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Morse code and Phonetic Alphabet |
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Not much use in day to day life, but some people are curious. The Phonetic alphabet does have a real use when using a two way radio and the signal is not very clear. In an emergancy just one number or letter out may make a big differance, so this is worth knowing.
| Letters | Morse | Phonetic | How to pronounce | | A | · – | Alpha | AL FAH | | B | – · · · | Bravo | BRAH VOE | | C | – · – · | Charlie | CHAR LEE | | D | – · · | Delta | DELL TAH | | E | · | Echo | ECK OH | | F | · · – · | Foxtrot | FOKS TROT | | G | – – · | Golf | GOLF | | H | · · · · | Hotel | HO 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 CAH | | P | · – – · | Papa | PAH PAH | | Q | – – · – | Quebec | KEH 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 | | 0 | – – – – – | Zero | ZE RO | | 1 | · – – – – | One | WUN | | 2 | · · – – – | Two | TOO | | 3 | · · · – – | Three | TREE | | 4 | · · · · – | Four | FOWER | | 5 | · · · · · | Five | FIFE | | 6 | – · · · · | Six | SIX | | 7 | – – · · · | Seven | SEV EN | | 8 | – – – · · | Eight | AIT | | 9 | – – – – · | Nine | NIN ER | | Period | · – · – · – | | | | Comma | – – · · – – | | | |