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From: wmartin@brl-tgr.ARPA (Will Martin )
Newsgroups: net.games.trivia
Subject: Re: Phonetic Alphabets (The old one found)
Message-ID: <8593@brl-tgr.ARPA>
Date: Mon, 25-Feb-85 11:18:25 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 25 11:18:25 1985
Date-Received: Thu, 28-Feb-85 11:40:59 EST
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Organization: USAMC ALMSA
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The old phonetic alphabet (found in a 1945 edition of the Radio Amateurs'
Handbook):

Able (Affirm*)
Baker
Charlie
Dog
Easy
Fox
George
How
Item (Interrogatory*)
Jig
King
Love
Mike
Nan (Negat*)
Oboe (Option*)
Peter (Prep*)
Queen
Roger
Sugar
Tare
Uncle
Victor
William
X-ray
Yoke
Zebra

(* = US Navy General Signal Book variants)

There! Now you can communicate across time warps with military or hams from
WW II and before...

Regards, Will