In article <h0sufi$gkk$1@news.albasani.net>, Hiram@fake.com says...

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.

Handy there are 24 letters in the English alphabet - one for each time zone.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_military_time_zones

Time zone name   Letter   UTC offset
Alpha Time Zone A nUTC+1
Bravo Time Zone B oUTC+2
Charlie Time Zone C pUTC+3
Delta Time Zone D qUTC+4
Echo Time Zone E rUTC+5
Foxtrot Time Zone F sUTC+6
Golf Time Zone G tUTC+7
Hotel Time Zone H uUTC+8
India Time Zone I vUTC+9
Kilo Time Zone K wUTC+10
Lima Time Zone L xUTC+11
Mike Time Zone M yUTC+12
November Time Zone N lUTC-1
Oscar Time Zone O kUTC-2
Papa Time Zone P jUTC-3
Quebec Time Zone Q iUTC-4
Romeo Time Zone R hUTC-5
Sierra Time Zone S gUTC-6
Tango Time Zone T fUTC-7
Uniform Time Zone U eUTC-8
Victor Time Zone V dUTC-9
Whiskey Time Zone W cUTC-10
X-ray Time Zone X bUTC-11
Yankee Time Zone Y aUTC-12
Zulu Time Zone Z mUTC+0

That looks a little funny to me.   It would appear by that account there 
are 25 time zones.   Most maps I have seen (ARRL) show 0 to 11 for 12 
time zones and -1 to -12 for 12 times zones.   I would think +12 and -12 
would be the same time zone if UTC, GMT, or Z is a time zone with a 
value of 0, which it normally is.   What am I missing?  Is there reason 
for two designations for the same time zone?

And there 26 letters in the English alphabet not 24, and only one is not 
shown - J, which in theory I guess is supposed to be local time.