2006-11-09 07:02:27 · 9 answers · asked by lizbulgarelli 2 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
wow, there are so many great responses. I wish I could pick out the top 3. Thank you guy/gals. I had to pick the most informative
☼ Liz
2006-11-10 08:56:29 · update #1
Its called the PHONETIC LANGUAGE and goes further than just an alphabet. It was designed to remove the ambiguity that the sounds of letters and certain words made over old HF radios that were very distorted. You can imagine what position M and position N would have sounded like on poor radio frequency. They would ahve been indistinguishable and non precise. So these words and letters were used , ALSO THEY SIGNIFY NOTHING MORE THAN THE LETTERS THEY REPRESENT.
A - ALPHA B-BRAVO C-CHARLIE D-DELTA E-ECHO
F-FOXTROT G-GOLF H-HOTEL I-INDIA J-JULIET K-KILLO
L-LIMA M-MIKE N-NOVEMBER O-OSCAR P-PAPPA Q-QUEBEC R-ROMEO S-SIERRA T-TANGO U-UNIFORM V-VICTOR W-WHISKEY X- X-RAY Y-YANKEE Z-ZULU.
Ask me about the other words changed to suit the radio for clarity as you like.
PS- now those positions would be position mike and position november - a massive distinction is now possible.
2006-11-09 13:55:44 · answer #1 · answered by Von Griffen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The modern one is:
Alfa Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
XRay
Yankee
Zulu
The old one is:
Able
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item
Jig
King
Love
Mike
Nan
Oboe
Peter
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra
2006-11-09 17:11:57 · answer #2 · answered by Dan 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Foxtrot, India, November, X-ray, Zulu
2006-11-09 18:51:09 · answer #3 · answered by Weather Geek 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I can't name them all, but they just use a word that starts with the letter they need, to make sure it's clear because some letters sound the same. Like for A they would say Alpha, for B Bravo, etc. I don't know if there are specific ones, or if they just make them up as they go along.
2006-11-09 15:11:19 · answer #4 · answered by orphanannie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Alpha - Bravo - Charlie - Delta - Echo - Foxtrot - Golf - Hotel - India - Juliet - Kilo - Lima - Mike - November - Oscar - Papa - Quebec - Romeo - Sierra - Tango - Uniform - Victor - Whiskey - X-Ray - Yankee - Zulu
Nato Phonetic Alphabet
2006-11-09 15:14:26 · answer #5 · answered by ? 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It's called the "International Alphabet".
This page lists all the letters:
http://www.expat.or.id/info/internationalalphabet.html
2006-11-09 15:10:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
It's call the NATO phonetic alphabet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:FAA_Phonetic_and_Morse_Chart2.svg#file
2006-11-09 15:11:42 · answer #7 · answered by mysticrelation 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Alfa
Bravo
Charlie
Delta
Echo
Foxtrot
Golf
Hotel
India
Juliet
Kilo
Lima
Mike
November
Oscar
Papa
Quebec
Romeo
Sierra
Tango
Uniform
Victor
Whiskey
XRay
Yankee
Zulu
2006-11-09 15:10:53 · answer #8 · answered by kentata 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz
2006-11-09 15:06:50 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