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Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 2, 2008 02:44 AM
i thought this was interesting.

QuoteNumbers stations are shortwave radio stations of uncertain origin. They generally broadcast voices reading streams of numbers, words, letters (sometimes using a radio alphabet), tunes or Morse code.

The voices that can be heard on these stations are often mechanically generated. They are in a wide variety of languages, and the voices are usually women's, though sometimes men's or children's voices are used.

Evidence supports popular assumptions that the broadcasts are channels of communication used to send messages to spies. This has not been publicly acknowledged by any government that may operate a numbers station, but in one case, Cuban numbers station espionage has been publicly prosecuted in a United States federal court.

Numbers stations appear and disappear over time (although some follow regular schedules), and their overall activity has increased slightly since the early 1990s. This increase suggests that, as spy-related phenomena, they were not unique to the Cold War.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numbers_station)

my favorite station was UVB-76 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio_Station_UVB-76)

"The Conet Project" is a 4-disc set full of mp3's of recordings of numbers stations around the world. you can download them all here (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/).

my favorite ones are the swedish rhapsody (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%201/tcp_d1_1_the_swedish_rhapsody_irdial.mp3), dashes (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%201/tcp_d1_5_5_dashes_irdial.mp3) and ciocirlia (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%201/tcp_d1_18_ciocirlia_irdial.mp3). i want to make songs out of them haha

i dunno what it is about them but i think it's the mystery and the creepiness of them that i like. i downloaded all 4 discs and i've been listening to them all day
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 2, 2008 02:51 AM
also  gong station chimes (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%201/tcp_d1_7_gong_station_chimes_irdial.mp3) is really good too
Title: numbers station
Post by: MRat on June 2, 2008 02:52 AM


I used to be obsessed with this sort of shit. I'd love to hear some songs of theese haha.
Title: numbers station
Post by: FG_SPace on June 2, 2008 02:56 AM
spooky. "dashes" sounds like something from a Firth cartoon. maybe its a way to wake up sleeper cells or something crazy like The Signal
Title: numbers station
Post by: bcube on June 2, 2008 03:00 AM
all of this scraed the shit outta me ):
I couldnt listen to all of them.
but a song out of this would be cool.
I imagine more of a crazy and weird flash with these things though.
Title: numbers station
Post by: Michelle on June 2, 2008 03:11 AM
wow these are fucking great

and they're all making my leg go numb but it's almost pleasurable
Title: numbers station
Post by: cr0m on June 2, 2008 03:25 AM
this is some cool shit right here can you fucken believe it
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 2, 2008 03:30 AM
for real son this is th shyt

no but really if i picked one of these up by accident driving around or something I would start to freak out

Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 2, 2008 03:42 AM
you can't pick these up on regular car radios, their frequencies are often higher or lower than standard car AM range


aaa nancy adam susan (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%202/tcp_d2_27_nancy_adam_susan_irdial.mp3) and dfd21 dfc47 (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%202/tcp_d2_3_dfd21_dfc37_irdial.mp3) are some real hot tracks
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 2, 2008 04:09 AM
well thanks for the info
Title: numbers station
Post by: cr0m on June 2, 2008 04:43 AM
zzz i have some scanners
Title: numbers station
Post by: ZekeySpaceyLizard on June 2, 2008 08:37 AM
I used to have a big fat folder of these.


i wonder where it went....
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 02:02 AM
and this is why I love normalboy, even if he is a *chan fag

http://normalboy.wtfux.org/audio/Dead%20Si...mp;%20Deeds.mp3 (http://normalboy.wtfux.org/audio/Dead%20Signal/08%20-%20The%20Intoxicated%20Adventures%20of%20Ber%20&%20Deeds.mp3)
Title: numbers station
Post by: cr0m on June 3, 2008 05:12 AM
guys chanfags make cool shit too dont hate cool shit because they are chanfags

im not saying a lot of them arent gay as fuck however
Title: numbers station
Post by: ZekeySpaceyLizard on June 3, 2008 05:18 AM
^^^^^
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 05:29 AM
ummm???

