Phonetic Alphabet

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