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New page about Number Station E03a

Enigma2000 ID: E03a

Nickname: Cherry Ripe

Frequencies: Unknown

Status: Inactive

Voice: Female, automated, with British accent, the last digit in the groups was inflected

Emission: USB

Location: Operated by UK in N Australia.

Known counterparts: E03

Recording from SimonMason:

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E03a broadcast a little longer that it’s sister station E03 (on Cyprus) – E03a broadcast until the December of 2009.

The differences to E03 were the intro music, scheduling and transmitter location.

This is the format, as given by Priyom.org:

Preamble Message Outro
First two bars of “The Cherry Ripe”, rendered electronically 87383 6 chimes 69410 69410 03932 03932 42175 42175 … 46367 46367 6 chimes First two bars of “The Cherry Ripe”, rendered electronically
5-figure message header Fixed-length message of 200 5-figure paired groups
Repeated 12 times Repeated 10 times Repeated 6 times
Repeated for 10 minutes

The transmission started with an electronically recorded version of the first two bars of “The Cherry Ripe”, which were repeated 12 times, followed by a 5-figure message header (the detailed purpose of which is unknown). This 5-figue header was repeated 10 times. Then the entire setup of 12 music intro repeats and 10 header repeats was repeated for 10 minutes.

After the preamble (confusing arrangement of repeats) was done, so 10 minutes after the transmission began, there were 6 chimes, followed by the message. The message consisted of 200 5-figure groups, each was read out twice. There were always 200 paired groups in a transmission, and there was no null message format.

After the message, there were 6 further chimes. At the end of the transmission, the electronic version of the first 2 bars of “The Cherry Ripe” went on air again and were repeate 6 times. Then the transmission was over.

A full transmission took 45 minutes and was sent on two different frequencies simultaneously.

Below is a schedule, as given by Priyom.org:

Sunday – Friday
UTC kHz kHz
00:00 18664 21866
01:00 19884 21866
05:00 16525 18465
07:00 20610 21865
10:00 20474 23461
11:00 18864 23461
12:00 18864 23461
13:00 18864 21866
14:00 18864 20707
22:00 18864 24644
23:00 18864 21866

Note: the schedule above shows the UTC time of the transmission and the two requencies the transmission was broadcast on at the same time.

As a matter of fact, E03a was broadcast from Guam most of its lifetime, but in September 2009 moved to Humpty Doo, in Northern Australia where it stayed until it was shut down in December of the same year.

New page about Number Station E03

Enigma2000 ID: E03

Nickname: Lincolnshire Poacher

Frequencies: 5422, 5746, 6485, 6900, 6959, 7337, 7755, 8464, 9251, 10426, 11545, 12603, 13375, 14487, 15682, 16084, 16475 kHz

Status: Inactive

Voice: Female, automated, with British accent, the last digit in the groups was inflected

Emission: USB

Location: Operated by the UK from Akrotiri, Cyprus

Known counterparts: E03a

Sound sample by SimonMason:

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E03 was last reported on the 2nd of July 2008.

Below is the format, as given by Priyom.org:

Preamble Message Outro
First two bars of “The Lincolnshire Poacher”, rendered electronically 87383 6 chimes 69410 69410 03932 03932 42175 42175 … 46367 46367 6 chimes First two bars of “The Lincolnshire Poacher”, rendered electronically
5-figure message header Fixed-length message of 200 5-figure paired groups
Repeated 12 times Repeated 10 times Repeated 6 times
Repeated for 10 minutes

The transmission started by broadcasting an electronically recorded version of the first two bars of “the lincolnshire poacher” 12 times, followed by a 5-figure message header, which was repeated 10 times. Information about what the meanings of the numbers in the message header were are not available. Right before the message, you would receive 6 chimes.

The message consisted of (always!) 200 5-figure groups, each of which was sent twice.

Right after the transmission, there were 6 chimes again, followed again by the electronic version of the first two bars of “the Lincolnshire poacher”, however this time only sent 6 times (instead of 12).

There was no null message format, and the messages always consisted of 200 paired 5-figure groups. A full transmission took 3/4 of an hour and was always broadcast on three frequencies at the same time. Messages were sent daily for 12 hours a day, following the schedule below (by Priyom.org):