I didn't say I hated his stuff I said it was really cool, or at least thats what I implied when I said I loved normalboy. I like his music i've downloaded almost everything off his website. Even though he says things like "special thanks to #4chan friends of /b/" etc.

just if you were implying that I hate anything remotely related to *chan

im not as hateful of *chans as f0d, rtil, taylor, etc. I just don't like "lol shoop da whoop interbutts 9000" shit especially if thats the only thing you can say.
Title: numbers station
Post by: cr0m on June 3, 2008 05:33 AM
na i was just sayin since it was remotely related!
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 05:45 AM
alrite then jus checkin
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 3, 2008 05:46 AM
Quote from: Squeefim not as hateful of *chans as rtil
nice! like you would know.

there are 3 things about 4chan i don't like: the 'memes', the subculture, and the people who practice it. i think anyone here would be disgusted by someone chanting about mudkips in front of a scientology building. this basically encapsules the stupidity of anything 4chan related, and i hope no one here encourages it, especially only for the sake of disagreeing with me - which is super cool btw !
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 05:48 AM
whatever dick i just included you cuz I always see you jump over 4chan shit like f0d does damn


fucken azz

Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 3, 2008 05:49 AM
i don't recall ever doing that except in the case of project chanology
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 05:49 AM
well anyway did you listen to that song you said you wanted to hear a song from numbers stations
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 3, 2008 05:51 AM
it was good i guess but it sounds like all he did was put some filter over the first minute of the swedish rhapsody then played something entirely different after
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 05:52 AM
true but he got a few different ones that are less feebly done I suppose

I just thought that one was particularly interesting to me because he used the exact same parts from swedish rhapsody that I found the most interesting.

that whole collective unconscious thing
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 3, 2008 06:12 AM
what thing now
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 06:47 AM
I read about it in psychology

its like

people have similar ideas about various things due to a collective unconscious we all share in our sleep or some such thing it was kind of interesting
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 3, 2008 06:06 PM
i know what it is but what does it have to do with the song? the fact that he used the part of the swedish rhapsody you liked i'm guessing. not that there was a whole lot to it lmao
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 3, 2008 06:55 PM
well yeah you guessed correctly and yes there isnt much to it but I just thought it was weird that he used the exact same three measures and let the girl say the numbers then stopped it like I did at the end of my movie http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/442365 (http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/442365)

I had spliced that section of audio before listening to that particular song by normalboy

I dont know it was an odd coincidence even though statistically speaking it was a more common occurrence since that is about the bulk of that particular numbers station song.
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 3, 2008 10:00 PM
flash movies about numbers stations that's an even better idea
or songs AND movies HEY
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 4, 2008 01:56 AM
oops Rtil and I* have completely dominated the 2nd page of this thread
Title: numbers station
Post by: LordZeebmork on June 4, 2008 02:15 AM
I don't really have a problem with 4chan except the flood of shitty newfags who do dumb shit like chanology and shit like lolcats and shoop shit and ugjfsa now that I think of it I don't like 4chan, it's mainstream and shitty now

420chan is still okay though, I go to their music board sometimes

anyway I have a shortwave radio somewhere, I should dig it out and do more shit with it

and I might make a flash thing out of the numbers things someday
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 7, 2008 01:05 AM
ladies and gentlemen the first numbers station vent harassment
Title: numbers station
Post by: bcube on June 7, 2008 01:08 AM
lmao, they got scared
( then again I would too )
"maybe it's, like, aliens."
Title: numbers station
Post by: f0d on June 7, 2008 01:23 AM
im kinda like rtil, i just hate the memes and the subculture

but i really try not to jump on it as much anymore, although i met some fat anime loving chick in the film school who said "imma chargin my lazer" and i nearly punched her

if you just jack off to shit or post in a regular non-meme way on 4chan i dont care
Title: numbers station
Post by: Sinitron on June 7, 2008 01:24 AM
yeah well i met a hoe with some dam big titties and a t-shirt saying I PWN NOOBS and i was like staruin at her breasts because of it and she got pissed @ me WTF!!!!! Y DO U HAVE TEXT ON UR TITS IF U DONT WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK THERE???? ASS HOE
Title: numbers station
Post by: Fuzz on June 7, 2008 01:24 AM
I think I might make a movie using this topic... hhmm.... SPIES!
Title: numbers station
Post by: f0d on June 7, 2008 01:37 AM
Quote from: siniTron Bonneyeah well i met a hoe with some dam big titties and a t-shirt saying I PWN NOOBS and i was like staruin at her breasts because of it and she got pissed @ me WTF!!!!! Y DO U HAVE TEXT ON UR TITS IF U DONT WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK THERE???? ASS HOE
yeh! thats what i always say to girls with words like "juicy" on their ass

not really
Title: numbers station
Post by: MRat on June 7, 2008 03:57 AM
At work, my friend came in with his girlfriend and ordered a beer, and she got a coke. She was wearing a shirt with "Coconuts" written right across her ample bosom. I ignored it for the longest time, but eventually I HAD to know what it said. I laugh and say "hah, coconuts" and she flips the fuck out saying "HOLY SHIT YOU LOOKED AT MY BOOBS??!?!"

I had her removed.
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 7, 2008 04:00 AM
Quote from: MRatI had her removed.
damn you got FBI contacts???
KGB?
NSA?

