miso@sushi.com wrote:

Well Alpha and Able would be the same. There are a couple of phonetic
alphabets, but basically there is the law enforcement and military.
I'm sure they are on the net someplace. A cop would say "TOM", while
the military says "TANGO".

Interesting that they have an ABLE and a BRAVO.

ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE was the international convention
decades ago, circa WWII. It was later changed (1956) to
ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE.

If it was history that named the points, it seems they
would have been named either ABLE and BAKER or
ALPHA and BRAVO. Perhaps the BRAVO point came into
existance later, after the convention change.

Cops tend to be moving toward the same international
phoenitics. HomelandSobriety is mandating stuff like
that if the local cop shop wants to receive funds
from the Feds.

Technical name for the alphabet phoenitics is
NATO Phonetic Alphabet
aka
International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet.

Military, aviation, amateur radio etc., all use
(should use) the IRSA version.


Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke
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