Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations

by The Conet Project

Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations cover art

An unparalleled archival release, this collection compiles raw, lo-fi recordings of mysterious Cold War-era shortwave radio 'numbers stations'. The repetitive, mechanical recitation of numbers creates an incredibly cryptic, ominous, and fascinating historical document of international espionage.

Genres

  • Radio Broadcast Recordings

Tracklist

  1. (G2A) The Swedish Rhapsody
  2. (G5) Counting
  3. (E14) Counting ‘Control’
  4. (E10) Phonetic Alphabet - NATO
  5. (G13) 5 Dashes
  6. (E3) The Lincolnshire Poacher
  7. (G3) Gong Station / Chimes
  8. (G14) DFD 21
  9. (E1) Ready Ready (15728)
  10. (S2B) Bugle
  11. (S10) 5 Note Version ‘Czech Lady’
  12. (G4) Three Note Oddity
  13. (V13) New Star Broadcasting
  14. (V5A) Counting Station (Spanish)
  15. (E17) English Lady / 00000 Ending
  16. (V2) Attencion / 3 Finals
  17. (G8) 4 Note Rising Scale
  18. (V1) Ciocîrlia
  19. (S10) Czech Lady
  20. (G16) 2 Letter ‘YS’
  21. (G16) 2 Letter ‘EL’
  22. (G13) 5 Dashes
  23. (E16) 2 Letter ‘RK’
  24. (V12) NNN
  25. (G11) ‘Strich’
  26. (G14) DFD21 / DFC37
  27. (S2) Drums & Trumpets
  28. (E12) NNN
  29. (E17) English Lady - 00000 Ending
  30. (G12) NNN
  31. (S6) The Russian Man (‘D-va’ Northern Russian Voice)
  32. (E10A) Phonetic Alphabet - NATO
  33. (V6) Spanish Lady
  34. (E11) ‘Strich’
  35. (G16) 2 Letter ‘NU’
  36. (G11) ‘Strich’
  37. (S8) YT
  38. (E13) 5 Dashes
  39. (G19) German Man
  40. (E6) English Man
  41. (S7/G7) English Man + German Lady
  42. (G6) German Lady
  43. (V) Chinese Numbers
  44. (V6) Spanish Lady
  45. (E16) 2 Letter ‘MD’
  46. (E6) English Man
  47. (G6) German Lady
  48. (E10A) Phonetic Alphabet - NATO
  49. (E10) Phonetic Alphabet - NATO
  50. (E15) Nancy Adam Susan
  51. (E14) Counting ‘Control’
  52. (E15) Nancy Adam Susan (Male Voice)
  53. (E4) Cherry Ripe
  54. (S21) Russian Lady
  55. (S6) Russian Man
  56. (E12) NNN
  57. (E15) Frank Young Peter
  58. (S12) Cherta
  59. (S14) Russian Counting Man
  60. (S16) OLX
  61. (X6) 6 Tones
  62. (XPH) High Pitch Polytone
  63. (XPH) High Pitch Polytone
  64. (XPH) High Pitch Polytone
  65. (XPH) High Pitch Polytone
  66. (V9) Oriental Language
  67. (E1) Ready Ready
  68. (E3) Iran / Iraq Jamming Efficacy Testing
  69. (E5) English Lady
  70. (E5) English Lady
  71. (E6) English Man Version 1
  72. (E6) English Man Version 3
  73. (E6) English Man
  74. (E9) Magnetic Fields
  75. (E9) Magnetic Fields
  76. (E11) Oblique
  77. (E12) NNN
  78. (E13) 5 Dashes
  79. (E16) 2 Letter ‘KG’
  80. (E21A) 4 Figure Counting (10 Rough Tones)
  81. (E17A) 2 Voices In One Transmission
  82. (G1) Tyrolean Music Station
  83. (G4) 3 Note I.S.
  84. (G5) 10 Rough Tones
  85. (G7) Achtung!
  86. (G8) ‘A’
  87. (G8) Voice Sample (1-10)
  88. (G8B) Rapid Dots
  89. (G11) Strich
  90. (G14) Hier Ist DFC Sieben Und Dreizig
  91. (G15) 2 Letter ‘PN’
  92. (G16) Sample Count
  93. (G16) 2 Letter ‘VO’
  94. (G16) 2 Letter ‘HK’
  95. (G16) 2 Letter ‘DM’
  96. (G18) 8 Note Rising Scale
  97. (G20) Spruchnummer 1
  98. (G20) Spruchnummer 4
  99. (G21) Random Pop
  100. (G22) Nomer 101
  101. (S3) Okno Okno Okno
  102. (S4) Nomer 198
  103. (S5) 723 Papaqui
  104. (S6) 298
  105. (S6) 815
  106. (S6E) 167
  107. (S7C) Moscow Coup Attempt
  108. (S7) Russian Man Complete
  109. (S8) YT
  110. (S10A) 555 Konec
  111. (S11) Preska
  112. (S12) Cherta
  113. (S13) Count In Russian
  114. (S13) Count In Russian
  115. (S14) 1-10 Announcement
  116. (S14) 1-10 Announcement
  117. (S) Counting in Polish
  118. (S17A) Konec Konec
  119. (S19) Pozor
  120. (S21) Russian Lady Test Count And Message
  121. (S25) Russian Man
  122. (V2A) Spanish Lady (2 Finals)
  123. (V5) Spanish Counting
  124. (V5A) Spanish Counting
  125. (V7) Spanish Man
  126. (V6) Spanish Lady
  127. (V6) Spanish Lady
  128. (V8) Eastern Music Station
  129. (V8) Eastern Music Station
  130. (V) Unidentified Chinese Station
  131. (V12) NNN
  132. (V18) NNN
  133. (V19) Whiskey Tango Veinte Y Uno
  134. (XC) The Crackle
  135. (XM) The Backwards Music Station
  136. (XF) Faders
  137. (XW) Workshop
  138. (XX) The Pip
  139. (XB) The Buzzer
  140. (M1) M1 (197)
  141. (M1B) M1B (463)
  142. (M2) M2 (712)
  143. (M3) M3
  144. (M3) M3
  145. (M3) M3
  146. (M3) M3
  147. (M3) M3
  148. (M3) M3
  149. (M3A) M3A
  150. (M3B) M3B