Questions tagged [phonetic-alphabet]

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Local phonetic alphabets

In Russia hams use two phonetic alphabets - the regular one (Alpha, Beta, Charlie, ...) and a localized one (Анна, Борис, Цапля, ...). When a ham calls CQ in Russian (which by the way is pronounced not "CQ" but "Всем-всем") she uses Russian phonetic…