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From: lindsay@dscatl.UUCP (Lindsay Cleveland)
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Subject: Re: reading hexadecimal out loud, etc
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Date: Sun, 11-Oct-87 14:34:09 EDT
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Posted: Sun Oct 11 14:34:09 1987
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Summary: ITU Phonetic Alphabet
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John Chambers asks:
> Hey, how about posting the entire alphabet in this form.  I mean, I 
> know about Able, Baker, Charlie, Dawg, Eagle, and Fox, which I guess
> suffices for hex numbers, but it might be useful some day to know the
> rest of them.  [Having dodged the draft successfully, I didn't get it
> in the usual fashion. :-]

With the advent of NATO and other pressures for the U.S. to think a
little more "internationally", the phonetic alphabet has changed
from the one used in World War II ("Able Company...How Company...").
Herewith is the list adopted by the International Telecommunication
Union; and for you nostalgia types, the older version as well.

    ITU      "Old"                ITU      "Old"
A - Alfa     Able             N - November November
B - Bravo    Baker            O - Oscar    Ocean
C - Charlie  Charlie          P - Papa     Papa
D - Delta    Dog              Q - Quebec   Queen
E - Echo     Easy             R - Romeo    Roger
F - Foxtrot  Fox              S - Sierra   Sugar
G - Golf     George           T - Tango    Tango
H - Hotel    How              U - Uniform  United
I - India    Ida              V - Victor   Victor
J - Juliet   Jig              W - Whiskey  Whiskey
K - Kilo     King             X - X-ray    X-ray
L - Lima     Lima             Y - Yankee   Yankee
M - Mike     Mike             Z - Zulu     Zebra

A couple of the "old" ones might be in error...I haven't used
them since 1951, and I couldn't find my 1941 Army Handbook (issued
to everyone as they came into Boot Camp.)

Cheers,
  Lindsay

Lindsay Cleveland         Digital Systems Co.   Atlanta, Ga
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