Zahlensender/Number Station "G03" ("Gongs and Chimes Station") DDR/GDR (1980)

Lange Aufnahme des Senders um 1980.
A longer recording of the station, taken at 1980.

[@cuedotfilms4427]

I first heard this in December 1980 when I got an old valve radio working that my grandma had put up in the attic. After hearing these strange chimes I was instantly hooked on listening to SW. The radio is still working in 2023.

[@Vinline1995]

that's amazing. I wish i was alive at those times. If i had a time machine i would go to those times first just to listen to the g03

[@millimetersofmercury]

Thank you for uploading these recordings. It is interesting how through the years you can hear the the tape of the gong/chimes deteriorating (the tape getting more and more stretched and warped). In 1978 it sounds pretty clear and normal, here it's a little bit warped, in the mid 1980s it's totally bizarre

[@callumjoyce1712]

I always thought that effect was due to poor quality recordings, I'd forgotten the days were you'd wreck your favourite tape by playing it over and over

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Diese Aufnahme hatte ich damals mit meinem Cassettenrecorder und einem externen Mikrofon von einem Loewe-Opta Röhrenradio aus den 50er-Jahren gemacht und dann 2011 ins Internet gestellt ! Sie ist auch auf meinem KZbin-Kanal zu hören.

[@paulholbach3716]

War sehr gut zu empfangen auf 3258 kHz im 90 m Band.

[@adhodgson1]

I love the hum from whatever equipment they are using to broadcast which can be heard mostly during the reading out of the numbers. Makes for a more sinister experience.

[@connyferrin138]

I remember this station very well, didn't know it was still on in the eighties, Thank you for uploading it!

[@yetanothermau5]

It went inactive as of 1990. It dates back into the 1970s

[@freedomgundam95]

The gong sound was most probably emitted by a Wandel & Goltermann Gong Machine from Germany around that time period. Though it's bizarre, because there are 7 different gong tones heard, and as far as i know, Wandel & Goltermann have up to 4 tones. They sound eerily similar to the machine. I believe that they recording the machine sounding it's gong chimes onto a cassette tape to be later played as intervals. The tape eventually deteriorated over time. The exact location of this station is unkown. (To me)

[@fungo6631]

The other tones are the previous ones in reverse order.

[@F1v1b3r-22]

the station is located in zeesen thats where it was transmitted from

[@freedomgundam95]

@@F1v1b3r-22 thanks!

[@tropicalpalmtree]

One of the greatest number stations.

[@82dorrin]

This thing is terrifying. Not just the creepy sound of the gongs, but what it represents.

I find this relaxing idk why

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

Now my ringtone.

[@stevendankewitz7830]

How can you Download this? Thanks

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

@@stevendankewitz7830 I used Audacity to record it as it played, then I turned it into a file that can be added as a ring tone.

[@justhacked593]

I've heard plenty of recordings of numbers stations, and this is the first time I've heard this particular one. Now in the time period this was happening, I was a toddler as I was born in 1980. It's very eerie sounding, almost post-apocalyptic in a way.

[@BaronVonYolo]

Has some ambient touch...

[@Lawson578]

Yes it is

[@rudolfjust5891]

An den Sender kann ich mich erinnern. Habe mir auch die Mühe gemacht und die Zahlen aufgeschrieben, konnte aber damit nichts anfangen. Diese Sender kamen auf KW.

[@AndrewTubbiolo]

I love it when she says "Achtung!".

[@MrRW1980]

the interesting thing i discovered recently that there was an english schooling program with mike webster " english for you" that was produced in the GDR and england....where they talk about traveling in the UK and GDR...which means that there was somekind of cooperation between UK and GDR on official level going on....;)

[@misterteaification]

Nothing sinister. The British wanted to enable the British Council to be accepted for visits and work in Warsaw Pact countries; there were little quid pro quos. Did you realise that there was so much "cooperation at official level" between the GDR and the FRG that the latter actually 'bought' coachloads of elderly and infirm people from the East in order to give them a iife in the West?

