used enough, it's really a waste of money and electricity. So why don't all places get rid of their numbers stations? Well, some countries may have spies in places without internet or in places that *tightly* monitor and restrict internet access (you know), so it only makes sense to use this completely anonymous method to communicate with them.
Kinda creepy aren't they? Makes you wonder what went on, or what never happened, as a result of a person / persons acting or standing down on the instructions contained in those number codes. Maybe some things are best kept from public knowledge . . .
Unknown things make us nervous....As a kid I played with radio in AM mode and found buzzing station with clear sound. Sounds get lower and higher and so on. It had sounds like a ambulance. I must thought about it all day :D For some time it doesnt change a frequency.
@@JB-1138 During the Vietnam War, the Vietcong employed one of their celebrities (I forget her real name) to use speakers over American and French occupied locations to spread communist propoganda and either insult the parties or threaten them. She was said to be soft spoken, never raised her voice, but still gave the soldiers nightmares. I think you find actual recordings of her here on UA-cam.
We use coded spectrographic audio now. No one ever notices unless you are always processing.
My favorite Audios from this video are: 0:00 2:06 5:11 5:49. And 10:49.
I've actually herd these number stations in the past after I took the foundation licence amateur radio course and quite a few times on the HF bands you'd hear these number stations on certain frequencies but I never worked out what the numbers were for and what the purpose of the broadcasts all the time and the last time I herd one of these number stations was way back in 02 and since then I haven't herd any for years. Thanks and best 73's cheers. Stephen M3SNV.
anyone else listen to these to relax?
I listen always wondering what the message is.
Yes, from time to time, wondering if those numbers are directions to get to some better place somewhere
@@oswaldomesias6569 explain.
Wait, is this not an ASMR channel?
Are you okay?
I used to pick these stations up while scrawling through the radio bandwidth during the 80's.
Thought they were cool.
7:53 it’s the cheat codes to beating no nut November
Crack the code, don't crack one off!
lol
The numbers mason!
WHAT DO THEY MEAN
Ahh, this is the life.
Sounds like the BT automatic voice, the number you are calling knows you're waiting, please hold the line while we try to connect you ..
Bless your face. If you sneezed during this video bless you. Peace off
i'm sorry you got transported back to 2010, help will be sent when we figure out time travel.
@@reizendeleiche2001 n...
I did sneeze! What a hell?
this brought back memories
E27 is Russia or ukraine
By what means are these forces still active, and involving whom?
Shh these number stations are telling us the Krabby Patty Secret Formula
Great video how did you collect all those recordings and put it in one video? 🤔
Most of the recordings are from www.numbersoddities.nl/recordings.html,
some of Simon Mason's discontinued site
www.simonmason.karoo.net/page138.htm
+I recorded some active stations
@@onshortwave8901 Great thank you so much! ☺️
@@onshortwave8901 I visited numbers oddities website and I am so happy that I found recordings of my favorite numbers stations! Thank you so much this made my day! ☺️
@@onshortwave8901 Thanks for the shout out!
E27 sounds like someone from India or Pakistan who learned English, or was coached, from a non-native English speaker. The "eight" is a bit off, though.
E21 is sounds like a 1930s American accent
THE NUMBERS MASON, WHAT DO THEY MEAN?
In the case of the message at 6:20, how is it known that a certain number indicated a test message whilst another indicates a null message?
Honestly? You don't, especially if it's from Mossad.
Honestly, I imagine spies would only know what their specific message is supposed to mean. i.e. The sequence at a specific data and time, if it has a 0 in it, means go ahead, and anything else means don't go ahead. I doubt it's much more complex than that.
Number stations can also be picked up on cheap walkie talkies, I was only able to pick the signal up in a specific area of a town that I was living in, there must be a relay possibly on top of a block of flats with cell towers on.
That's bizarre. Could it have been something else like airport weather information?
@@BrianG61UKwrong band
@@devinthierault Do you somehow know that @andycarter917's walkie-talkies don't have problems with strong VHF AM signals?
You have listened the Citizen Band
@@devinthierault Wrong band for what? Do you somehow know Andy's walkie talkies aren't susceptable to breakthrough from strong airband signals?
Sounds like one of my old video games
15728.....
This makes the BBC's Shipping Forecast seem verbose.
14:30
It’s trying to act like a fire alarm 🚨
Is this a true or pseudo-random number generator that's generating the crypto? Hopefully not something weak like middle squares. I mean c'mon, inferior algorithms and hash functions. I can do permutations with 32 bit prime numbers with a slide-rule quicker than greased lightning.🕵️
they also send many fake message spec time 1930-1989
5:22 Is the best one yet, Surprised it was not French but Egyptian!
I heard an English number station.
9:11
What happened in 2008 for the poacher to stop?
Honestly, I would also be interested, I tried to find a reason, but there is no reason on any page, even in the enigma newsletter.
Therefore, it could be said that the station was no longer needed, because there were no null messages and the operation had to be very expensive, so we preferred to switch to another way of communication.
@@onshortwave8901 it's fascinating. I remember randomly contacting a telephone based numbers station when I was a lad. Totally by accident when dialling a wrong number. What is baffling is that only a couple of people have ever come forward to talk about numbers stations. How is it that even possible.
@@gilesbovis707 It also intrigued me, my opinion is that they likened it to a kind of "network testing" or a joke.
Number stations are very little known in society, which gives them a great advantage, because if their broadcast is tuned by an ordinary person or a child does not tell them anything and it keeps them under a kind of mystery.
robin hood got to him and asked him to cut the shit
@@Bacony_Cakes Heh, something like that. Simply, the intelligence office likely didn't have a need for a high-power HF radio station anymore. The required amount of electricity for one is quite high, so if it isn't used enough, it's really a waste of money and electricity. So why don't all places get rid of their numbers stations? Well, some countries may have spies in places without internet or in places that *tightly* monitor and restrict internet access (you know), so it only makes sense to use this completely anonymous method to communicate with them.
Songs:
Lincolnshire Poacher 0:58
Cherry Ripe 2:06
Run By The GID - Jean Michel Jarre 5:10
Swedish Rhapsody (Midsummer Vigil) [Missing]
It is defiantly 4bit.
9:11 Nancy Adam Susan
Truly?
9779 9779 9779
The Rose is PuRplE on a Rainy day.
So cool
E17z is now inactive
6:47
There's a place where I live with an antenna array like the one pictured in your thumbnail
I can’t quite understand it but i’m sure the military did while they were still up.
Uhhh they still are up and in use
@@foch41 yeah i guess some of them are
Scene girls giving their Myspace ID as proof
61367930
Things like this and Hanna Hanoi just scare the shit out of me.
Kinda creepy aren't they? Makes you wonder what went on, or what never happened, as a result of a person / persons acting or standing down on the instructions contained in those number codes. Maybe some things are best kept from public knowledge . . .
Unknown things make us nervous....As a kid I played with radio in AM mode and found buzzing station with clear sound. Sounds get lower and higher and so on. It had sounds like a ambulance. I must thought about it all day :D For some time it doesnt change a frequency.
What's Hanna Hanoi?
@@JB-1138 During the Vietnam War, the Vietcong employed one of their celebrities (I forget her real name) to use speakers over American and French occupied locations to spread communist propoganda and either insult the parties or threaten them. She was said to be soft spoken, never raised her voice, but still gave the soldiers nightmares. I think you find actual recordings of her here on UA-cam.