Number Stations

xeno194 · #1 (**permalink**) 05-19-2009, 02:34 PM

Just wondering if anyone else here on radio ref is into finding active number stations on sw. If anyone is from my area or if you want to exchange info let me know.

Thanks
Mike

ka3jjz · #2 (**permalink**) 05-19-2009, 02:52 PM

This ought to get you started...

Numbers & Oddities

73 Mike

CLynch7 · #3 (**permalink**) 05-19-2009, 04:16 PM

Cuban numbers lady is on 7885 right now @ 2016z

xeno194 · #4 (**permalink**) 05-20-2009, 12:55 PM

Hey thanks for the site ka3jjz good stuff. I dident catch the cuban number station

i got home kinda late from work.

KC9NCF · #5 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 12:47 AM

I have a blog where I follow various radio related topics and also internet radio forum issues. I happen to have actually heard the very last CW transmission made by our American - Cuban spies right before they were both arrested.

raisindot · #6 (**permalink**) 06-11-2009, 10:11 AM

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Originally Posted by xeno194

Just wondering if anyone else here on radio ref is into finding active number stations on sw. If anyone is from my area or if you want to exchange info let me know.

Thanks
Mike

Not 100% related, but wondered whether there are any fans of Florida author Tim Dorsey out there. Just mentioning because the "Cuban numbers lady" is part of the plot of his latest novel, "Nuclear Jellyfish," and her true purpose is revealed, and it's quite different than what we've always imagined.

Suzie

lanbergld · #7 (**permalink**) 06-25-2009, 07:23 AM

Most recently I've copied the Cuban numbers lady on 4028 kHz and 4174 kHz, in the evening of course. These are two frequencies that I hadn't previously logged her on.

Larry Lanberg

Richmond VA

pathalogical · #8 (**permalink**) 06-25-2009, 07:25 PM

The Cuban lady is the only one I've heard. I've spun the dial around and around but never caught anything else that resembled numbers...well, other than EAMs. Do any othe numbers reach North America ???

EasyRadio · #9 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 08:31 AM

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Originally Posted by pathalogical

The Cuban lady is the only one I've heard. I've spun the dial around and around but never caught anything else that resembled numbers...well, other than EAMs. Do any othe numbers reach North America ???

Propagation is not real good right now, but when the sunspot cycle nears peak ( couple of years, maybe) you should hear E03 (Lincolnshire Poacher) and E10 (Mossad) pretty regularly on several freqs. E06 and E07 (the "english" Russian Man) will probably be pretty easy to copy, too. Logged all of these quite regularly, in early 2006, here in Florida. Of course, the "Cuban Lady" and the M08 Cuban morse variants still pound in pretty solidly to my location.

xeno194 · #10 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 04:37 PM

Finally got her
The cuban lady @ Fri, 26 Jun 2009 20:35:27 UTC

Video coming soon

xeno194 · #11 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 05:11 PM

Here is the video. Quality is so so. Used my cellphone

YouTube - Cuban Number Station

lanbergld · #12 (**permalink**) 06-26-2009, 05:36 PM

Good job Xeno. She has several broadcast times on several different frequencies. Often its easier to find them while in SSB mode, where the radio is more sensitive.

Larry Lanberg

Richmond Va

nickcarr · #13 (**permalink**) 07-12-2009, 01:26 AM

There's probably one right now in Morse Code... at 5810khz. It's 0526z and has been going on for the past several minutes.

ka3jjz · #14 (**permalink**) 07-12-2009, 06:22 PM

Y'know it's interesting. It's probably coincidental (although with numbers stations, you never know), but I believe there are a couple of Columbian broadcast stations around that frequency. It wouldn't at all surprise me if the Cubans built a small relay station there - it's well known that the Cubans and Columbians have had friendly relations for a number of years.

Food for thought 73 Mike

ridgescan · #15 (**permalink**) 07-16-2009, 10:09 PM

spy atation video by ripprock - Photobucket

Interesting that she's on LSB this time. Caught at 0121UTC on 8136KHz-LSB

nickcarr · #16 (**permalink**) 07-18-2009, 02:14 AM

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Originally Posted by nickcarr

There's probably one right now in Morse Code... at 5810khz. It's 0526z and has been going on for the past several minutes.

Another CW message on 5800khz AM or 5799.50 CW mode. I might try to find a program that can decode CW.

nickcarr · #17 (**permalink**) 07-18-2009, 03:10 AM

Here's a partial output:

itadgrtgttltmngdmauteuiugnuirwargdgwwawwtiardnidma giiruwuruuiitrnrwsnuiemmaiumrtnnwwirnuigiuriuieeed awdaduuruanrtutetuwinrstidmituawiawrgwttatewdnnmut munmgeateatdgurweeeeugtwdarnrmddinwnammnrtgmmuttdm twauaiitgwgnrwgrunauawddagdmnaidiawiwaantraeamdntu mgmtgadmwwduwawdrgaawirnwtgmuntwgwdumuiaunitrgggng ruggadreatudtrigwwmmgratgmmdt AR AR AR SK

**The program I was using didn't copy it correctly. The main text was mostly 5 or 6 letter groups. The ending of the message is significant.

According the web site below, it's likely the M8 spy number station. The ending (AR AR AR SK) resembles "M8" type of messages which are based out of Cuba.

http://www.spynumbers.com/enigmaM8.htm

I checked their online database and there are many hits at this frequency. Seems like 0600z is a popular time.

gcgrotz · #18 (**permalink**) 08-12-2009, 09:22 AM

I heard CW numbers at 02:51 thru 03:00 on 8-9-09 at 5194KHz. Haven't heard much CW in recent months. 5-figure groups, one message ended and another started. Tried DM-780 decoding it and it was reporting 22wpm. No wonder I was having a hard time! DM-780 has trouble with the timing and it just looks like individual letters.

Anybody copy any numbers in PSK31? I had read some reports that it was being tried out but I've never heard one.