[CQ-Contest] Phonetics

[Jim Smith]

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?
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>Man I am glad I am not that old 
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>(blushing from lie)
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> 73 fer nw,
>Bob N5IET
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>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.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com 
>>[mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of
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>Tom Osborne
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>>Sent: Wednesday, November 02, 2005 7:49 PM
>>To: CQ-Contest
>>Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Phonetics
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>>>Why don't WE as contesters come up with a UCP (list of
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>>"Universal
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>>>CONTESTER  Phonetics") that can solve most of the
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>>problems?
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>>Hi Rick
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>>I remember some ham phoenetics that used to work pretty
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>good. 
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>> They started 
>>out with:
>>Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox, George, Henry,
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>Ida, etc 
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>>etc.  Remember 
>>those?  They were HAM phoenetics.  73
>>Tom W7WHY
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