[CQ-Contest] Phonetics
W3DMB@aol.com
W3DMB at aol.com
Thu Nov 3 06:56:17 EST 2005
Hi Tom,
Actually - They (Able, Baker, Charlie... ) were the US Military standard
phoenetics Before the mid 50s. They were changed after joint operations with
NATO in 1950 revealed a problem with the different allies.. I remember the
changeover.. even though I had a CW year as an early Novice when I had no Ham
need for it.. [ ss check 55]
and BTW - Why is phonetics not spelled with an "F" ??
Jerry - W3DMB - [ Denmark Mexico Brazil - when the standard doesn't work ]
In a message dated 11/2/05 10:51:15 PM Eastern Standard Time,
w7why at verizon.net writes:
> 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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