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1. TRANSMISSION OF LETTERS and NUMBERS

In some circumstances it could be difficult to hear clearly what is said over the
radio. Perhaps the aircraft is noisy, or the reception poor, or there may be words

that sound similar and could be confused. For example, the letter ‘A’ could be

confused with the number ‘8’.

To help overcome these problems a standard way of saying letters, spellings,

numbers and so on has been devised. You must know these.

1.1 LETTERS

The standard alphabet has a phonetic pronunciation for each letter. The sound

should be the same whatever the speaker’s natural language! A word should be
spelt whenever its meaning is not clear technically or when using proper names,

service abbreviations and words of which the spelling is doubtful.

The phonetic alphabet is shown in below.

A Alpha Al FAH B Bravo BRAH VOH
C Charlie CHAR 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 Juliet JEW LEE ETT

K Kilo KEY LOH L Lima LEE MAH

M Mike MIKE N November NO VEM BER

O Oscar OSS CAR P Papa PAH PAH

Q Quebec KEE BECK R Romeo ROW ME OH
S Sierra SEE AIR RAH T Tango TANG GO

U Uniform YOU NEE FORM V Victor VIK TAH

W Whiskey WISS KEY X X-Ray ECKS RAY

Y Yankee YANG KEY Z Zulu ZOO LOO

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