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How to listen to spy radio broadcasts right now
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:05 pm
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:05 pm
Looks like this info has been out there for awhile. Still a fun read. The stations are pretty creepy to listen to. If anyone has a shortwave radio I"d like to find out more.
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Encrypted messages, fancy technology, spies use them all to communicate, but sometimes the best way to hide is in plain sight. Right now, broadcasting across the airwaves around the world, are automated, anonymous shortwave AM radio stations that most governments won't acknowledge even exist, much less explain. Best of all, you can hear recordings from them right now, and if you have the right gear, tune in and listen yourself.
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Numbers stations are anonymous, shortwave AM radio stations that broadcast messages at pre-set times, sometimes periodically and sometimes random, on specific frequencies. They're notable for their unusual tone and content, as the stations can be silent for most hours of the day or week, then jump to life with a collection of artificial human voices, sounds, Morse code, short songs, or even nursery rhymes. They also broadcast in a number of different languages. If you've ever listened to a numbers station, it's one of the creepiest things you've ever heard. You won't exactly use these to get more work done or streamline your life, but it's a lot of fun to listen.
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Another characteristic of numbers station broadcasts is the messages feel like gibberish, or nonsensical words, letters, or songs strung together. In reality, they likely mean a great deal to the right listener. Numbers stations appeared shortly after World War II, and while they were most plentiful during the Cold War, many still broadcast today. If you ask the FCC about them, they'll say they have no information on them because the frequencies are unlicensed. Ask any specific government agency and they'll usually deny they exist, or at least deny broadcasting on them. Who operates them and who are they for? Most likely they're used by spies, sending and listening for coded messages.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:11 pm to jmarto1
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:14 pm to Chinese Bandit
I'll check that out. Thanks.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:21 pm to jmarto1
pretty damn interesting!... 

Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:22 pm to Spankum
I'm hoping someone here has a shortwave and will check out some of these stations.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:27 pm to jmarto1
I was a short wave listener in the late 60s, numbers stations were always a fun thing to try to catch. While many of them were unlicensed, and random some of the large Soviet operated shortwave broadcasters such as the English broadcast from Radio Moscow would just have an announcement saying this is for "Vlad" or some other name and then read off the number groups for several minutes. It was suspected they were sending messages to Americans in the U.S. that had been recruited and were spying for the Soviets. For a nerdy kid in the 60s shortwave radio was the internet of that time.
Posted on 10/31/14 at 10:29 pm to EA6B
Or they were just dicking with us, making some cryptologist waste time trying to figure out what it said.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 8:17 am to EA6B
Must have been weird hearing those broadcasts all while we were worried about getting nuked.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 8:49 am to jmarto1
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Must have been weird hearing those broadcasts all while we were worried about getting nuked.
I am glad I didn't know about this back then...it would have scared the shite out of me..

I wonder if you can hear any of our shite over there?...
Posted on 11/1/14 at 8:53 am to Spankum
Well you don't know who's is what and that's why these still exist. I'm sure a lot of these are decoys but a couple has to be legit. No way to break them and apparently no feasible way to turn them off.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 9:06 am to jmarto1
I listened to shortwave on my jvc boom box from the 80s and was always wondering about the Morse code bips I would hea. This kind of piggybacks the post about things you thought that should be obsolete by now. Analog radio vs digital radio. Think about it.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 9:25 am to jmarto1
I used to love listening to these with my dad.
Tried to listen them about a year ago and kept getting migraines listening to the beeps.
Tried to listen them about a year ago and kept getting migraines listening to the beeps.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 9:38 am to jmarto1
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They're notable for their unusual tone and content, as the stations can be silent for most hours of the day or week, then jump to life with a collection of artificial human voices, sounds, Morse code, short songs, or even nursery rhymes.
Depending on what time of night I was listening, this would have freaked me the hell out.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 9:49 am to jmarto1
Thanks for posting this.
I have a couple of portable shortwave radios. One of them is a Grundig Satellite 800, which was the top of the line when it was in production.
It is TOUGH to find much beyond domestic Christian programming and foreign spanish language broadcasts on shortwave.
I don't know much at all about how things were 30 years ago with shortwave, but, my guess is that Louisiana was never a great location to hear shortwave, not even back in the day.
East Coast from North Carolina upwards was probably much better for hearing shortwave.
I know that shortwave theoretically goes around the world, but, maybe listening conditions are worse here.
I have a couple of portable shortwave radios. One of them is a Grundig Satellite 800, which was the top of the line when it was in production.
It is TOUGH to find much beyond domestic Christian programming and foreign spanish language broadcasts on shortwave.
I don't know much at all about how things were 30 years ago with shortwave, but, my guess is that Louisiana was never a great location to hear shortwave, not even back in the day.
East Coast from North Carolina upwards was probably much better for hearing shortwave.
I know that shortwave theoretically goes around the world, but, maybe listening conditions are worse here.
Posted on 11/1/14 at 9:54 am to Champagne
Wouldn't weather affect the radio signal? If you have time, mind checking out some of the listed stations and let us know what is going on?
Posted on 11/1/14 at 10:02 am to Big Chipper
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This post was edited on 11/1/14 at 10:03 am
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