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
12:00 14487 15682 16084 12:00 14487 15682 16084 12:00 14487 15682 16084 12:00 14487 15682 16084 12:00 14487 15682 16084
13:00 14487 15682 16084 13:00 14487 15682 16084 13:00 14487 15682 16084 13:00 14487 15682 16084 13:00 14487 15682 16084
14:00 10426 12603 14487 14:00 16314 14487 12603 14:00 14487 15682 16084 14:00 14487 15682 16084 14:00 14487 15682 16084
15:00 11545 13375 15682 15:00 7755 8464 10426 15:00 11545 14487 16084 15:00 11545 12603 13375 15:00 11545 12603 13375
16:00 11545 12603 13375 16:00 11545 13375 15682 16:00 6485 7755 10425 16:00 8464 12603 14487 16:00 11545 12603 13375
17:00 6959 8486 11545 17:00 11545 12603 13375 17:00 12603 14487 16475 17:00 5422 6465 8464 17:00 11545 13375 16084
18:00 7337 9251 12603 18:00 5746 6959 9251 18:00 6959 9251 11545 18:00 12603 14487 16475 18:00 5422 6485 8464
19:00 7337 9251 12603 19:00 6959 9251 11545 19:00 5746 6485 8464 19:00 6959 9251 11545 19:00 11545 13375 16084
20:00 6959 9251 11545 20:00 7337 9251 12603 20:00 6959 9251 11545 20:00 6959 9251 11545 20:00 6959 9251 11545
21:00 6959 9251 11545 21:00 7337 9251 12603 21:00 7337 9251 12603 21:00 5746 6959 9251 21:00 6959 9251 11545
22:00 6959 10426 11545 22:00 6959 9251 12603 22:00 7337 9251 12603 22:00 7337 9251 12603 22:00 5746 6959 9251
Saturday Sunday
12:00 14487 15682 16084 12:00 14487 15682 16084
13:00 14487 15682 16084 13:00 14487 15682 16084
14:00 10426 11545 14487 14:00 11545 14487 16084
15:00 11545 12603 13375 15:00 11545 12603 13375
16:00 11545 12603 13375 16:00 8464 10426 11545
17:00 11545 12603 13375 17:00 11545 12603 13375
18:00 11545 13375 8464 18:00 7337 9251 12603
19:00 5422 6485 8464 19:00 6959 9251 11545
20:00 6900 10462 11545 20:00 6959 9251 11545
21:00 6959 9251 11545 21:00 5746 6959 9251
22:00 5746 6959 9251 22:00 5422 6485 8464

Note: Above the times are UTC and the frequencies are kHz.

Even though there were many transmissions, there were only 18 messages each month. They followed a certain pattern, as given by Priyom.org in the table below:

UTC Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun UTC
12:00 A A A A A A A 12:00
13:00 B B B B B B B 13:00
14:00 C D E F A G H 14:00
15:00 H C D E F A I 15:00
16:00 I H C D E F G 16:00
17:00 G I H C D E A 17:00
18:00 A G I H C D E 18:00
19:00 E B G B H C B 19:00
20:00 B A B I B H E 20:00
21:00 E F A G I B D 21:00
22:00 D E F A G I C 22:00

In each month, a first set of messages was broadcast during the first 14 days of the month, followed by a second set of messages for the remaining days.

First reports of E03 date back to the 70s, when the voice was still male and the intro tune was not yet recorded electrically. Back then, E03 also transmitted in AM instead of USB. The format that lasted until 2008 started in 1988. In the 70s, the transmitter was located at Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre, in Gawcott near Buckinghamshire, but it moved to the British military base of Akrotiri on Cyprus with the new format.

E03 seems to have had a very good computer system and well-trained operators, since there were only few mistakes during the “lifetime” of the number station. However, E03 was once the target of jammers from Iran.

Originally there were 12 transmissions daily, every hour from 10:00 to 22:00 UTC – however, in 1998 the 10:00 and 11:00 UTC transmissions were stopped. The 10:00 and 11:00 UTC transmissions had used the same frequencies as the later 12:00 and 13:00 UTC transmissions.

In 2000, Cypriot radio enthusiasts started location the staion. The result was that it was located to the 12th Signals Unit of the Royal Air Force base near Akrotiri.

Below are photos of the transmitter site. They were sent to SimonMason by Russian shortwave listeners – we will referr to them as “B and D”.

BBC transmitter site at Zyggi. There are many rumors that E03 came from here, instead of the close military facilities. – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

The four antennas to the left are Radio France International (RFI), while the three to the right are IBB/Radio Sawa installations originally built by RFI. This photo shows Cape Greco. – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

The same RFI, IBB/Radio Sawa site at Cape Greco already shown above – just this time closer.  – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

Cape Greco with a part of the IBB/Radio Sawa installations. – copright (c): B and D / SimonMason

This site might be a Cypriot military installation near Cape Greco. – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

This is a real multi-purpose site: Cypriot TV and FM, as well as military and radar (and even BBC) are on this site. It is located NE of Larnaca. – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

The same site as already mentioned above. – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

These are the two 1/2 by 1/4 wave box parallelogram BBC medium wave arrays at Ladies Mile, south of Limassol, one radiating east, the other south. – copyright (c): B and D / SimnonMason

The last 4 pictures were possibly taken on the W side of the Zyggi peninsula, which is severeign British territory. There are strong rumors that the E03 site was located in this area. – copyright (c): B and D / SimonMason

copyright (c) – B and D / SimonMason

copyright (c) – B and D / SimonMason

copyright (c) – B and D / SimonMason

New page about Number Station E01

Enigma2000 ID: E01

Name: Ready, Ready

Frequencies: Various

Status: Inactive

Voice: Automated agitated female voice

Emission mode: AM

Location: Unknown

Known counterparts: M17

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E01 was last reported to have been heard in 1999.

