# Recordings of shortwave numbers stations!

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**Created:** [September 27, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recordings-of-shortwave-numbers-stations/266274 "2004-09-27T06:46:31Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 27, 2004, 6:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/recordings-of-shortwave-numbers-stations/266274/1 "2004-09-27T06:46:31Z")

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Those of you who have listened to shortwave radio, or who are into espionage stuff, are probably aware of the strange stations that broadcast streams of seemingly arbitrary numbers in assorted languages, sometimes with musical interludes. If not, here’s the [column](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a3_330.html) and a [thread](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=253800) on the subject. Anyway, I figured some of yez would be interested in [this](http://www.archive.org/audio/audio-details-db.php?collection=irdial&collectionid=ird059&from=mostViewed) set of recordings of the various stations, from [archive.org](http://archive.org).