Phonetic Alphabet

From Solas Tempus DB

There are two situations in which the phonetic alphabet is used.

  1. Computer Command Codes
  2. Transmitting over Garbled Channels

In either of these situations it is important to avoid confusion between letters which sound similar. The phonetic alphabets allow this.

Access Codes

Verbal and terminal based access codes can use any word in the english language, however, standard protocol dictates that Command Codes follow a stricter format to allow for command codes to be transferred even over communication lines with a high level of static and potential for missing data, while minimizing retransmission of verbal information.

Command Codes

May use any phonetic word to replace a letter which both allows for a greater number of possibilities and thus shorter keys to be more secure.

Garbled Communications

Garbled communications can be a large problem when transmitting important information. In this case the phonetic alphabet is marked as primary and other phonetic replacements are generally not used, unless transmitting a command code.

Alphabet

Letter Primary Secondary
A Alfa Abel Apple Alfred Amsterdam Adam Anatole Anton Ancona Antonio
B Bravo Baker Beer Benjamin Baltimore Boy Berthe Berta Bologna Barcelona
C Charlie Casablanca Como Carmen
D Delta Dog David Denmark Dora Dolores
E Echo Easy Edward Edison Eugene Emily Empoli Enrique
F Foxtrot Fred Florida Frank France Franze
G Golf George Gallipoli Gaston Gustav Genova Gerona
H Hotel How Harry Havana Henry Heinrich Historia
I India Item Isaac Italia Ida Irma Imola
J Juliet Jig Jug Jack Jerusalem John Joseph Julius
K Kilo King Kilogram Kaufmann Kursaal
L Lima Love London Liverpool Lincoln Louis Ludwig Livorno Lorenzo
M Mike Mother Mary Madagascar Marcel Martha Milano Madrid
N November Nan Nuts Nellie Nice Nora Nicolas Nordpol Napoli Navarra
O Oscar Oboe Orange Oliver Oslo Ocean Otto Otranto Oviedo
P Papa Peter Paris Pierre Paula Padova
Q Quebec Queen Quintal Quelle Quarto Querido
R Romeo Roger Robert Roma Raoul Richard Roma
S Sierra Sugar Samuel Santiago Suzanne Savona
T Tango Tar Tommy Tripoli Theodor Torino Tarragona
U Uniform Uncle Uppsala Union Ursule Ulrich Udine Ulysses
V Victor Volume Veteran Venezia Valencia
W Whisky William Washington
X X-ray Xantippe Xavier Xiquena
Y Yankee York Yellow Yokohama Young Yvonne Yegua
Z Zulu Zebra Zeppelin Zara Zaragoza