[CQ-Contest] Phonetics

[Stuart Santelmann KC1F]

>
> I don't know if my perceptions have changed over my 36 years of 
> contesting,
> but I think people's ability to recognize state and section names without
> phonetics has definitely gone downhill.
>
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> Waht is wrong with using  internationally recognised phonetics like the
> ICAO-alphabet ?
>
> Alfa, Bravo  ................   ?
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> 73  Rag  LA5HE
>

Hello again Rag:

"It takes longer"  =   "Italy Tango              Tango Alpha Kilo Echo Sugar 
Lima Oscar November Golf Echo Romeo"

I enjoyed our lunch in Dayton many years ago...

Stu        KC1F