[@MrRW1980]

@@misterteaification well elderly people could have been interesting sources but noone ever dreamed that werner stiller takes two pieces of baggage and come to BRD...and that was a gamerchanger

[@hencakk]

This is the first time I’ve heard the tune not distorted and warped - seems less eerie as a result

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Ich hatte diese Aufnahme damals mit meinem Cassettenrecorder auf dem alten Röhrenradio von Loewe-Opta mitgeschnitten, wo ich diesen Sender immer in guter Qualität empfangen konnte !

[@cuedotfilms4427]

​@@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112So this is your recording of it? It's the best quality version around.

[@pepe1]

Nice recording.

[@bmw-racer420]

Auf dem Bild ist aber ein Mobilfunkmast der Neuzeit.

[@Wiking-Ruf]

Während des Gongspiels und der Übermittlung der Zahlenkolonnen hört man die ganze Zeit über im Hintergrund Morsesignale. Wäre interessant, ob das nur eine Sender-Überlagerung war oder mit Absicht hinzukam

[@cuedotfilms4427]

Signals often bleed into one another on SW. It's normal.

[@Byesteiners]

Sind diese Mitschnitte eigentlich lizenzfrei, sodass ich sie in eigenen (historischen) Projekten verwenden darf oder hat da noch irgendjemand Rechte dran? 🤔

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Dieser Mitschnitt wurde von mir im Mai 1980 gemacht und ist auch auf meinem KZbin-Kanal zu finden !

[@simonh6371]

Die Stasi hat Rechte dran. Also Vorsicht.

[@ComradNoFucksGivin.]

I wonder if the tape still exists.

[@slendybendygames9603]

Probably but very Bad shape and sounds even worse than IT did in 1987

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Das Original-Band existiert noch bei mir zuhause in Ober-Mörlen !

[@ComradNoFucksGivin.]

@@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112 would love to see it.

[@cuedotfilms4427]

I wonder what the tape the station uses is. Is it a reel of tape or a cassette? In my head I imagine it to be a reel.

[@Xenium_Q]

Drop outs... The tape is fairly worned out and the tape recorder no maintained

[@misterteaification]

*worn

[@7667neko]

3:31 - a cat in background?

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Als ich diese Aufnahme gemacht hatte war keine Katze im Zimmer gewesen !!

[@NordicAxe]

I wonder where the original recording was made?

[@supermemegenerator267]

it was either recorded in Angermünde or Scheuder

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Die Originalaufnahme wurde von mir im Mai 1980 in Ober-Mörlen (Hessen) gemacht und ist auch auf meinem KZbin-Kanal zu finden !

[@KylesDigitalLab]

​@@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112Cassette tape?

[@user-te5hf5eq1q]

致敬童年陰影🙏

[@allancopland1768]

Ah, The Evil Gongs. STASI.

[@georgewilson7432]

Protecting the State, at any cost.

[@seanwatts8342]

@@georgewilson7432 There was a time when more than half the population of East Germany was either an employee or informant for the STASI. Can you say 'paranoia?'

[@andreaspe8544]

Ehem.Stasi Geheimsender der ex DDR .

[@xm4366_]

Remember that they just tried to transmit gongs

[@RaphaelFrancaisAnglais1506Z2N]

Interesing

[@oliverpowell3141]

Where can I get this recording?

[@caveman5187]

Just google g03 recordings

[@garypritchard6070]

you can simply record it onto cassette from here

[@karl-heinz.ruehl.2112]

Die Originalaufnahme befindet sich bei mir Zuhause in Ober-Mörlen und ist auch auf meinem KZbin-Kanal eingestellt worden !

[@Heimfelder78]

Creepy

[@biercom]

Meine Stunde hat geschlagen 👅

[@andreas1983x2]

Die Ansagerin hört sich an wie eine Russin, welche Deutsch spricht :-)

[@user-od7xu4ie1g]

Question: if the stasi morse machine was manufactured in the warsaw pact then why is it in english?

[@jusesjimmybars]

DE GKC

[@SW_RadioListener]

Morse in background

[@robfriedrich2822]

AM could have two stations at the same frequency

[@billwilson7841]

Mason my Friend...

[@daylineli]

the numbers mason what do they mean