RT communication basics

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

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

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)

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".

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

Transmission of numbers

Transmitting time and decimal points

CALL SIGNS

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)

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

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

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