G16 – Two Letter West German BND Numbers Station

G16 is set up like the rest of West German BND’s number stations were. The “Two Letter” stations began sometime in the late 1960’s and sent transmissions for a large amount of different agents.  The station was nicknamed ‘Two Letter’ after it’s many station ID’s.  G16 has been inactive since 1999.

Recording Sample

Note: In the Conet Project with this station and other number stations in Family 6 there is an inaccurate transcription of the message announcements. In the notes of the Conet Project they list this as “Es folgen talon für”. This is not the proper term, and is a bad German translation. The actual announcement is “Es folgen Mitteilungen für”, meaning ‘messages for … are following’.)

Schedule

G16 operated 24 hours a day, sending messages in 30 minute intervals.  The majority of it’s first broadcasts were in the early to mid evening on 3-7 MHz.  Over it’s lifetime, the station used many ID’s that were spelled out in phonetic.  Each station had numerous agent ID’s, see the chart below to see the recipients for each station.  G15 was given its own ENIGMA ID since it had such a large number of recipients for the station ID ‘PN.’

Station Structure

G16 Message Format

Numbers Station Summary

Nickname: Two Letter
Activity:
Inactive, since 1999
Emission mode:
USB, AM
Voice Summary:
Used live/pre-recorded announcer, then automated woman’s voice.
Believed Country of Origin:
West Germany
Family Relatives: G14, G15, E16, M15
Station Family:
Family 6 “BND/FRG”

 

ID List

Station ID
Agent ID
Station ID
Agent ID
AB 804, 299, 531 MH 013, 255, 604
AL 042, 969, 023 MN 628
AM 119, 791 MU unknown
AO 113, 142 MY unknown
AU 6, 192, 244, 349, 385,
554, 600, 691, 942
NI unknown
AV unknown NL unknown
BE 558, 903 NQ unknown
BI 191, 721 NU 264, 599, 368, 526
BJ 358, 591, 152, 870 NZ 202, 649, 955
BQ 503, 742 OA 122, 820, 039
BU 608, 073, 492 OE unknown
CD 059, 432, 707, 162,
262, 622, 711
OK 319, 617, 812
CI 444, 555, 666,
888, 780 (Possibly Tests)
OL unknown
CN 158, 430, 005, 831, 189 PB 917, 263, 709
CT 884*), 465, 223, 286, 032 PD 054, 551, 301
DB 038, 329, 848 PG 217, 424, 732
DF 281, 718 PJ unknown
DT 809, 015, 503, 991, 686, 062 PL 855, 131, 679
DW unknown PN G15 ID’s
EA unknown PR unknown
EB 528, 362 PT 118, 551
EG 472, 795, 267, 823, 680 PZ 143, 625, 374, 411
EL 611, 236, 147, 928.
510, 063, 490, 236
QL 410, 028
ER 573, 885 RD 041, 116, 208, 457,
520, 914
FB 009, 382, 653, 361 RO 941, 098, 660
FP 081 RT unknown
FR 043 SB 527, 962, 498, 174,
613
FS 099, 361, 816 ST 481, 755
FZ unknown TE 460, 103
GC 082, 334, 808 TI unknown
GK 856, 316, 571, 386,
477, 740, 846
TP 004, 975, 738,
696
GZ 628, 803, 285 UF 234, 655, 049
HK 393, 621, 328, 003,
373, 921
UG unknown
HS 639, 344, 961 UI 443, 778
IO unknown UL 137, 781, 218
IT 139, 525 VB 088, 415, 697
JB 606, 995, 239 VN unknown
JD 534, 802 VO 141, 283, 507
JU 271, 667, 499 WL 115, 522, 026, 005,
831
JW 521, 081,123,
542, 824, 818
WP 989, 716
KA unknown XA 331
KG 408, 390 XL 381, 427, 610
KJ unknown YB 042, 979, 676
KR 737, 171, 157 YH unknown
KW 884, 091, 908, 513,
023, 417, 568, 920
YS 635, 516, 027, 907
LA 873, 355, 363 ZB 589, 926, 203
LD 482, 677, 146 ZD unknown
LE 633, 910, 262 ZG 763, 405
LG 224, 484, 761 ZO 209, 391, 475, 681
LM unknown ZP 505, 125, 703
LR unknown ZT 250, 863
LU 998, 031, 456

Sources

ENIGMA Newsletter Issue #1, 1993 Page 3
ENIGMA Newsletter Issue #2 (June 1993), Page 3
Numbers and Oddities Newsletter Edition #58

Further Reading

ENIGMA Newsletter Issue #2 (June 1993), Page 6 – Logs with station and Agent ID’s