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Jai Ganesh

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Registered: 2005-06-28

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Phonetic Code

The phonetic code used to describe different alpha when alphabets not  reachable clearly (weak signals, poor audibility) or for any other reason.

A : ALPHA
B : BRAVO
C : CHARLIE
D : DELTA
E : ECHO
F : FOXTROT
G : GOLF
H : HOTEL
I : INDIA
J : JULIET
K : KILO
L : LIMA
M : MIKE
N : NOVEMBER
O : OSCAR
P : PAPA
Q : QUEBEC
R : ROMEO
S : SIERRA
T : TANGO
U : UNIFORM
V : VICTOR
W : WHISKY
X : X-RAY
Y : YANKEE
Z : ZULU

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luca-deltodesco

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Registered: 2006-05-05

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Re: Phonetic Code

yankee oscar uniform sierra unifom charlie kilo oscar november lima yankee kilo india delta delta india november golf.

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John E. Franklin

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Registered: 2005-08-29

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Re: Phonetic Code

Sierra Whisky Echo Echo Tango
Hotel India November Delta Uniform India Sierra Mike
Golf Oscar Tango Tango Alpha
Lima Oscar Victor Echo
India Tango

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John E. Franklin

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Re: Phonetic Code

Let's make a square spiral with these words in it to learn them.
Start in middle with alpha

unifvictwhisxrayyankzulu
tanggolfhoteindijuli
sierfoxtalphbravkilo
romeechodeltcharlima
quebpapaoscanovemike

or start-right-counter-clockwise:

QuebPapaOscaNoveMike
RomeEchoDeltCharLima
SierFoxtAlphBravKilo
TangGolfHoteIndiJuli
UnifVictWhisXrayYankZulu

Last edited by John E. Franklin (2007-12-08 04:21:29)

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luca-deltodesco

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Re: Phonetic Code

i dont understand how you spiral works... its also missing the last letter of each one?

wouldn't this be better?

ALPHABRAVOCH
NDIAJULIETKA  
IAPAQUEBECIR
LPFORMVICRLL
ERIYANKETOOI
TANYHEEEOMLE 
OCUATDNZREID
HSOR-ULUWOME
FOGXYKSIHSAL
LRNATARREIMT
OEBMEVONEKIA
GTORTXOFOHCE

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MathsIsFun

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Registered: 2005-01-21

Posts: 7,713

Re: Phonetic Code

My head is spiraling!

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