phonetic alphabets Re: ZEE or ZED?


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Posted by Ed Kiser on December 16, 2006 at 18:14:55 from 64.12.116.6 user Kisered.

In Reply to: Re: ZEE or ZED? posted by Robert Thompson on December 16, 2006 at 14:42:24:

The following chart came from:

http://www.soton.ac.uk/~scp93ch/morse/

NATO British (1952)

A Alpha Abel
B Bravo Baker
C Charlie Charlie
D Delta Dog
E Echo Easy
F Foxtrot Fox
G Golf George
H Hotel How
I India Item
J Juliet Jig
K Kilo King
L Lima Love
M Mike Mike
N November Nan
O Oscar Oboe
P Papa Peter
Q Quebec Queen
R Romeo Roger
S Sierra Sugar
T Tango Tare
U Uniform Uncle
V Victor Victor
W Whisky William
X X-ray X-ray
Y Yankee Yoke
Z Zulu Zebra
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It is interesting to note that the second column is very similar
to the phonetic usage of the US army during WWII, but at some
point after that, it was changed to the first column. Why there
was a need to change, I have no idea, but it did change.

When the HEXADECIMAL number system was being established for
computer systems, there was a need for a "numerical
digit" to represent the hex equivalent of the decimal values for
10, 11, 12, 13, 14, and 15. It was decided that the digit to be
assigned as being numeric in hex were the first five letters of
the alphabet, but to emphasize that these are NUMBERS, not
letters, the phonetic name was used. At the time this was being
decided upon, we were still using the second column, so the names
of the first five characters became numeric hexadecimal names,
being ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE, DOG, EASY, and FOX. When speaking a
hexadecimal number, do not say "A", say ABLE, as "A" is a LETTER,
not a numeric digit, but ABLE is the hex equivalent of the single
numeric digit that has the value the same as a decimal TEN. When
it was decided to shift over to the new set of definitions (first
column), the hexadecimal names of those numeric digits stayed as
they were, so we continue to use in HEX numerics the values whose
names are ABLE through FOX.

Ed Kiser, Kentucky



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