Last night beto and I listened to a radio broadcast that NPR aired on numbers stations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station. I shared a story with him of when I was little, up late under the covers, flipping through the radio dial and came across a what must have been one of these broadcasts. A young woman's voice speaking in a Russian accent reading a steady stream of what seemed to be random numbers, interrupted for a few moments only by an occasional carnival tune. This went on for roughly half an hour. If it sounds creepy, it was. Turns out I was lucky enough to hear an elusive broadcast of a numbers station, encoded broadcasts used to transmit messages around the world to spies, or at least that is what people suspect they are. These stations can be heard in all parts of the world, usually on a shortwave radio. For audio clips, check out the sites below.Sunday, October 25, 2009
Numbers Stations
Last night beto and I listened to a radio broadcast that NPR aired on numbers stations. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station. I shared a story with him of when I was little, up late under the covers, flipping through the radio dial and came across a what must have been one of these broadcasts. A young woman's voice speaking in a Russian accent reading a steady stream of what seemed to be random numbers, interrupted for a few moments only by an occasional carnival tune. This went on for roughly half an hour. If it sounds creepy, it was. Turns out I was lucky enough to hear an elusive broadcast of a numbers station, encoded broadcasts used to transmit messages around the world to spies, or at least that is what people suspect they are. These stations can be heard in all parts of the world, usually on a shortwave radio. For audio clips, check out the sites below.
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