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    This site in Kajung, North Korea is thought to be the main transmitter for Voice of Korea, the secretive state’s foreign broadcaster, which broadcasts numbers traffic alongside its main programs.
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    RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus is thought to be the transmitting point for E03 The Lincolnshire Poacher.
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    A spectrogram of HM01, a Cuban hybrid mode transmission.
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    Members of the Priyom numbers monitoring group have claimed to have traced the signal of G03 Swedish Rhapsody to this site near the town of Raszyn, Poland.
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    A spectrogram of shortwave bands.
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    Warrenton Station C is part of the Warrenton Training Center, a government complex in Virginia. It is believed to transmit a numbers station known as E05 Cynthia.
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    Shoal Bay, Australia is one of several locations thought to be linked to the transmission of E03a Cherry Ripe, a sister station to E03 The Lincolnshire Poacher.
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    A spectrogram of UVB-76, also known as The Buzzer. Short wave radio enthusiasts linked its Russian transmissions to number stations, though today it's regarded by many as little more than a signal marker.
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    G05 The Counting Station in Egelsbach, Germany is thought to have been operated by the CIA and aimed at agents in Eastern Europe.
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