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File:Gong numbers station.ogg

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Gong_numbers_station.ogg (Ogg Vorbis sound file, length 2 min 21 s, 129 kbps, file size: 2.16 MB)

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English: Recording of The Gong, a numbers station operated by East German secret services. The transmission began with eight separate chimes from an old clock. Each message was composed of five digits corresponding to the agent's code, followed by a coded message [1]. The female voice was generated by the Stasi Sprach/Morse Machine, manipulated in a way that made it sound higher than the default tone [2].
Polski: Krótkie nagranie sygnału nadawanego przez radiostację numeryczną The Gong wykorzystywaną przez wschodnioniemieckie służby specjalne.
Македонски: Снимка од Гонг — бројчена радиостаница за шифрирано општење.
Date circa 1988
date QS:P,+1988-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
Source Simon Mason
Author Unknown authorUnknown author

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English: Brief recording of The Gong, a numbers station believed to have been operated by East German secret services.
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English: Brief recording of The Gong, a numbers station believed to have been operated by East German secret services.
Македонски: Снимка од Гонг — бројчена радиостаница за шифрирано општење.
Polski: Krótkie nagranie sygnału nadawanego przez radiostację numeryczną The Gong wykorzystywaną przez wschodnioniemieckie służby specjalne.

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current06:31, 19 August 20172 min 21 s (2.16 MB)Racconish (talk | contribs)Imported media from http://www.swldxer.co.uk/g3-1989.mp3

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MP3 126 kbps Completed 09:51, 9 December 2017 3.0 s

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