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APCO phonetic alphabet (which I think originated in LA)
The military phonetic standard is set by NATO (IIRC)
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APCO phonetic alphabet (which I think originated in LA)
The military phonetic standard is set by NATO (IIRC)
bfk4lyfe
It could be a crackhead
That's only in east county...
and beats 2 and 3.
serazin
New member
Well in , let's say Livermore, the real FCC issued "callsign" would be like KME909 and all the S, marry, and other "tactical" callsigns are really unit identifiers.
Folks just refer to them as callsigns.
Folks just refer to them as callsigns.
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serazin
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BikeRidinMike84
(Kind of a smart ass)
Oh now were talking HAM?
KI6OCC
KI6OCC
^^^ That's easy to remember
Rel's callsign:
I soooooooooooooooo hate you.
Take a beat.
They didn't.
The military used to use those phonetics too, up until the late 1960s. Then they switched to the ITU phonetic alphabet (courtesy of the UN.)
The UN is also responsible for ICAO, which is how those worked their way into aviation.
Anyway, it's not too hard to switch back and forth with a little practice.
The only reason I brought it up is my grandfather brought home a radioman's operator manual when he came back from WWII and I noticed that the exact same phonetic alphabet used today was described in that manual. That was obviously before the late 60's. 
The only reason I brought it up is my grandfather brought home a radioman's operator manual when he came back from WWII and I noticed that the exact same phonetic alphabet used today was described in that manual. That was obviously before the late 60's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet#History
Incidentally, in WWII, they would have been using mostly Morse and RTTY -- aviation users and infantry were the big users of AM phone.
Ask a Vietnam vet -- there were plenty of units using the older style phonetics through the 60s
Police in the US don't have to worry about interoperability with foreign military units, so they never changed.
Will you accept the US Navy as a source?
http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq101-1.htm
They cite their own published manuals on that page...
I realize that, but the WWII system was joint between (both, technically, but effectively four) of the services engaged in that conflict. The USAF didn't exist then, it was still part of the Army, and the Marines are part of the Department of the Navy during wartime.
I believe you, but it sounds to me like that manual had a later publication date -- the ITU phonetics of then (1937 revision IIRC) still had several words that were changed before the alphabet was widely adopted.
The bulk of training given to radiomen then anyway would have been teletype, radioteletype, telegraph, field telephone systems (usually wired), and Morse at that time, anyway. There was very little use of phone until late in the war.
I believe you, but it sounds to me like that manual had a later publication date -- the ITU phonetics of then (1937 revision IIRC) still had several words that were changed before the alphabet was widely adopted.
The bulk of training given to radiomen then anyway would have been teletype, radioteletype, telegraph, field telephone systems (usually wired), and Morse at that time, anyway. There was very little use of phone until late in the war.
Considering that he carried a radio almost the entire war, I'd say that's not necessarily true.
Okay, last post in this thread, done whoring up the LEO Forum:
http://www.gordon.army.mil/ocos/Museum/alpha.asp
Heading:
Regimental Division,
Office Chief of Signal
United States Army Signal Center, Fort Gordon, GA
Note that difference between the 1944 and 1961 alphabets
