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Imagine a scene at a military funeral when the lone trumpeter sounds "The Last Post" 
and you will have some idea of the
musical signal sent by this Czech language number station. This plaintive bugle sounds 
about an hour before the
transmission of the spy messages begins. Just before the actual message starts a 
different signal is sent. This is played
with drums and trumpets and is a very up-tempo military marching tune similar to 
those played before the beginning of a
battle. The woman then announces (in Czech) "Noma 12671, Gruppi 44; Noma 12671, Gruppi 
44,, and then goes into the
five figure text, ending with the word "Krai". The Czech figures are: "Jedno, Dva, 
Tri, Ctyri, Pet, Sest, Osm, Devet, Nula."
The woman pronounces the numbers like this: Edno, Dva, Dree, Seti, Pet, Ses, Seden, 
Octen, Deda, Nula.

The station uses three main frequencies: 4740, 5500 and 6675 although it has also 
appeared on 8070 and 5600. Here is
an example of traffic sent over the last few years:
  Tue 3-1-89 6675 2200
  Fri 27-1-89 6675 2300
  Sun 12-2-89 6657 0000
  Thu 64-89 5600 2100
  Mon 17-4-89 4740 2245
  Tue 23-4-89 5500 2200
  Tue 21-11-89 6675 2100
  Sun 21-1-90 6675 2100
  Fri 274-90 6675 2300
  Mon 7-5-90 6675 2100
  Mon 26-6-90 6675 2230
  Tue 21-8-90 6675 2100
  Thu 7-2-89 5600 2200
  Tue 12-3-90 6675 0000