numbers station
numbers station noun: a shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly of coded messages.
Noun
numbers station (plural numbers stations)
- A shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly of coded messages.
- The most common numbers station features a young lady reading the numbers in Spanish. Other stations have both male and female voices reading numbers in Spanish, German, English and Chinese. So far, nobody has been able to decode any of the messages!October 1986, William O'Connell, “Get On The Air”, in Boys' Life, volume 76, number 10, page 35
- Naturally enough, no government has actually admitted to operating a numbers station, but the suspicion is there.2012, Ripley's Believe It Or Not! (compiler), Ripley's Unbelievable Stories For Guys
Forms of numbers station
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Questions about numbers station
- What does numbers station mean?
- Numbers station means a shortwave radio station characterized by unusual broadcasts, often of artificially generated voices reciting streams of numbers, words, etc., supposedly of coded messages.
- What part of speech is numbers station?
- Numbers station is a noun.
- What is the plural of numbers station?
- The plural of numbers station is numbers stations.
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