Because many letters of the English language sound similar, phonetic alphabets have been developed to avoid confusion when transmitting them by voice over the radio. Below is the phonetic alphabet most commonly used by amateur radio operators.
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
Phonetically, my call sign is "Kilo Kilo Six Zulu Lima X-ray"--say that three times fast...quite a mouthful, isn't it?
(This post is as much a practice exercise for me as it is meant to be information for my readers.)
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