[UK-CONTEST] Call sign Dyslexia

[Andy Swiffin]

>>> On 27/10/2008 at 21:47, in message <006401c9387d$a5df1da0$0e64a2d5 at ke>, " Ken
Eastty" <ken.g3lvp at btinternet.com> wrote:

>> I use the phonetics Uniform Echo Golf and they come back Echo Uniform
>> (and interestingly, often Germany rather than Golf).  Would different
>> phonetics help?
> 
> I'm sure that you are right, some of the NATO/ICAO phonetics don't work
> under all conditions, how some choices of words was made is a mystery, no
> doubt decided after many meetings by a committee.

And of course chosen for absolute Q5 conditions.   Not designed to battle through QSB and QRM but to be intelligible by a variety of non English speakers.

Like Alex I find Echo totally useless too, with Oscar Hotel Golf coming back instead.   I mix ICAO with my own blend alternately with Germany Mexico 8 Ontario England Germany proving quite effective or Ecuador instead of England (which can come back as India).

> but I have to remember not to use 'George Sugar Charlie Pacific
> London' when I'm flying, ATC might not be amused.

Heaven help you if you as much as say "Fox" to Karen at Dundee.   As it is I have a running battle over 3,   "Dundee good morning Tayside Three Zero": "Tayside Trrree Zero pass your message"   Alternating with  "Dundee good morning Tayside Tree Zero" : "Tayside Thhree Zero pass your message".   I'm sure its a game....     A bit like the two ways of saying "quatre"  to a Frenchman.....

73
Andy
gm8oeg


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