KC4GZX Phonetic Alphabets

The NATO Phonetic Alphabet dates from about 1955. It is approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization, the FAA and the International Telecommunication Union and is used by Air Traffic Control, Amateur Radio and many other services. Note that variant spellings of Alfa, Juliett, Juliette, Oskar, and Viktor are common.

Phonetics used unofficially in DX amateur radio. (America Boston Canada Denmark England France Germany Honolulu Japan Kilowatt London Mexico Norway Ontario/Ocean Pacific Radio Santiago/Spain Tokyo United Victoria Washington Yokohama Zanzibar).

Alternate DX phonetics sometimes used. (Amsterdam Baltimore Brazil Chile Egypt Finland Geneva Greece Guatemala Hawaii Italy Kentucky King Luxembourg Montreal Nicaragua Portugal Romania Russia Sweden Texas Uruguay Venezuela).

An earlier alphabet used by U.S. Navy until 1954. (Able Baker Charlie Dog Easy Fox George How Item Jig King Love Mike Nan Oboe Peter Queen Roger Sugar Tare Uncle Victor William X-ray Yoke Zebra),

The ARRL (American Radio Relay League) alphabet from 1948. (Adam Baker Charlie David Edward Frank George Henry Ida John King Lewis Mary Nancy Otto Peter Queen Robert Susan Thomas Union Victor William X-Ray Young Zebra).

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A Alpha America Amsterdam Adam Able Adam

B Bravo Boston Baltimore Boston/Boy Baker Baker

C Charlie Canada Chile Charles Charlie Charlie

D Delta Denmark David Dog David

E Echo England Egypt Edward Easy Edward

F Foxtrot France Finland Frank Fox Frank

G Golf Germany Geneva George George George

H Hotel Honolulu Hawaii Henry How Henry

I India Italy Italy Ida Item Ida

J Juliet Japan Japan John Jig John

K Kilo Kilowatt Kentucky King King King

L Lima London Luxembourg Lincoln Love Lewis

M Mike Mexico Montreal Mary Mike Mary

N November Norway Nicaragua Nancy/Nora Nan Nancy

O Oscar Ontario Ocean Ocean Oboe Otto

P Papa Pacific Portugal Paul Peter Peter

Q Quebec Quebec Queen Queen Queen Queen

R Romeo Radio Romania Robert Roger Robert

S Sierra Santiago Sweden Sam Sugar Susan

T Tango Tokyo Texas Tom Tare Thomas

U Uniform United Uruguay Union Uncle Union

V Victor Victoria Venezuela Victor Victor Victor

W Whiskey Washington William William William

X X-Ray X-Ray X-Ray X-ray Z-Ray

Y Yankee Yokohama Young Yoke Young

Z Zed/Zulu Zanzibar Zulu Zebra Zebra Zebra

B C Kelk - Phonetic alphabets, wordlists, texts, word frequency
S C Phillips - Phonetic Alphabets

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