"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
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In article , jder8745
@aol.com says...
Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for
the
letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

Could this be considered, "hamming it up?"

groan

Steve - this sort of nit-pick has no place in ham radio. There are many
phonetic word lists, and they all have different words: International,
Police, ITU, ARRL, Navy, Western Union, ICAO(CAA) - and not a one of them is
illegal to use, and even the cute self-created ones work just fine. Yes, if
I were doing police dispatching, I would use the police phonetics. But this
is amateur radio, and it's supposed to be fun. In Ohio days I stopped using
WILD ZEBRAS 8 ALFALFA because the "8" got confused with the "A"(as in
"ate"). But as long as you could tell the call was WZ8A, it was legal. You
would probably correct me if I said my "handle is Andy." Understand that the
use of "handle," as a cute substitute for "name," was going on long before
CB ever existed. I was saying "my handle is Andy" on the 11-meter ham band
back in 1959. Hams probably picked it up from the military. The strict
protocol may be good training for traffic nets and such, but please loosen
up a little. That stuffed-shirt stuff could take the fun out of the hobby
for a beginner, and there is no reason for it. Think I'll turn on the rig
and send a "dit-dah-dah-dit-dit" waiting for a "dit-dit" back (instead of a
CQ call). It's legal, as long as I send my call within ten minutes.

73, King 4 Young King Zebra

"Steve Silverwood" wrote in message
...
In article , jder8745
@aol.com says...
Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for
the
letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

Could this be considered, "hamming it up?"

groan

Steve - this sort of nit-pick has no place in ham radio. There are many
phonetic word lists, and they all have different words: International,
Police, ITU, ARRL, Navy, Western Union, ICAO(CAA) - and not a one of them is
illegal to use, and even the cute self-created ones work just fine. Yes, if
I were doing police dispatching, I would use the police phonetics. But this
is amateur radio, and it's supposed to be fun. In Ohio days I stopped using
WILD ZEBRAS 8 ALFALFA because the "8" got confused with the "A"(as in
"ate"). But as long as you could tell the call was WZ8A, it was legal. You
would probably correct me if I said my "handle is Andy." Understand that the
use of "handle," as a cute substitute for "name," was going on long before
CB ever existed. I was saying "my handle is Andy" on the 11-meter ham band
back in 1959. Hams probably picked it up from the military. The strict
protocol may be good training for traffic nets and such, but please loosen
up a little. That stuffed-shirt stuff could take the fun out of the hobby
for a beginner, and there is no reason for it. Think I'll turn on the rig
and send a "dit-dah-dah-dit-dit" waiting for a "dit-dit" back (instead of a
CQ call). It's legal, as long as I send my call within ten minutes.

73, King 4 Young King Zebra

In article , jder8745
@aol.com says...
Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for the
letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

Could this be considered, "hamming it up?"

groan

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-- //Steve//

Steve Silverwood, KB6OJS
Fountain Valley, CA
Email:
Web: http://home.earthlink.net/~kb6ojs_steve

JDer8745 wrote:

Howdy,

Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for the
letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis


Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o

How about Knot Zinciferous Onomatopoeia One? That seems really
quite clear in a phonetic sense. Or am I missing something...

:-)


Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for
the
letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis


Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o

I tried that one, but some Zulu tribes have an issue with it (and I
couldn't bust the Zulu pileup). So I went with Zsa-Zsa (as in Gabor).

Dave
kz1o

Tom wrote:

How about Knot Zinciferous Onomatopoeia One? That seems really
quite clear in a phonetic sense. Or am I missing something...

:-)



Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for

the

letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis


Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o





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Tom,

I tried to email you, but couldn't get past your spam filter. Please
reply to my adelphia address. I added the code on the subject line that
will get you through my spam filter.

Can you (addressing the group, now) believe how much crap we have to put
up with because of spammers? It's like someone sticking a finger in
your eye, and then say "I'd like to sell you something."

All the best, and 73,
Dave

Dave Bushong wrote:

I tried that one, but some Zulu tribes have an issue with it (and I
couldn't bust the Zulu pileup). So I went with Zsa-Zsa (as in Gabor).

Dave
kz1o

Tom wrote:

How about Knot Zinciferous Onomatopoeia One? That seems really
quite clear in a phonetic sense. Or am I missing something...

:-)



Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for


the

letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis



Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o

Tom,

I tried to email you, but couldn't get past your spam filter. Please
reply to my adelphia address. I added the code on the subject line that
will get you through my spam filter.

Can you (addressing the group, now) believe how much crap we have to put
up with because of spammers? It's like someone sticking a finger in
your eye, and then say "I'd like to sell you something."

All the best, and 73,
Dave

Dave Bushong wrote:

I tried that one, but some Zulu tribes have an issue with it (and I
couldn't bust the Zulu pileup). So I went with Zsa-Zsa (as in Gabor).

Dave
kz1o

Tom wrote:

How about Knot Zinciferous Onomatopoeia One? That seems really
quite clear in a phonetic sense. Or am I missing something...

:-)



Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for


the

letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis



Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o

I tried that one, but some Zulu tribes have an issue with it (and I
couldn't bust the Zulu pileup). So I went with Zsa-Zsa (as in Gabor).

Dave
kz1o

Tom wrote:

How about Knot Zinciferous Onomatopoeia One? That seems really
quite clear in a phonetic sense. Or am I missing something...

:-)



Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for

the

letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis


Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o





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How about Knot Zinciferous Onomatopoeia One? That seems really
quite clear in a phonetic sense. Or am I missing something...

:-)


Recently I hear more and more hams using "kilowatt" as the phonetic for
the
letter K. The correct phonetic is "kilo".

73 de Jack, K9CUN. That's...

kickapoo niner certain underwear neurosis


Of course, for my callsign I could use

Knife Zucchini One Oedipus

or even

Kilo Zero One One

73,
kz1o