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It Might Be Time to Update
the Old 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' Spelling Alphabet
But it's hard to break old habits.
BY DAN NOSOWITZ
JULY 12, 2019



"Voice call quality has come down in the last two decades.
... Most importantly, they have dropped the emphasis
on voice call quality..."

73,
Ron McConnell
w2iol

On 7/18/2019 1:47 PM, Ronald McConnell wrote:
It Might Be Time to Update
the Old 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' Spelling Alphabet
But it's hard to break old habits.
BY DAN NOSOWITZ
JULY 12, 2019



"Voice call quality has come down in the last two decades.
... Most importantly, they have dropped the emphasis
on voice call quality..."

73,
Ron McConnell
w2iol

I have come to expect NATO standards amount my Military, Pilot and somewhat around our Ham radio friends (except the contesters that insist they know better) :-)
Where I am surprised from time to time is amount call centre millennials using proper NATO phonetics, and this is absolutely the case in anything adjacent to the Aviation industry, like those booking flights. Warms my heart to see consistency to a standard!
/r
On Jul 18, 2019, at 19:17, Eric KE6US <eric.csuf@...> wrote:
Interesting article. I haven't worked a voice mode in more than 30 years and barely before that so it doesn't come up on the air for me. But it's a common problem on the cell phone. If I use the ICAO alphabet, it's no better for most people than just spelling the letters. Unexpected words like Tango and Foxtrot cause more confusion than it solves.
I tend to use short common names when I can. Tom, Dick, Mary. I usually have better luck if I include the letter "T as in Tom" or they stop listening at Tom and I become Tom to them. I sometimes use common Hispanic names in this area (So Cal). Whatever it takes, but the ICAO versions are generally worthless for me on the phone. I only use it when I'm around other hams or they look at me like I'm an idiot.
Eric KE6US

On 7/18/2019 1:47 PM, Ronald McConnell wrote:
It Might Be Time to Update
the Old 'Alfa-Bravo-Charlie' Spelling Alphabet
But it's hard to break old habits.
BY DAN NOSOWITZ
JULY 12, 2019



"Voice call quality has come down in the last two decades.
... Most importantly, they have dropped the emphasis
on voice call quality..."

73,
Ron McConnell
w2iol

On 19 Jul 2019, at 17:07, blumu via Groups.Io <blumu@...> wrote:

On our SSB medical network in Africa, some colleagues would not
use "Whiskey" - for abstinence reasons! The NATO alphabet is the
still most used and least confusing once learnt. It is also used in
business on the phone to confirm names, postcodes, order codes etc.
Some changes might well improve intelligibility in the new global
world, but less standardisation would create more confusion.

Learn it and leave it!

Michael 2E0IHW
.........................

Not so long ago I copied a a U,S. ham in a DX contest trying to complete a QSO with a European ham.

...

The U.S ham made several attempts and changed the alphabet each time. The DX finally gave up.

...

Our phonetic alphabet evolved over a number of decades out of necessity with high stakes and proved to be the most reliable. So it stands today. Anything else is just so much gibberish.
73,
Bill KU8H

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Recommend going with:

A = Aisle
B = Bdellium
C = Czar
D = Djibouti
E = Euphrates
F = Fjord
G = Gnome
H = Herb
I = Isle
J = Jalapeno
K = Knee
L = Lladro
M = Mnemonic
N = Ngabu
O = Ouija Board
P = Pneumonia
Q = Qatar
R = Rwanda
S = Sphygmomanometer
T = Tsunami
U = Uvula
V = Vraisemblance
W = Wrinkle
X = Xylophone
Y = Ypsilanti
Z = Zlotys

..should clear thing sup.
--
William, K6WHP
"Cheer up, things could get worse..so I cheered up and, sure enough,
things got worse!"

You can always tell when Chuck is busy.