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The Lincolnshire Poacher was a powerful British shortwave numbers station that transmitted from HM Government Communications Centre near Gawcott in Buckinghamshire, England, [1] and later from Cyprus, from the mid-1960s to July 2008.
One well-known numbers station was the E03 "Lincolnshire Poacher", [16] which is thought to have been run by the British Secret Intelligence Service. [17] It was first broadcast from Bletchley Park in the mid-1970s but later was broadcast from RAF Akrotiri in Cyprus. It ceased broadcasting in 2008. [18]
The first two bars of the tune were used as an interval signal on the numbers station known as Lincolnshire Poacher. Radio Lincolnshire used the melody from the end of the song's chorus as the signature tune for its news jingle when it commenced service in 1980 and in 1988 commissioned UK jingle company Alfasound to write a package of jingles ...
The Conet Project was rereleased in a five-disc 15th anniversary edition in April 2013. The rerelease comes with a new booklet that features detailed photographs of a numbers station voice sample controller, a Sprach-Morse-Generator der HVA des MfS (Hauptverwaltung Aufklärung des Ministeriums für Staatssicherheit der DDR) and one-time pad samples of the type used by the East German Stasi.
The Lincolnshire Poacher used the same synthesised female voice and was also suspected as being operated by the UK government. From unofficial triangulation, its location was determined to be RAF Akrotiri, on Cyprus. Cherry Ripe appeared to assume at least part of the role of the Lincolnshire Poacher, after the latter ceased transmission.
BBC Radio Lincolnshire is the BBC's local radio station serving the county of Lincolnshire. It broadcasts on FM, DAB, digital TV and via BBC Sounds from studios near Newport Arch in Lincoln. According to RAJAR, the station has a weekly audience of 66,000 listeners and a 3.1% share as of December 2023. [1]
Lincolnshire Poacher 24 October 1987 via sixbellsjunction; The line and its sidings via railwaycodes; Lack of traffic shown via realtimetrains; Images of 2013 railtour on the line at Kiln Lane and other places, via Daves Rail Pics; Barnetby to Immingham East Junction via Grimsby Light Railway. A Covid-19 lockdown journey. - RailMart - YouTube
Skegness railway station serves the seaside resort of Skegness in Lincolnshire, England, at the eastern terminus of the Poacher Line. The station is now owned by Network Rail and managed by East Midlands Railway , who operate all services that run to and from Nottingham .