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NATO phonetic alphabet
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The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed in the 1950s to be intelligible
(and pronounceable) to all NATO allies in the heat of battle. It replaced
other phonetic alphabets, for example the US military Joint Army/Navy
Phonetic Alphabet ("able baker") and several versions of RAF phonetic
alphabets. It is sometimes inappropriately referred to as International
Phonetic Alphabet, which is actually the official name of an alphabet used
in linguistics created in the late nineteeth century.

The NATO phonetic alphabet is now widely used in business and
telecommunications in Europe and North America, and has been approved by
ICAO for use in international civil aviation. It has been adopted by the
International Telegraphers Union (ITU), after which it is named by many
radio operators. Although it consists of English words, its letter codewords
can easily be recognised by speakers of languages other than English.


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Caveat Lector wrote:


It has been adopted by the International Telegraphers Union (ITU)

The what?




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Caveat Lector wrote:


It has been adopted by the International Telegraphers Union (ITU)

The what?




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International Telecommunication Union



"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Caveat Lector wrote:
It has been adopted by the International Telegraphers Union (ITU)

The what?

Guess old Caveat is a CW guy

International Telecommunication Union



"Zoran Brlecic" wrote in message
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Caveat Lector wrote:
It has been adopted by the International Telegraphers Union (ITU)

The what?

Except Dutch and Spanish speakers, to whom "golf" is neither
pronounceable nor intelligible! Even "mike" can be problematic at
times.

73 de Walt (Veeskey Alfa Lima Tango) G3NYY

I also have a hard time distinguishing between Sierra and
Zulu when used by JAs - it may be partly the R/L confusion.

Derek aa5bt

Except Dutch and Spanish speakers, to whom "golf" is neither
pronounceable nor intelligible! Even "mike" can be problematic at
times.

73 de Walt (Veeskey Alfa Lima Tango) G3NYY

I also have a hard time distinguishing between Sierra and
Zulu when used by JAs - it may be partly the R/L confusion.

Derek aa5bt

Walt Davidson said :

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:34:30 -0700, "Caveat Lector"
wrote:

The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed in the 1950s to be intelligible
(and pronounceable) to all NATO allies in the heat of battle ........ Although it
consists of English words, its letter codewords
can easily be recognised by speakers of languages other than English.

Except Dutch and Spanish speakers, to whom "golf" is neither
pronounceable nor intelligible! Even "mike" can be problematic at
times.

Heck, I wish I could find some other internationally-recoginsed
phonetic for the letter i . Inmy experience, it's incredibly hard to
get either India or Italy understood under marginal conditions. My
suffix, IRT is usually mangled in contests and DX-peditions. The
"Romeo Tango" bit comes through great, but the "India" gets lost.


73 de Peter, W2IRT
(ex-AB2NZ, VE3THX)

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Walt Davidson said :

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:34:30 -0700, "Caveat Lector"
wrote:

The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed in the 1950s to be intelligible
(and pronounceable) to all NATO allies in the heat of battle ........ Although it
consists of English words, its letter codewords
can easily be recognised by speakers of languages other than English.

Except Dutch and Spanish speakers, to whom "golf" is neither
pronounceable nor intelligible! Even "mike" can be problematic at
times.

Heck, I wish I could find some other internationally-recoginsed
phonetic for the letter i . Inmy experience, it's incredibly hard to
get either India or Italy understood under marginal conditions. My
suffix, IRT is usually mangled in contests and DX-peditions. The
"Romeo Tango" bit comes through great, but the "India" gets lost.


73 de Peter, W2IRT
(ex-AB2NZ, VE3THX)

Please reply to Double-you Two Eye Are Tee at Arrl.net

That was the reason I went to a vanity call sign. My old call WB8EIY was
murder to get across.




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John Passaneau W3JXP
State College, Pa



"Peter Dougherty" wrote in message
...
Walt Davidson said :

On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 08:34:30 -0700, "Caveat Lector"
wrote:

The NATO phonetic alphabet was developed in the 1950s to be intelligible
(and pronounceable) to all NATO allies in the heat of battle ........
Although it
consists of English words, its letter codewords
can easily be recognised by speakers of languages other than English.

Except Dutch and Spanish speakers, to whom "golf" is neither
pronounceable nor intelligible! Even "mike" can be problematic at
times.

Heck, I wish I could find some other internationally-recoginsed
phonetic for the letter i . Inmy experience, it's incredibly hard to
get either India or Italy understood under marginal conditions. My
suffix, IRT is usually mangled in contests and DX-peditions. The
"Romeo Tango" bit comes through great, but the "India" gets lost.


73 de Peter, W2IRT
(ex-AB2NZ, VE3THX)

Please reply to Double-you Two Eye Are Tee at Arrl.net