Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!columbia!madonna!travis From: travis@madonna.UUCP Newsgroups: rec.ham-radio,sci.crypt Subject: Re: "Numbers" stations (possible answers) Message-ID: <5178@columbia.edu> Date: Mon, 7-Dec-87 17:57:04 EST Article-I.D.: columbia.5178 Posted: Mon Dec 7 17:57:04 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 12-Dec-87 18:11:00 EST References: <123.003505@adam.DG.COM> <2475@ihuxz.ATT.COM> Sender: nobody@columbia.edu Reply-To: travis@madonna.UUCP (Travis Lee Winfrey) Organization: Columbia University CS Department Lines: 22 Xref: utgpu rec.ham-radio:3229 sci.crypt:679 In article <2475@ihuxz.ATT.COM> parnass@ihuxz.ATT.COM (Bob Parnass, AJ9S) writes: >In article <123.003505@adam.DG.COM>, Pete_Simpson@MERCURY.CEO.DG.COM >writes on hearing shortwave broadcasts of coded number groups: > >These "numbers" stations may be found on several frequen- >cies, with both males and females speaking in many langu- >ages. > There is a rather long list of these frequencies, and what is said on them (i.e., the languages and numbers, not the plaintext!) in the book Big Secrets, which is a compilation of "secrets", such as the Kentucky Fried Chicken formula. I don't have a full reference, but it came out in 85 or 86 in a largish yellow paperback. If you can't find it, send me mail and I'll get the complete info. The author also thought that these were spy stations, but no one is sure. t Arpa: travis@cunixc.columbia.edu Bitnet: travis@cu20b Usenet: rutgers!columbia!travis USMail: 483 Mudd, Columbia Univ., NYC 10025 Phone: 212-280-8091