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Re:Gerät 32620: the machine that powered numerous number sta... by rightbyte on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:35AM (#24342919)
Maybe they were used for sending automated radio from lighthouses etc? Radio beacons.
Re:Gerät 32620: the machine that powered numerous number sta... by GekkePrutser on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @11:38AM (#24342963)
I don't think so. Radio beacons are sending the same information constantly. And are well documented.

The numbers stations were sending seemingly random strings of numbers non-stop. They were a typical cold-war phenomenon shrouded in much mystery.

Re:Gerät 32620: the machine that powered numerous number sta... by rightbyte on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @03:53PM (#24346245)
Oh. Ye well obviously each number sequence has to correspond to pre-written orders? And mostly they sent numbers that had no corresponding value to cover actual activity? Or maybe it was a joke to waste foreign intelligence resources?