I remember being annoyed at having to learn that new-fangled Able Baker
Charlie stuff (which BTW were used by the military - not just hams).
What was wrong with good old Ack for A, Ink for I and Toc for T etc? O:-)
73 de Vic Edward 7 Freddie Oranges (from the first phonetic alphabet I
ever learned)
N5IET Bob wrote:
>You remember those Tom?
>
>Man I am glad I am not that old
>
>(blushing from lie)
>
>
> 73 fer nw,
>Bob N5IET
>
>10X# 37210, FP#-1141, SMIRK#-5177
>http://www.n5iet.com/
>Code may be taking a back seat for now,
>but the pioneering spirit that put the code
>there in the first place is out front of it all.
>
>
>
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com
>>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
>>
>>
>Tom Osborne
>
>
>>Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:49 PM
>>To: CQ-Contest
>>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Phonetics
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>Why don't WE as contesters come up with a UCP (list of
>>>
>>>
>>"Universal
>>
>>
>>>CONTESTER Phonetics") that can solve most of the
>>>
>>>
>>problems?
>>
>>Hi Rick
>>
>>I remember some ham phoenetics that used to work pretty
>>
>>
>good.
>
>
>> They started
>>out with:
>>Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, Henry,
>>
>>
>Ida, etc
>
>
>>etc. Remember
>>those? They were HAM phoenetics. 73
>>Tom W7WHY
>>
>>
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