V32 Persian/Farsi Numbers Station: March 13, 2026
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<p class=""><strong>Many thanks to SRAA contributor, Dan Greenall, who shares the following recording and notes:</strong></p><p class=""><strong>Broadcaster:</strong> V32 Persian/Farsi numbers station </p><p class=""><strong>Date of recording:</strong> March 13, 2026 </p><p class=""><strong>Starting time:</strong> 0226 UTC</p><p class=""><strong>Frequency:</strong> 7.842 MHz </p><p class=""><strong>Receiver location:</strong> Israel </p><p class=""><strong>Receiver and antenna:</strong> Kiwi SDR with MLA-30+ Active antenna </p><p class=""><strong>Mode:</strong> Single Side Band </p><p class=""><strong>Notes:</strong> Background material obtained via Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty.<br>This radio signal first started broadcasting on February 28, about 12 hours after the United States and Israel began bombing Iran.<br><br>A man's voice can be heard speaking Persian, counting out a series of apparently random numbers. The numbers are read out for varying stretches of time, followed by a pause in which the word tavajjoh -- which translates as "attention" -- is spoken three times. (around the 48 second mark in the attached recording)<br><br>Beginning on March 4, the signal started to be jammed, with a cacophonous screech of electronic noise that made it all but impossible to hear the numbers. The original transmission paused for a period of time, then moved to another shortwave frequency.<br><br>The transmission, that has been dubbed V32 by at least one group, is called a numbers station, a Cold War-era tool that employs radio transmissions and old-school cryptology to transmit secret messages, usually to spies around the world. It's location is suspected to be somewhere in central Europe.<br><br>The attached recording of V32 was made on March 13, 2026 around 0230 hours UTC on 7842 kHz upper sideband USB using a Kiwi SDR located in Israel. I began the recording on 7841.9 kHz, but switched after a few minutes to 7842 kHz. This will account for the change in voice pitch.</p>
<p class="">Also attached is a brief recording of the jamming signal, or “bubble jammer”, made on March 6, 2026 on 7910 kHz (V32’s original frequency) at 0218 UTC.</p>
