1. RT communication basics

2. Agenda:
Phonetic alphabet, rules for spelling
Reading figures
Call signs
Initiating a RT communication (establisment of contact)

3. THE PHONETIC ALPHABET Letter Phonetic Spoken as A ALFA AL-FAH N
NOVEMBER
NO-VEM-BER B
BRAVO
BRAH-VO O
OSCAR
OSS-CAH C
CHARLIE
CHAR-LEE P
PAPA
PAH-PAH D
DELTA
DELL-TAH Q
QUEBEC
KEH-BECK E
ECHO
ECK-OH R
ROMEO
ROW-ME-OH F
FOXTROT
FOKS-TROT S
SIERRA
SEE-AIR-RAH G
GOLF T
TANGO
TANG-GO H
HOTEL
HOH-TELL U
UNIFORM
YOU-NEE-FORM I
INDIA
IN-DEE-AH V
VICTOR
VIK-TAH J
JULIETT
JEW-LEE-ET W
WHISKEY
WISS-KEY K
KILO
KEY-LOH X
XRAY
ECKS-RAY L
LIMA
LEE-MAH Y
YANKEE
YANG-KEY M
MIKE Z
ZULU
ZOO-LOO

4. Your surname to the person next to you
Warm-up: SPELL
Your surname to the person next to you
The football or hockey team you support
The town where you come from
Your wife/girlfriend/partners name
The sexiest man/ woman in the world
Country you would like to visit
Make of car/bike you drive/ride (or you would like to drive/ ride)

6. You may have to spell a word like this……
Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch
"The church of St. Mary in the hollow of white hazel trees near the rapid whirlpool by St. Tysilio's of the red cave".

7. FIGURES PRONUNCATION Figure Spoken as 1 WUN 6 SIX 2 TOO 7 SEV-EN 3
TREE 8
AIT 4
FOW-ER 9
NINE-ER 5
FIFE
ZE-RO

8. Transmission of numbers

9. Transmitting time and decimal points

10. CALL SIGNS

11. CALL SIGNS Are used to identify a station or an individual.
A call sign (C/S) is usually a combination of letters and figures (BS730)

12. ESTABLISMENT OF CONTACT
Initial Call:
Station being called
Station calling
EXAMPLE:
Pardubice tower, SF153
Note: on the very first contact, you would add “good morning”, or “dobrý den“ 12

13. ESTABLISMENT OF CONTACT
exercise:
Listen to 6 different communications and try to catch the callsigns used. 13

14. RADIO CHECK - Signal Strength
PERFECTLY READABLE
Your signal is excellent.
READABLE
Your signal is good.
READABLE BUT WITH DIFFICULTY
I can hear you with difficulty.
READABLE NOW AND THEN
I can hear you with great difficulty.
UNREADABLE
I cannot hear you at all. 14