Saint-Armstrong Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 All very mysterious and creepy. Anyone else see about these on the BBC? Have been doing a lot more reading and listening since and it's quite fascinating... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hutch Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 As a kid in the 60's and early 70's I always had an old "Bush" type valve radio in my bedroom. I remember them well. (Southampton nil was one of the numbers I remember hearing very frequently back in those days) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huffton Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Wasn't there some big hoo ha about a Russian one that stopped broadcasting a while ago? All the conspiracy theorists were predicting the start of WW3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Ive no idea what this thread is about. Anyone got a link? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearsy Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 i watched a movie bout this not so long ago. I think it was even called numbers station. In it, IIRC, someone was trying to steal the numbers + someone was trying to stop them stealing the numbers. I can't remember how it turned out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudders Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Ive no idea what this thread is about. Anyone got a link? I didn't either, so I googled, here you go.... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 (edited) i watched a movie bout this not so long ago. I think it was even called numbers station. In it, IIRC, someone was trying to steal the numbers + someone was trying to stop them stealing the numbers. I can't remember how it turned out No someone was trying to send messages which ended in a lot of CIA wallahs getting topped by their own agents. Good guy + girl won in the end, rode off into the sunset, after being patched up for multiple gunshot wounds of course. Anyone can look up numbers stations, there's a youtube of the BBC radio broadcast available. Good old system,one way, no electronic trace and undecipherable if you don't have the one off code book. Edited 25 April, 2014 by Window Cleaner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Was this the weird stuff that I first experienced as a young ball fiddling with my knob in bed trying to find Radio Luxembourg – or was that something else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Was this the weird stuff that I first experienced as a young ball fiddling with my knob in bed trying to find Radio Luxembourg – or was that something else? depends if you were equipped for short wave reception I'd expect. Most of these transmissions are high frequency shortwave. HAM radio amateurs pick them up all of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitey Grandad Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Was this the weird stuff that I first experienced as a young ball fiddling with my knob in bed trying to find Radio Luxembourg – or was that something else? Did it keep fading and coming back? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Halo Stickman Posted 24 April, 2014 Share Posted 24 April, 2014 Did it keep fading and coming back? Yes, much more than it does these days, sadly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpine_saint Posted 25 April, 2014 Share Posted 25 April, 2014 (edited) All very mysterious and creepy. Anyone else see about these on the BBC? Have been doing a lot more reading and listening since and it's quite fascinating... http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Conet-Project-Recordings-Shortwave/dp/B00BFEWC2E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398420389&sr=8-1&keywords=conet+project Often wonder why Lincolnshire Poacher and Cherry Ripe went off-air. Edited 25 April, 2014 by alpine_saint Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CB Saint Posted 25 April, 2014 Share Posted 25 April, 2014 http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Conet-Project-Recordings-Shortwave/dp/B00BFEWC2E/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1398420389&sr=8-1&keywords=conet+project Often wonder why Lincolnshire Poacher and Cherry Ripe went off-air. Pretty sure I drank a pint of that last week Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
buctootim Posted 1 May, 2014 Share Posted 1 May, 2014 Numbers stations reached the digital era maybe... http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-27238332 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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