Below is the format that E01 sent in. Table from Priyom.org.

Preamble Message Outro
13093 Ready, Ready 28 85426 85426 53569 53569 … 54321 54321 00982 00982 End
5-figure ID Amount of 5-figure groups in the message 5-figure paired groups
Repeated for 5 minutes Repeated twice

The very first two digits of the preamble told the reviever the schedule of the broadcast. Below is a table from Priyom.org that shows what the first two digits translated into:

Week Day UTC Winter ID
2nd & 4th Monday 20:00 4740 kHz 04
20:20 3410 kHz
20:40 3910 kHz
2nd & 3rd Monday 21:30 4740 kHz 32
21:50 4460 kHz
22:10 4270 kHz
1st, 2nd & 3rd Tuesday 19:00 4740 kHz 06
19:20 3910 kHz
19:40 3410 kHz
1st & 3rd Wednesday 19:00 4740 kHz 84
19:20 3910 kHz
19:40 3410 kHz
1st, 2nd & 4th Wednesday 23:00 5235 kHz 13
23:20 4740 kHz
23:40 4460 kHz
1st Sunday 21:30 4740 kHz 31
21:50 4460 kHz
22:10 ?

The other three digits befor the “Ready, ready” possibly were decryption information for the receiving person.

This 5-digit ID, composed of the schedule and possible decoding information was repeated for 5 minutes, before being followed by “ready, ready” – which gave the station its name.

After the “ready, ready” a nother number followed, usually between 20 and 30 – this showed the nubmer of 5-digit groups in the transmission. The number was repeated twice.

The message was made up of 5-digit groups, that were each sent twice after each other.

When the message was sent, the transmission was closed with a simple “end”.

The transmission started either at the top of an hour or half past, and would be broadcast again 20 and 40 minutes later on lower frequencies. However, the transmissions that were scheduled did not always take place.

The schedule above is that known of E01 in 1996. The times are the UTC times of the transmissions in the CET winter time – for the summer time UTC, simply take away an hour.

But when E01 ceased to send in 1999 only two of the schedules were still active:

  • Monday 20:00, 20:20, 20:40 UTC
  • Thursday 03:00, 03:20, 03:40 UTC

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– NATO / Russia: NATO prepares for “the emergency” – but there should “not be an arms race with Russia”

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List of Other Language Number Stations and their Operators

  • V01, inactive – SIE, Romania
  • V01a, inactive – SIE, Romania
  • V02, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • V02a – DGI, Cuba
  • V02b, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • V02c, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • V05, inactive – CIA, USA
  • V05a, inactive – CIA, USA
  • V06, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • V06a, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • V07 – SVR, Russia
  • V08, inactive – GID, Egypt
  • V09, inactive – MSS, China
  • V12, inactive – HNaA, Austria
  • V13 – MI, Taiwan
  • V14, inactive – CIA, USA
  • V15 – SSD, DPRK
  • V16, inactive – MSS, China
  • V18, inactive – HNaA, Austria
  • V20, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • V21 – Military, Cuba
  • V22, inactive – MSS, China
  • V23, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • V24 – NIS, DPRK
  • V26 – MSS, China
  • V27, inactive – MSS, China
  • VC01 – Air Defense, China
  • VC03 – Military, China
  • VC05 – Air Defense, China

