PHONETIC ALPHABET AND MORSE CODE CHARACTERS

When using telephony, words and call signs may be misunderstood because of phonetic similarity. To overcome this difficulty, the phonetic alphabet has been introduced. The pronunciations that follow are recommended for use by Amateur stations. Emphasis should be placed on the syllable which is shown in capital letters.

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I find it particularly annoying when people make up their own phonetics. This international standard has been created to make it easier to communicate. When a station calls "Jamaica Norway America", I have to think "what was the first letter of each of those words?". When they use these standard phonetics ("Juliet November Alpha"), the letters come to my head without thought.

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Letter Code Words Spoken as Morse character
A ALFA AL fah di dah
B BRAVO BRAH voh dah di di dit
C CHARLIE CHAR lee dah di dah dit
D DELTA DELL tah dah di dit
E ECHO ECK oh dit
F FOXTROT FOKS trot di di dah dit
G GOLF GOLF dah dah dit
H HOTEL hoh TEL di di di dit
I INDIA IN dee ah di dit
J JULIET JEW lee ETT di dah dah dah
K KILO KEY loh dah di dah
L LIMA LEE mah di dah di dit
M MIKE MIKE dah dah
N NOVEMBER no VEM ber dah dit
O OSCAR OSS cah dah dah dah
P PAPA pah PAH di dah dah dit
Q QUEBEC keh BECK dah dah di dah
R ROMEO ROW me oh di dah dit
S SIERRA see AIR rah di di dit
T TANGO TANG go dah
U UNIFORM YOU nee form di di dah
V VICTOR VIK tah di di di dah
W WHISKY WISS key di dah dah
X X-RAY ECKS ray dah di di dah
Y YANKEE YANG key dah di dah dah

Z

 ZULU ZOO loo dah dah di dit

 

Number Spoken as Morse character
1 WUN di dah dah dah dah
2 TOO di di dah dah dah
3 THUH-REE di di di dah dah
4 FO-WER di di di di dah
5 FI-YIV di di di di dit
6 SIX dah di di di dit
7 SEVEN dah dah di di dit
8 AIT dah dah dah di dit
9 NINER dah dah dah dah dit
0 ZERO dah dah dah dah dah