[SCCC] Phonetics for letter Z

[Art Goddard]

Actually, Dick, N6AA has developed a recommended phonetic list for use 
during DX contests.

For the letter Z, Dick recommends using Zero or Zone as the phonetic.

NC6Q would be Need Callsign 6 Question Mark

73, Art  W6XD


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N6AA’s Recommended Phonetics for Contests

A = Again
B = Bye-bye / Before
C = Callsign / Contest / Ciao! / Come
D = Dupe / Down
E = Ending / Eight
F = Frequency / First / Four / Five
G = Good / Go Ahead
H = Hello
I = Identify / Idiot
J = Jerk / Jammer
K = Knot
L = Listening / Letter
M = My / Move
N = Negative / Need / Number? / Nine
O = Over / OK? / Only / One
P = Please / Portable / Prefix
Q = Question Mark
R = Repeat / Roger / Right
S = Something / Suffix / Split / Stroke / Six / Seven / 73
T = Thanks / Two / Three
U = Understand / Up
V = Verify
W = What? / With /  We / Worked / Worked B4
X = Xerox
Y = Your
Z = Zone? / Zero

Example: N6AA = Number 6 Again, Again

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-----Original Message----- 
From: rgrubic at aol.com
Sent: Wednesday, December 14, 2011 11:02 AM
To: Southern California Contest Club SCCC
Subject: [SCCC] Phonetics for letter Z

I've used Zanzibar with non-native English speakers. Zimbabwe would work 
also.

73,
Bob, NC6Q
Nicaragua Canada Seis Quebec

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-----Original Message-----
From: "The Pollacks" <rinkies at att.net>
Sender: sccc-bounces at contesting.com
Date: Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:52:14
To: 'Bill Haddon'<haddon.bill at gmail.com>; 'Dennis Younker 
NE6I'<ne6i at cox.net>
Cc: 'SCCC reflector'<sccc at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: [SCCC] ARRL 10 K6GEP(@N6WIN) SO Mixed HP

Better phonetic for Z?  When someone spells something with a "Z," I always
ask, "Is that Z like in Xylophone?"  They always answer in the affirmative,
and I've had my laugh of the day (to myself!)  I don't recommend it for
contesting, just for a laugh!

Ron K2RP