List of All Slavic Language Number Stations and their Operators

  • S02, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • S02a, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • S02c, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • S02d, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • S03, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • S04, incative – NRS, Bulgaria
  • S05, inactive – StB, Czechoslovakia
  • S05a, inactive – StB, Czech Republic
  • S05b, incative – ÚZSI, Czechoslovakia
  • S05 – GRU, Russia
  • S06a, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S06b – GRU, Russia
  • S06c – GRU, Russia
  • S06d, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S06e – GRU, Russia
  • S06f, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S06s – SVR?, Ukraine?
  • S07, inactive – SVR, Russia
  • S07a, inactive – SVR, Russia
  • S07b, inactive – SVR, Russia
  • S07c, inactive – SVR, Russia
  • S08, inactive – UDBA, Yugoslavia
  • S09, inactive – UOP, poland
  • S10, inactive – VKR, Czechoslovakia
  • S10a, inactive – VKR, Czechoslovakia
  • S10b, inactive – VKR, Czechoslovakia
  • S10c, inactive – VKR, Czechoslovakia
  • S10d, inactive – MI, Czechoslovakia
  • S10e, inactive – VKR, Czechoslovakia
  • S11, inactive – AW, Poland
  • S11a – AW, Poland
  • S11b, inactive – AW, Poland
  • S13 – Military, Russia
  • S14 – Military, Russia
  • S15, inactive – StB, Czech Republic
  • S16, inactive – ÚZSI, Czechoslovakia
  • S17, inactive – VKR; Czech Republic
  • S17a, inactive – VKR, Czech Republic
  • S17b, inactive – VKR, Czech Republic
  • S17c, inactive – VKR, Czech Republic
  • S21, inactive – Military, Russia
  • S25, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S25a, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S25b, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S25c, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • S26, inactive – SB, Poland
  • S28 – Military, Russia
  • S30 – Military, Russia
  • S31, inactive – Army, Czech Republic
  • S32 – Military, Russia
  • S5292 – Military, Russia
  • S5330 – Military, Russia
  • S5426 – Military, Russia
  • S6930 – Military, Russia
  • S906b – GRU, Russia
  • SK01, inactive – DGI, Cuba

List of all Morse Number Stations and their Operators

  • M01 – Navy, Russia
  • M01a – Navy, Russia
  • M01b – Navy, Russia
  • M01c – Navy, Russia
  • M01d – Navy, Russia
  • M02, inactive – HNaA, Austria
  • M03 – AW, Poland
  • M03a – AW, Poland
  • M03b – AW, Poland
  • M03c – AW, Poland
  • M03d – AW, Poland
  • M03e – AW, Poland
  • M03f – AW, Poland
  • M04, inactive – UOP, Poland
  • M06, inactive – ÚZSI, Czechoslovakia
  • M06a, inactive – StB, Czechoslovakia
  • M07, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • M08, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • M08a – DGI, Cuba
  • M08b, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • M08c, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • M08d, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • M10, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • M10a, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • M10b, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • M10c, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • M10d, inactive – MI, Czech Republic
  • M12 – SVR, Russia
  • M12a – SVR, Russia
  • M13, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • M13a, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • M13b, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • M13c, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • M13d, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • M13e, inactive – NRS, Bulgaria
  • M14 – GRU, Russia
  • M14a – GRU, Russia
  • M14b – GRU, Russia
  • M14c – GRU, Russia
  • M15, inactive – BND, Germany
  • M16, inactive – DGSE, France
  • M18 – Military, Russia
  • M22 – Navy, Israel
  • M24 – GRU, Russia
  • M24a – GRU, Russia
  • M25, inactive – Dept. of State, USA
  • M28, inactive – Interpol, Switzerland / International
  • M31 – Navy, France
  • M32 – Military, Russia
  • M32a – Navy, Russia
  • M32b – Navail Air Transport, Russia
  • M32c – Air Force, Russia
  • M32d – Air Force, Ukraine
  • M32e – Military, Ukraine
  • M33, inactive – Army, France
  • M39, inactive – ÚZSI, Czechoslovakia
  • M41 – Air Defense, Russia
  • M42 – Various, Russia
  • M42a – GRU, ?? (operated by Russia)
  • M42b – GRU, Russia
  • M42c – GRU, Russia
  • M42d – GRU, Russia
  • M43, inactive – Mossad, Cyprus (operated by Israel)
  • M43, inactive – DIS, Italy
  • M43, inactive – BND, Germany
  • M43, inactive – Mossad, Israel
  • M43, inactive – GRU, Russia
  • M44 – Navy?, Russia
  • M44a – Navy?, Russia
  • M45, inactive – Military, Russia
  • M48, inactive – SIE, Romania
  • M49, inactive – MfS, GDR
  • M50, inactive – Military, Russia
  • M50a, inactive – Military, Russia
  • M51 – Army, France
  • M51a – Army, France
  • M62, inactive – Military, Slovakia
  • M77, inactive – Military, USA
  • M86, inactive – DGI, Cuba
  • M88, inactive – AW, Poland
  • M89 – Military, China
  • M90, inactive – Military, Czech Republic
  • M901 – GRU, Russia
  • M91, inactive – Military, Czech Republic
  • M912b – SVR, Russia
  • M912c – SVR, Russia
  • M92, inactive – Military, Czech Republic
  • M94 – NIS, Korea
  • M95 – MSS, China
  • MC03 – Air Defense, China
  • MV26, inactive – MSS, China
  • MX – Navy, Russia
  • MXI – Navy, Russia
  • MXII – Navy, Russia
  • MXIII – Navy, Russia
  • MXIV – Navy, Russia
  • MXP – Navy, Russia
  • MXV – Navy, Russia