Some photos of E03’s transmission site can be viewed on the website of author Simon Mason E03 Message FormatĮach message lasted for about 45 minutes total. The last logs of E03 were on July 2nd and possibly on July 3rd of 2008. Rumored jammings of the station were said to have originated from Iran.Į03 transmissions were last logged in the summer of 2008, its sister E03a (ex-E04) ceased a year later. This measure was due to the jamming attempts that often happened during E03 broadcasts. Transmissions were sent simultaneously on three different frequencies. The last two numbers in each group would go up in pitch. Unlike most with voices that were obviously robotic, E03 had a life-like manner in which it read its messages. The voice itself was unique to most number stations. Transmissions would appear every day of the week from 1200-2200 UTC. All E03 transmissions lasted for 45 minutes. The message was announced by 3 chimes and the voice would read 200 message groups. The first verse of an English folk tune known as “The Lincolnshire Poacher” played to sound like a calliope machine.Īfter the music played the female voiced machine would identify who the message was for with a 5 digit call up. At the beginning of the hour, E03 would appear with its opening interval music. Although it was originally thought to be transmitted from Egypt, but this was never the case. The Lincolnshire Poacher we know today transmitted from a large military site in Cyprus emitting in USB mode. E03 was also once featured on BBC Radio 1 where recording samples from the station were played on the air. It was a common victim of heavy jamming attempts like many other number stations from that era. The station transmitted from Her Majesty’s Government Communications Centre in Gawcott near Buckinghamshire, England in AM mode. Recording Sample įull message transcript from the Conet Project The Lincolnshire Poacher Transmitter Location At the time, the Lincolnshire Poacher used a male voice, and non-electronic music. There’s many stories around the internet of people who had a short wave radio and would listen to it during the day just to hear the tune and wonder what it was.Įarly reports show evidence that E03 had existed since the 1970’s and possibly earlier with a different set up. It’s probably the most talked about, with many listeners in the UK and Europe who recall listening to it as a child. The Lincolnshire Poacher is perhaps one of the best known examples of a numbers station.
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