WHO DO YOU WORK FOR
Title: numbers station
Post by: bcube on June 7, 2008 04:03 AM
Quote from: MRatAt work, my friend came in with his girlfriend and ordered a beer, and she got a coke. She was wearing a shirt with "Coconuts" written right across her ample bosom. I ignored it for the longest time, but eventually I HAD to know what it said. I laugh and say "hah, coconuts" and she flips the fuck out saying "HOLY SHIT YOU LOOKED AT MY BOOBS??!?!"

I had her removed.

lmao.
Title: numbers station
Post by: LordZeebmork on June 7, 2008 03:12 PM
Quote from: foodeetin
Quote from: siniTron Bonneyeah well i met a hoe with some dam big titties and a t-shirt saying I PWN NOOBS and i was like staruin at her breasts because of it and she got pissed @ me WTF!!!!! Y DO U HAVE TEXT ON UR TITS IF U DONT WANT PEOPLE TO LOOK THERE???? ASS HOE
yeh! thats what i always say to girls with words like "juicy" on their ass

not really
anyone who wears shit like that should be shot

also the pink tank tops with glittery text saying "princess" especially since only fat black whores with aids wear those things
Title: numbers station
Post by: Sinitron on June 7, 2008 03:39 PM
im the only real supergoth here
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 7, 2008 04:34 PM
Quote from: LordZeebmorksince only fat black whores with aids wear those things
what about the white people that act black

whenever you talk about black people you always gotta remember there is a shitload more white people trying to act that way.

Except for when it comes to crime cuz


white people are just better criminals
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 7, 2008 06:55 PM
um
anyway here's another one! feat. yungjazz
Title: numbers station
Post by: psi43 on June 7, 2008 07:09 PM
Quote from: rtilalso  gong station chimes (http://irdial.hyperreal.org/the%20conet%20project/disc%201/tcp_d1_7_gong_station_chimes_irdial.mp3) is really good too


"Attention (numbers) seperation (numbers) (numbers) seperation (numbers)" repeat with different numbers.

She pronounces 5 (Fünf) wrong though, she says Fünnef, which is kind of weird.

by the way, yes it's German.
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 7, 2008 07:11 PM
i thought so
i have a couple more german ones here too
that one is the best though cuz it's a creepy little girl
Title: numbers station
Post by: psi43 on June 7, 2008 07:11 PM
Quote from: rtilum
anyway here's another one! feat. yungjazz

also German

I'll download the album later, sounds pretty interesting to me!
Title: numbers station
Post by: LordZeebmork on June 7, 2008 07:15 PM
Quote from: Squeefwhat about the white people that act black

whenever you talk about black people you always gotta remember there is a shitload more white people trying to act that way.
not where I live
Title: numbers station
Post by: egoraptor on June 7, 2008 08:22 PM
This scares the shit out of me which is why I can't stop listening to it. Great find.
Title: numbers station
Post by: Necronomitr0n on June 9, 2008 05:10 PM
I listened to this before I fell asleep and subsequently had a nightmare involving Captain Howdy  

also I love the song in Cirocilia or whatever it's called
Title: numbers station
Post by: goatpox on June 10, 2008 06:54 PM
I love this shit. I think my friend did a report on this or something for school about a year ago and I listened to some. Spooooooky.
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 10, 2008 06:57 PM
if i ever got to do reports i'd do do one on this :(
Title: numbers station
Post by: LordZeebmork on June 11, 2008 02:27 PM
I\\\'m using gong station chimes in a flash

and that buzzer thing
Title: numbers station
Post by: sQueef on June 11, 2008 06:04 PM
Quote from: rtilum
lmaoo
Title: numbers station
Post by: YungJazz on June 12, 2008 05:17 PM
Quote from: rtilum
anyway here's another one! feat. yungjazz

I had a brainfart and was creeped out for a sec, that dude actually sounds like me.
Title: numbers station
Post by: rtil on June 12, 2008 06:17 PM
yungjazz's secret life on ventrilo
Title: numbers station
Post by: YungJazz on June 12, 2008 07:20 PM
Oh that's it... 40 lashes in the meat freezer with a rack of ribs.
Title: numbers station
Post by: naruto102 on June 12, 2008 07:21 PM
Quote from: YungJazzOh that's it... 40 lashes in the meat freezer with a rack of ribs.
don'y you mean a thousand lashes
Title: numbers station
Post by: YungJazz on June 12, 2008 07:24 PM
*SMACK* YO NAME IS TOBEH!
Title: numbers station
Post by: naruto102 on June 12, 2008 07:30 PM
Quote from: YungJazz*SMACK* YO NAME IS TOBEH!
man shit was ugly