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Phonetic Alphabet

Letter, word and pronunciation for the Phonetic Alphabet

Phonetic Alphabet

To avoid confusion and errors during voice
transmission, special techniques have been developed for pronouncing letters and
numerals. These special techniques resulted in the phonetic alphabet and
phonetic numerals.

The phonetic alphabet is used by the operator
to spell difficult words and thereby prevent misunderstanding on the part of the
receiving operator. The words of the phonetic alphabet, which is a word alphabet
and not a code, are pronounced as shown in the table below. The underscored
portion indicates the syllable or syllables to be emphasized.

The phonetic alphabet is also used for the
transmission of encrypted messages. For example, the cipher group CMVVX is
spoken "CHARLIE MIKE VICTOR VICTOR XRAY."

Phonetic Alphabet

Letter	Word	Pronunciation
A	ALFA	AL FAH
B	BRAVO	BRAH VOH
C	CHARLIE	CHAR LEE (or) SHAR LEE
D	DELTA	DELL TAH
E	ECHO	ECK OH
F	FOXTROT	FOKS TROT
G	GOLF	GOLF
H	HOTEL	HOH TELL
I	INDIA	IN DEE AH
J	JULIETT	JEW LEE ETT
K	KILO	KEY LOW
L	LIMA	LEE MAH
M	MIKE	MIKE
N	NOVEMBER	NO VEM BER
O	OSCAR	OSS CAH
P	PAPA	PAH PAH
Q	QUEBEC	KEH BECK
R	ROMEO	ROW ME OH
S	SIERRA	SEE AIR RAH
T	TANGO	TANG GO
U	UNIFORM	YOU NEE FORM (or) OO NEE FORM
V	VICTOR	VIK TAH
W	WHISKEY	WISS KEY
X	XRAY	ECKS RAY
Y	YANKEE	YANG KEY
Z	ZULU	ZOO LOO

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