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Communication

4.6.2 The phonetic alphabet

Now, you might be wondering - what is all this wheel-of-

fortune talk with those letters?

It’s called "the phonetic alphabet." You need to learn the

phonetic alphabet by heart. Below is the Phonetic

Alphabet.

Phonetic Pronunciation Phonetic Pronunciation
A Alfa AL FAH P Papa PAH PAH
B Bravo BRAH VOH Q Quebec KEH BECK
CHAR LEE eller
C Charlie R Romeo ROW ME OH
SHAR LEE
D Delta DELL TAH S Sierra SEE AIR RAH

E Echo ECK OH T Tango TANG GO
YOU NEE FORM eller
F Foxtrot FOKS TROT U Uniform
OO NEE FORM
G Golf GOLF V Victor VIK TAH

H Hotel HOH TELL W Whiskey WISS KEY
I India IN DEE AH X X-ray EKCS RAY
J Juliett JEW LEE ETT Y Yankee YANG KEY

K Kilo KEY LOH Z Zulu ZOO LOO
L Lima LEE MAH Æ Ægir ÆGIR

M Mike MIKE Ø Øresund ØRESUND
N November NO VEM BER Å Åse ÅSE
O Oscar OSS CAH

You must learn the phonetic alphabet by heart. Practice makes perfect -

practice, for example, when you are driving a car by entertaining your fellow

passengers by saying: "We have a SIERRA KILO OSKAR DELTA ALFA" (a Skoda).

As you may have noticed on the previous page, we made a call to Herning

Radio, introducing ourselves as OY-CTZ (OSKAR YANKEE CHARLIE TANGO
ZULU).

When Herning Radio answered back, he called us OYCTZ, meaning our entire

registration was repeated. This is being done to ensure that the station has

received our correct call sign, and that no errors occur due to confusion with

other signals.

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