2. 3 rd Class Communications

3. Phonetic Alphabet OC6

4. 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.

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

6. A ALPHA

7. B BRAVO

8. C CHARLIE

9. D DELTA

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

11. E ECHO

12. F FOXTROT

13. G GOLF

14. H HOTEL

15. 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

16. I INDIA

17. J JULIET

18. K KILO

19. L LIMA

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

21. M MIKE

22. N NOVEMBER

23. O OSCAR

24. P PAPA

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

26. Q QUEBEC

27. R ROMEO

28. S SIERRA

29. T TANGO

30. 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?

31. U UNIFORM

32. V VICTOR

33. W WHISKY

34. X X-RAY

35. Y YANKEE

36. Z ZULU

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

38. 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

39. 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

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

41. ANY QUESTIONS ?