The ACE is a magazine put out by the Association of Clandestine Enthusiasts, this is a radio listening club devote to mainly listening to clandestine broadcast stations such as numbers stations. Their web site address is http://www.frn.net/ace/index.html.
73, Keith Anderson From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Nov 13 07:24:35 2004 Return-Path: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Delivered-To: [email protected] Received: from web52702.mail.yahoo.com (web52702.mail.yahoo.com [206.190.39.153]) by mailman.qth.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 759DD859BFC for <[email protected]>; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 07:24:33 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 32454 invoked by uid 60001); 13 Nov 2004 12:20:10 -0000 Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Received: from [68.76.100.6] by web52702.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 13 Nov 2004 04:20:09 PST Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 04:20:09 -0800 (PST) From: Mark Foltarz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Subject: [AMRadio] Numbers Stations - NPRs slant X-BeenThere: [email protected] X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: Discussion of AM Radio <[email protected]> List-Id: Discussion of AM Radio <amradio.mailman.qth.net> List-Unsubscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Archive: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/private/amradio> List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> List-Help: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> List-Subscribe: <http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/amradio>, <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 13 Nov 2004 12:24:35 -0000 Funny how NPR and the liberal media freaks mentioned in the story can take something like a UTE such as a number station and turn it in to a cult! I remember when I actually liked listening to NPR. Even 'A Prarie Home Companion' has gone sour like a bad compost heap. Bummer. Number stations were certainly used for clandestine applications. But also there are more innocuous uses. For example, maritime operators and other private industry used number groups to send company (i.e. private) information. Only intended recipients could decode the groups into anthing meaningful. One might contend "Why use such primitive means in this day of computers?" Have you ever worked in an office or other bureaucracy where you see how something could be done simpler or better? But no one in the office wants to change, or it takes a long time for something to change. This is the same kind of latency or inertia. Business usually has to repond a little quicker than goverments. Ultimately, sending number groups is real simple. The music you hear at the begining of some of the number groups is purposely poppy, sugar sweet or just plain annoying to make it easily recognizeable to the intended audience. Number ststions seemed to be more abundant before the end of the USSR. So was woodpecker jamming and 'over the horizon' radar jamming of SWBC. I almost miss the buzz saw sound blanketing parts of the spectrum. It was a real challenge to hear a station under such a barrage. Around 1989 it all sort of just stopped. de KA4JVY Mark __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com
