"The Day of the Open
Monument®"
... is the largest cultural event in Germany. Since 1993, it has
been coordinated nationwide by the German Foundation for Monument
Protection (DSD), which is under the patronage of the president of
Germany. The DSD is responsible for the conception of the event
day, sets the theme of the year and provides a comprehensive online
program, an app, and numerous advertising materials free of charge.
It supports the organizers with nationwi...
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Russia's war of aggression against
Ukraine is taking place far less in the digital world than many
expected. This also applies to the struggle for communication.
Analogue radios obviously play an important
role.
Russia's war of aggression against
Ukraine has become one of the most serious conflicts in recent
decades. The destruction, but also the strategy of Vladimir Putin's
military attack, is reminiscent of a dark time.
Political analysts have predicted
a different kin...
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Russia Loses Pivotal Nuclear Deterrent Radar after Drone
Attack
Published Apr 18, 2024 at 10:00 AM EDT Updated Apr 18, 2024 at
12:08 PM EDT (Newsweek)
By Ellie
Cook
Security & Defense Reporter
Russia has lost a one-of-a-kind
radar system, new information suggests, with both Ukrainian and
Moscow sources reporting Kyiv had launched an attack hundreds of
miles into Russian territory.
On Wednesday, Ukrainian media
reported that Kyiv drones had struck a facility...
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The Priyom team has been working on a new version of Ian
Wraith's Rivet decoder for these past months. You probably have
used this decoder in the past when decoding modes such as XPA, XPA2
or F06, among others. Today, we are proud to announce that Build 91
has been released!
So what does this new version contain? Keep reading to find
out!
F06a decoding
The main change of this update comes with F06 (named FSK200/1000
in Rivet). Due to the increase in F06a usage over the past years,
and now...
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In Russia, the Moscow and Leningrad military districts have
been recreated and the Southern one has been enlarged
Russian President Vladimir Putins signed a decree on the
re-establishment of the Moscow and Leningrad military districts and
the inclusion of Donbass and Novorossiya in the Southern Military
District.
By
the same decree, from March 1, the Western Military District is
abolished, and the Northern Fleet is deprived of the status of an
"interspecific strategic territorial ass...
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(January 26, 2024: This
promotion has already ended!)
Maritime Radio Historical
Society
The Maritime Radio Historical
Society, in cooperation with our good friends at the Cipher History
Museum, present a unique, over-the-air cryptographic
challenge.
On January 20 2024, KPH will transmit a coded
message consisting of 5-digit groups. The message will be encrypted
using typical Cold War numbers station cryptographic procedures.
All KPH listeners are invited to try their hand at rec...
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ENIGMA 2000 is a UK based online group, whose
aims are to bring together listeners and enthusiasts who monitor
and gather information on 'Number Stations' and other related radio
transmissions. Through our Group monitors can share their logs,
discuss frequencies, thoughts and opinions on this most emotive
subject.
ENIGMA 2000 maintains the ENIGMA Control List, the definitive
listing of number station identification.
ENIGMA 2000 produces a two-monthly newsletter giving details of
frequenc...
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"Numbers & Oddities" a.k.a. the "Spooks
Newsletter" is a newsletter for the members of the Utility DXers
Forum (UDXF), the Spooks mailing list, HF Underground and everyone
else who is interested in Numbers Stations. "Numbers &
Oddities" covers the fascinating world of Numbers Stations and
other odd radio signals on shortwave.
The effective flow of information in the field of
"radio reconnaissance" is very important for the "Priyom"
project. The monthly newsletter "News & Odditie...
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Over the past week a lot has happened with the Priyom chat.
First, we have decided to extend to Discord, and created our own server
there where you can join us and chat: if that's what you'd like,
simply follow this invitation.
This is just an extension, not a move: our Discord server is
bridged with our IRC channel, so it's the same chat, and not an
alternative or a replacement. You don't have to leave IRC
and get on Discord if you don't want to, you can keep
using our IRC chat like curren...
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Recently, we were approached in our chat by the
author of a new blog
about the origins of the ancient numbers station G01, also known as the
Tyrolean Music Station. It stopped transmitting in 1975, but
decades ago back when it was still active, this station used to
broadcast, as its name indicates, Tyrolean music and yodeling,
along with numbers and occasionally, something rather unique, even
coded sentences; listen to a recording of it from The Conet
Project here.
Investigating past number...
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