CQP-Glenn County Operation

Tue Sep 28 16:02:27 EDT 1993

Carl, AA6LB will roll the KW pile-up-mobile into ORDBEND PARK in Glenn
County for CQP.  This park is on the Sacramento River, east of Orland
and kinda SW of Chico.  We will be entering the mobile category (antenna
attached to car, able to move).  NV6O and KJ6TC will be back seat
drivers when Carl falls asleep at the wheel.  CU on both modes es GL

Eric, NV6O
EDWOODS at pacbell.com

>From Jim Reisert AD1C  28-Sep-1993 1903 <reisert at wrksys.enet.dec.com>  Tue Sep 28 23:58:57 1993
From: Jim Reisert AD1C  28-Sep-1993 1903 <reisert at wrksys.enet.dec.com> (Jim Reisert AD1C 28-Sep-1993 1903)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 18:58:57 EDT
Subject: FWD: Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta alphabets
Message-ID: <9309282258.AA02603 at us1rmc.bb.dec.com>

Thought this was interesting enough to pass along.

73 - Jim AD1C

Newsgroups: alt.usage.english,sci.lang,rec.radio.amateur.misc
From: bck1 at cl.cam.ac.uk (Brian Kelk)
Subject: Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta alphabets
Organization: U of Cambridge Computer Lab, UK
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 1993 20:12:05 GMT
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Here is a collection of alphabets of the Alpha Bravo
Charlie Delta kind, variously known as radio alphabets,
phonetic alphabets and spelling alphabets. There are a
number of distinct ones for English, and also alphabets
for:

     French, German, Dutch, Flemish, Italian, Swedish,
     Finnish and Russian.

This posting supersedes the one of 11th August. There have
been some additions and corrections.

My thanks to the many contributors, not all of whom get
a mention below.

I can make no guarantee of accuracy of this information;
indeed please send me any corrections or additions.

Comments in square brackets are my own.

                               Brian Kelk  bck1 at cl.cam.ac.uk
                               25 September 1993

***** ENGLISH *****

The NATO phonetic alphabet:

Alpha Bravo Charlie Delta Echo Foxtrot Golf Hotel India
Juliet Kilo Lima Mike November Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo
Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey Xray Yankee Zulu

[The same alphabet, with the minor changes Alfa and Juliett,
 is approved by the International Civil Aviation Organisation
 and the FAA]

>From a Swedish (also from a Dutch) telephone directory:

Alfred Benjamin Charles David Edward Frederick George Harry
Isaac Jack King London Mary Nellie Oliver Peter Queen Robert
Samuel Tommy Uncle Victor William Xray Yellow Zebra.

The ARRL (American Radio Relay League) version (1948):

Adam Baker Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John
king Lewis Mary Nancy Otto Peter queen Robert Susan Thomas
union Victor William x-ray young zebra

[also Adam Boy (?)]

>From a book entitled "The Complete Morse Instructor..." (1944):

able baker charlie dog easy fox george how item jig king love
mike nan oboe peter queen roger sugar tare uncle victor william
x-ray yoke zebra

[This one seems to have undergone quite a lot of evolution,
 with different branches of the U.S. armed forces using
 different versions. Entries also cited: affirm, cast, hypo,
 inter, negat, option, over, prep]

Sometimes used by radio hams:

America Boston Canada Denmark England France Germany Honolulu
India Japan Kilowatt London Mexico Norway Ontario or Ocean
Pacific Quebec Radio Santiago or Spain Tokyo United Victoria
Washington Xray Yokohama Zanzibar

[Much variation: Amsterdam, Brazil, Baltimore, Chile, Finland,
 Greece, Guatemala etc]

>From a Dutch telephone directory:

Amsterdam Baltimore Casablanca Danemark Edison Florida Gallipoli
Havana Italia Jerusalem Kilogramme Liverpool Madagascar New York
Oslo Paris Quebec Roma Santiago Tripoli Uppsala Valencia
Washington Xantippe Yokohama Zurich

[Perhaps 'international' more than 'English']

***** FRENCH *****

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang <erikt at let.rug.nl>

anatole bernard c'ecile denise 'emile fran5cois g'erard
henri isidore jean kl'eber louis marcel nicole oscar pierre
quital robert suzanne th'er`ese ursule victor wagon xavier
yvonne zo'e

***** GERMAN *****

[two slightly different versions]

Contributor: mrosa at eso.org (Michael Rosa)

Anton Berta Caesar Dora Emil Friedrich Gustav Heinrich Ida
Julius Karl Ludwig Martha Nordpol Otto Paula Quelle Richard
Siegfried Theodor Ulrich Viktor Wilhelm Xanthippe Ypsilon
Zeppelin

Umlaut: A"rger O"dipus U"bel

More recent replacements: Konrad Zacharias

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang <erikt at let.rug.nl>

anton bertha c"asar dora emil friederich gustav heinrich ida
julius kaufmann ludwig martha nordpol otto paula quelle
richard samuel theodor ulrich viktor wilhelm xanthippe
ypsilon zacharias

