I have an old radio that used to belong to Jes' grandpa. It was one of the things I picked up at the auction in Attica during the summer. The radio is black and boxy with several labels on it, so my best guess is that it is a Solid State Airline FM/AM/Multi Band IC radio from Montgomery Wards. In total I count 10 different radio bands I can have it on, though I only get frequency on some of those and the rest are either blank or filled with whatever passes for music these days. When I bid on it at the auction I dreamed of myself sitting next to the radio late at night listening for shortwave numbers stations on the channel marked SW. Unfortunately, I've yet to hear anything besides commercial hits and an interesting robotic weather report that includes the regional weather and the nautical forecast for Lake Michigan. I'll get around to recording that on a different day. On Sunday I finally heard something more interesting. While it is not a numbers station, maybe it could be a signal sent to someone. After aimlessly flipping around the dial I heard an interesting tone that went on for about 30 minutes and then abruptly stopped. I recorded about 15 minutes but I am only including 4 minutes in the interest of space.

Also, if short wave numbers stations are of interest to you, I just found out today that The Conet Project collection of recordings is available in mp3 format. I would encourage you to buy the cd set though as the liner notes are incredible.