Swedish Rhapsody 1 hour version

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Swedish Rhapsody - a well known numbers station, operated by the Służba Bezpieczeństwa (Later Agencja Wywiadu) that used AM broadcasting and operated between the late 1950s and 1998. It was used to send coded messages to intelligence agents in the Western Bloc. It is notorious for its use of what was once believed to be the voice of a young girl speaking in German, only revealed to be that of a special machine used by the East German Stasi known as the "Sprach-Morse-Generator". Last heard on 9 April 1998.


G02 was first reported in early 1960s, but it's possible it had been transmitting even since late 1950s. G02 was noted for very professional operation, with transmissions starting always on time, and with very few mistakes observed.

Prior to 1988, only the 3-message format was being noted. However, in 1988, some of the schedules started sending only one message, and some started including counting during the intro.

G02 had a very complex schedule. The schedules only took place on selected weeks, and the counting of the weeks started on the first Saturday of the month. The fifth week extended into the first week of the next month. One message was repeated across many time slots, up to even 15 times in a single month.


On 1 April 1998, the schedules above were fully replaced, leaving only a few transmissions, mostly during European office hours. The schedules listed below were all of the G02a intro format, all were in USB mode, and all contained three messages. The same three messages would have been repeated throughout the entire week. The counting of the weeks still started on the first Saturday of the month. Note that the start times were not rigid, and could start as early as :47. All frequencies kHz.