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Radio Wrangler · 22nd Oct 2014, 10:46 am

I've just noticed what 4cx250b posted a while back, that one of the numbers stations 'Cynthia' was just down the road from him. Now he lives near Mainz.

Mainz is the town where BAPT (Bundesamt fur post und telecomm) has its headquarters, and they are the radio regulatory agency for the German government and have over 100 VW vans running around the place tracking interference, chasing pirates and doing general spectrum management duties.

This makes it pretty definite that that numbers station was official.

David

22nd Oct 2014, 10:46 am	#33
Radio Wrangler Moderator Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Fife, Scotland, UK. Posts: 22,902	Re: Numbers stations and short wave mentioned on the One show I've just noticed what 4cx250b posted a while back, that one of the numbers stations 'Cynthia' was just down the road from him. Now he lives near Mainz. Mainz is the town where BAPT (Bundesamt fur post und telecomm) has its headquarters, and they are the radio regulatory agency for the German government and have over 100 VW vans running around the place tracking interference, chasing pirates and doing general spectrum management duties. This makes it pretty definite that that numbers station was official. David __________________ Can't afford the volcanic island yet, but the plans for my monorail and the goons' uniforms are done