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<P align=left><FONT face=Verdana color=#000000 size=4>Soviet
Embassy,
Lisbon</FONT></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE><FONT
face=Verdana>Welcome to the Shortwave Espionage section. Here you can access the
book "Secret Signals, The Euronumbers Mystery" which was written in 1991 and is
now out of print. Thanks to the publisher "Tiare Publications " of Lake Geneva
U.S.A. and Gerry Dexter its owner, I am able to reproduce the book on this site.
I have left out the final 15 pages, partly due to the difficulty in scanning the
layout and also because most of the frequencies in the list are now out of
date.<BR><BR>"Secret Signals" is about the enduring mystery of the shortwave
bands-namely the "Numbers Stations" These are supposedly one way transmissions
to espionage agents working in foreign countries. Where do these transmissions
come from? Well, one source is an Embassy building in a particular country. Look
at the grotesque log periodic antenna on top of the </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page489.html"><FONT face=Verdana>Yugoslav
embassy</FONT></A><FONT face=Verdana> in Washington. Other sites may include
international broadcasters. The B.B.C. has always denied any involvement and in
the book you will read of a denial of the use of the frequency 6840 kHz "We have
not used it for many years". However, later on came the following reply from
B.F.B.S. "Thank you for your letter enquiring about our 6840 kHz frequency and
any associated interference. You may, or may not, know that this frequency was
"lent" to us in order that British Forces serving in the Gulf area could keep in
touch with not only the British news but also Service news via BFBS.</FONT>
<P style="MARGIN-LEFT: 10px" align=left><FONT face=Verdana size=2><FONT
size=3>The transmitter that radiates this frequency is situated on Cyprus and
the transmissions are directed towards the Gulf region (sounds familiar!). We
have never had any complaints of the type you describe and therefore no call for
further action. It would seem that the heavy interference you describe may well
not affect our listeners in the Gulf area since our signal there will be
infinitely stronger." See </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page490.html"><FONT
size=3>QSL1</FONT></A><FONT size=3> and </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page491.html"><FONT
size=3>QSL2.</FONT></A><FONT size=3> Could this be a QSL in lieu of a
Lincolnshire Poacher confirmation? There have been stations that have had
genuine callsigns such as DFC37 and DFD21 and even stations that have issued QSL
cards, such as Czech station </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page492.html"><FONT size=3>OLX
</FONT></A><FONT size=3>and semi-spy station </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page49.html"><FONT
size=3>KKN44.</FONT></A><FONT size=3> <BR><BR>The Number Stations use </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/otp.htm"><FONT size=3>one time
pads</FONT></A><FONT size=3> which are unbreakable if used correctly. Agents
have been caught with them in hollowed out </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page47.html"><FONT size=3>bars of
soap</FONT></A><FONT size=3> . Or even </FONT><A
href="http://www.simonmason.karoo.net/page50.html"><FONT size=3>talcum powder
</FONT></A><FONT size=3>containers.<BR><BR>Thanks to a Number Stations 4 CD set
brought out by Akin Fernandez, this esoteric subject has been shown on national
TV and radio. There have been many books and magazine articles published
on the subject.</FONT></FONT></P>
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