3 rd Class Communications

Phonetic Alphabet OC6

The Phonetic Alphabet What is it? The Phonetic Alphabet is the alphabet, but instead of using single letters like A, B, C, we use words which begin with the letter, i.e. A = Alpha. When speaking on a radio or telephone, it stops any ambiguity.

A ALPHA Letter in Morse Code Letter Phonetic Flag A Letter in semaphore Key to Slides

A ALPHA

B BRAVO

C CHARLIE

D DELTA

Spy Test You have ONE minute to remember the four letters that you have just learnt A = B = C = D =

E ECHO

F FOXTROT

G GOLF

H HOTEL

Spy Test You have just spotted a stolen car and you need to report it but your partner on the other end of the radio can’t hear you properly. Work out the phonetic equivalent for the letters on the number plate FGA EHD

I INDIA

J JULIET

K KILO

L LIMA

Spy Test Unscramble the following words to reveal their phonetic terms: 1.Dinai 2.Lijuet 3.Loik 4.mial

M MIKE

N NOVEMBER

O OSCAR

P PAPA

Spy Test Match the flags to the letters and work out the phonetic term for each flag: M N O P

Q QUEBEC

R ROMEO

S SIERRA

T TANGO

Spy Test You have TWO minutes to write down as many of the phonetic words you have learnt today. Share them with your partner – what did you forget?

U UNIFORM

V VICTOR

W WHISKY

X X-RAY

Y YANKEE

Z ZULU

Spy Tasks Spell out the following words in phonetics BOOTS, ORLOP, BROWN, PORT STARBOARD SEA CADETS HASTINGS

CHARACTERMORSE CODETELEPHONYPHONIC (PRONOUNCIATION) A − AlfaAL-FAH B − BravoBRAH-VOH C − CharlieCHAR-LEE D − DeltaDELL-TAH EEchoECK-OH F − FoxtrotFOKS-TROT G − GolfGOLF H HotelHOH-TEL I IndiaIN-DEE-AH J − − − − − − JulietJEW-LEE-ETT K − KiloKEE-LOH L − LimaLEE-MAH M − −− − MikeMIKE N − NovemberNO-VEM-BER O − − −− − − OscarOSS-CAH

P − − PapaPAH-PAH Q − − − QuebecKEH-BECK R − RomeoROE-ME-OH S SierraSEE-AIR-RAH T − TangoTANG-GO U − UniformYOU-NEE-FORM V − VictorVIK-TAH W − WhiskeyWISS-KEY X − XrayECKS-RAY Y − − − YankeeYANG-KEY Z − ZuluZOO-LOO 1 − − − − OneWUN 2 − − − TwoTOO 3 − ThreeTREE 4 − FourFOW-ER 5 FiveFIFE 6 − SixSIX 7 − − SevenSEVEN 8 − − − EightAIT 9 − − − − NineNIN-ER 0 − − − − − ZeroZEE-RO

Spy Tasks Solve the following clues and spell out the word phonetically

ANY QUESTIONS ?