E06 is a Russian numbers station that has been active since the 1970’s. It has changed transmission modes and voices many times since then. The audio for E06 is fed through windows XP and so there are occasionally sounds heard from the operating system.
If E06 sends more than one message, then instead of “00000”, the transmission ID is spoken again for one minute, then the regular format continues. About 10 minutes before a message, a test tone followed by the ID of the station is transmitted.
Schedule and Transmission Patterns
E06 sends two identical transmissions an hour apart. The second transmission is usually 1-3 MHz higher or lower in frequency. If E06 sends a message, it usually transmits again the next day on the same time and frequencies.
E06 – The English Man History & Trivia
On June 11th, 2014, E06 was seen using USB mode with no carrier, and was seen again with no carrier on September 19th, 2014.
Fake Numbers Station Traffic
E06 is a station that used to send fake messages that took place on the 1st and 3rd Thursday of the month and were repeated the next day on Friday. These messages are thought to be used for training purposes. The message is a bit rushed rather then a normal E06 message and can start earlier or later then the times given but only by a few minutes. These messages sometimes are reused and change yearly.
Fake message sample
315 972 46 15464 88748 04598 67475 83823 49383 72673 83324 12353 12452 12355 08343 24102 88748 72607 03936 73261 61723 87182 82354 84574 61251 87891 12784 94546 88776 17964 33312 56944 21198 03936 41236 98521 86926 36985 22145 69951 09876 56664 13368 78965 12368 12546 74563 15862 45678 972 46 00000
Message Format
891 | 237 237 | 20 20 | 06132 06132 75514 75514 … | 237 237 | 20 20 | 00000 |
3-digit ID | 3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
5-digit paired groups | 3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
Outro |
Repeats 4 minutes |
Two Message Format
291 | 457 457 | 55 55 | 78810 78810… | 457 457 | 47 47 | 509 | 221 221 | 67 67 | 92588 92588… | 221 221 | 67 67 | 00000 |
3-digit ID | 3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
5-digit paired groups | 3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
3-digit ID | 3-digit 2nd ID (2x) |
Group count (2x) |
5-digit paired groups | 3-digit group (2x) |
Group count (2x) | Outro |
4 minutes | 1 minute |
Null Format
451 451 451 | 00000 | ||
3-digit ID (3x) | |||
4 minutes |
Variants
E06 has two variants that send an additional message, E06a and E06b.
E06a
E06a is an inactive variant of E06 that sends 2 messages instead of 1. The first message always has two groups. The first group is always 11111 and the second group always begins with 000##. Then usually afterward it will follow the format of a regular E06 transmission with a similar message.
E06b
E06b is a variant that has an additional 5 figure group after the 1st ID and sends 2 messages, then ends with 00000.
Station Summary
Nickname: The English Man “00000”
Activity: Active
Emission Mode: USB + Carrier, USB (formerly AM)
Voice Summary: Automated male voice, had many voice changes during its existence. Current voice is a very low, slightly accented baritone.
Believed Country of Origin: Russia
Family Relatives: E17, E20(?), G06, S06, V06, M14, M24, S25
Station Family: Family 1 Subfamily A “KGB/FSB/GRU” [The 00000 Family]