"a           "arger
ch           charlotte
"o           "okonom
sch          schule
"u           "ubermut

***** DUTCH and FLEMISH *****

Contributor: Erik Tjong Kim Sang <erikt at let.rug.nl>

   Dutch     Flemish
a  anna      arthur
b  bernhard  brussel
c  cornelis  carolina
d  dirk      desire
e  eduard    emiel
f  ferdinand frederik
g  gerard    gustaaf
h  hendrik   hendrik
i  izaak     isidoor
j  jan       jozef
k  karel     kilogram
l  lodewijk  leopold
m  marie     maria
n  nico      napoleon
o  otto      oscar
p  pieter    piano
q  quotient  qualite
r  rudolf    robert
s  simon     sofie
t  teunis    telefoon
u  utrecht   ursula
v  victor    victor
w  willem    waterloo
x  xantippe  xavier
ij ijmuiden  -
y  ypsilon   yvonne
z  zaandam   zola

***** ITALIAN *****

Contributor: ebuie at sed.csc.com     (Elizabeth Buie)
             ebuie at starlab.csc.com

Ancona, Bologna, Como, Domodossola, Empoli, Firenze, Genova,
Hacca, Imola, Jolly, Kappa, Livorno, Milano, Napoli, Otranto,
Pisa/Palermo, Quartomiglio, Roma, Savona/Siena, Torino,
Udine, Venezia, Wagner, Xilofono, York, Zara.

***** SWEDISH *****

Contributors: simon at dront.nada.kth.se (Simon Tardell)
              Jonas Wallgren <jwc at ida.liu.se>

Adam, Bertil, Cesar, David, Erik, Filip, Gustav, Helge,
Ivar, Johan, Kalle, Ludvig, Martin, Niklas, Olof, Petter,
Quintus, Rudolf, Sigurd, Tore, Urban, Viktor, Wilhelm,
Xerxes, Yngve, Z{ta, ]ke, [rlig, \sten.

where { is a with dots
      ]    A with ring
      [    A with dots
      \    O with dots

NB that W does not belong to the Swedish alphabet
(it is merely considered a graphical variant of V).

***** FINNISH *****

Contributor: Jukka Rahkonen <jrahkone at viikki.helsinki.fi>

Aarne Bertta Celsius Daavid Eemeli Faarao Gideon Heikki Iivari
Jussi Kalle Lauri Matti Niilo Otto Paavo Kuu Risto Sakari Tyyne
Urho Ville Viski [ks{ Yrj| Tseta ]ke [iti \ljy

Uppercase   Lowercase
       ]           }     a with circle (Swedish)
       [           {     a with dots
       \           |     o with dots

***** RUSSIAN *****

Contributor: tom at systemtechnik.tu-ilmenau.de (Thomas Planke)

  Aleksej Boris Vasilij Grigorij Dmitrij Elena Zhenja Zoya
  Ivan Ivan_Kratkij Kilowatt Leonid Maria Nikolai Olga Pavel
  Roman Sergej Tatjana Uljana Fjodor Hariton Zaplja Chelovek
  Shura Schuka Tviordiy_Znak Igrek Miagkiy_Znak Emilija Yuri
  Jakow

***** END *****

Brian Kelk
Cambridge
U.K.
bck1 at cl.cam.ac.uk

>From Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com>  Wed Sep 29 05:13:30 1993
From: Randy A Thompson <K5ZD at world.std.com> (Randy A Thompson)
Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1993 00:13:30 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Station Wanted for SS CW
Message-ID: <Pine.3.07.9309290030.A4995-9100000 at world.std.com>

Hi gang,
I am looking for a seriously competitive station to borrow for Sweepstakes
CW single op effort.  Will consider anywhere in USA/VE that can be reached
by an airline I have free tickets with.  If you know of such a place that
accepts walk-in ops, please let me know.

THANKS!

Randy, K5ZD

>From n7stu at thetech.com (Robert Brown)  Wed Sep 29 06:56:07 1993
From: n7stu at thetech.com (Robert Brown) (Robert Brown)
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 93 22:56:07 PDT
Subject: PSE LISTEN FOR NOV/TECHS IN CQP
Message-ID: <9NJmac2w165w at thetech.com>

For you serious CQP'ers out there please don't forget us novice/techs.  I 
know you rely on us for Q's on 10 fone when it is open but do you ever 
check the novice CW segments?  Probably not.  Anyway I will be doing an 
expedition to INYO county.  I will be one of probably only two stations 
on from INYO for CQP.  I will be on 2M SSB/FM/CW and 10 fone (10 has been 
opening lately so take time to listen) and 15/40 and maybe 75 CW.  I will
be desperately looking for mults on 15/40/75 CW if 10 decides not to 
co-operate.  I am also willing to make skeds for anybody patient enough 
to copy my slow cw!  
So if you take a tune of the novice/tech cw segments and hear myself or 
another op calling CQ CQP please take the time to give us a call.

73, Robert N7STU/YB2ARO

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