Number stations in Australia
 

Hi all

I know many listeners will have heard the various numbers stations and
similar stations on the short wave bands from time to time.

I have looked around the Internet and noted that the sources of these
transmissiosn are generaly attributed to overseas countries.

However Australia, like other countries has its own secret services. Have
Australian short wave listeners heard numbers transmissions which have been
strong enough to have been attributed to an Australia source? Ie is there a
sort of numbers Radio G'day out there?

If so it would be an interesting exercise to get some beam headings and see
where the transmissions are coming from. A sort of mega foxhunt.


cheers Peter

"peter berrett" wrote in message
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However Australia, like other countries has its own secret services. Have
Australian short wave listeners heard numbers transmissions which have
been
strong enough to have been attributed to an Australia source? Ie is there
a
sort of numbers Radio G'day out there?

According to the old ENIGMA group the CIA station "Cynthia" used a tx site
in Oz when it was operational. See:

http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page65.html

and
http://freehost08.websamba.com/hbira...20schedule.htm


--
Simon Mason
Anlaby
East Yorkshire.
53°44'N 0°26'W
http://www.simonmason.karoo.net

U.S. has some of it's most secret installations near Alice.




On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 20:15:58 +1100, "peter berrett"
wrote:

Hi all

I know many listeners will have heard the various numbers stations and
similar stations on the short wave bands from time to time.

I have looked around the Internet and noted that the sources of these
transmissiosn are generaly attributed to overseas countries.

However Australia, like other countries has its own secret services. Have
Australian short wave listeners heard numbers transmissions which have been
strong enough to have been attributed to an Australia source? Ie is there a
sort of numbers Radio G'day out there?

If so it would be an interesting exercise to get some beam headings and see
where the transmissions are coming from. A sort of mega foxhunt.


cheers Peter

"wa5dxp" wrote in message
...
U.S. has some of it's most secret installations near Alice.

Yes, it's called "Pine Gap".

Mark.
Auckland
New Zealand.