ITU Phonetic Alphabet

In order to transmit alphabet letters, numbers, and words correctly, radio amateur operators use a phonetic alphabet to pronounce individual letters and numbers and to spell words. This page gives the most widely used phonetic alphabet. For example, in giving an address, the operator might spell and pronounce "Wunder" as "Wiss-key", "You-nee-form", "No-vem-ber", "Dell-tah", "Eck-oh", "Row-me-oh". The call sign KD1FJ would be pronounced as "Kee-loh" "Dell-tah" Wun "Foks-trot" "Jew-lee-ett". Numbers are always pronounced individually. The number 38 would, for example, be given as "Tree" "Ait".

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Letter	Phonetic	Say As
A	Alpha	Al-fah
B	Bravo	Brah-voh
C	Charlie	Char-lee
D	Delta	Dell-tah
E	Echo	Eck-oh
F	Foxtrot	Foks-trot
G	Golf	Golf
H	Hotel	Hoh-tel
I	India	In-dee-ah
J	Juliet	Jew-lee-ett
K	Kilo	Kee-loh
L	Lima	Lee-mah
M	Mike	Mike
N	November	No-vem-ber
O	Oscar	Oss-cah
P	Papa	Pah-pah
Q	Quebec	Key-beck
R	Romeo	Row-me-oh
S	Sierra	See-air-rah
T	Tango	Tang-go
U	Uniform	You-nee-form
V	Victor	Vik-tah
W	Whiskey	Wiss-key
X	X-ray	Ecks-ray
Y	Yankee	Yang-kee
Z	Zulu	Zoo-loo
1	One	Wun
2	Two	Too
3	Three	Tree
4	Four	Fow-er
5	Five	Fife
6	Six	Six
7	Seven	Sev-en
8	Eight	Ait
9	Nine	Nine-er
0	Zero	Zee-ro