ALAN JEROME SHEFFIELD

Standard ITU Phonetics
While it may take less effort to speak into a microphone and listen than to operate CW, it does take some care to quickly and accurately convey exact information. Speak distinctly at all times. If information is to be written, pace your speech accordingly. For critical information, or under noisy conditions, spell words with standard ITU phonetics. ITU phonetics were chosen so that each word sounds completely different from all others. A list of ITU phonetics is available in the ARRL handbook and the ARRL logbooks. A compressed copy follows.

• A - alfa (AL-fa)

• B - bravo (BRAH-voh)

• C - charlie (CHAR-lee)

• D - delta (DELL-tah)

• E - echo (ECK-oh)

• F - foxtrot (FOKS-trot)

• G - golf (GOLF)

• H - hotel (HOH-tell)

• I - india (IN-dee-ah)

• J - juliet (JU-lee-ett)

• K - kilo (KEY-loh)

• L - lima (LEE-mah)

• M - mike (MIKE)

• N-november(noVEM-ber)

• O - oscar (OSS-cah) 

• P - papa (PAH-PAH)

• Q - quebec (kay-BECK)

• R - romeo (ROW-me-oh)

• S - sierra (SEE-air-rah)

• T - tango (TANG-go)

• U-uniform (YOU-ni-form)

• V - victor (VIK-tor)

• W - whiskey (WISS-key)

• X - x-ray (ECKS-ray)

• Y - yankee (YANG-key) 

• Z - zulu (ZOO-loo)

  Numbers are pronounced as individuals. The number 60 is pronounced six zero, not sixty. The number 509 is pronounced five zero nine, not five hundred nine and NOT five oh nine.