Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
pickle wrote:

Ok. Thanks to all for the replies. I'll tune it in again tonight
(if I get woken up by another thunderstorm).


(good luck!) (If you're listening during thunderstorms I hope you have
an indoor antenna!)

I do.


I guess I'm used to the standard phonetic alphabet and his
use of other words threw me off a bit. That and I was
very much not all the way awake.


There's more than one standard phonetic alphabet. I know of at least
two and IIRC, the one pilots use is not the same one used by amateurs.

(but if you listen to amateurs long enough, you will hear some really
non-standard alphabets in use, not a good thing...)

All about phonetic alphabets at URL:
http://www.bckelk.uklinux.net/phon.full.html

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"clifto" wrote in message
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Doug Smith W9WI wrote:
There's more than one standard phonetic alphabet. I know of at least
two and IIRC, the one pilots use is not the same one used by amateurs.

And the one used by public safety people (cops, fire) is different from
both you refer to. Then there was the old able, baker, charlie set.

(but if you listen to amateurs long enough, you will hear some really
non-standard alphabets in use, not a good thing...)

And of course, the callsign-specific cutesy IDs. I frequently identified
as whiskey alpha nine please don't move.

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