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   From: lumpy@digitalcartography.com   
      
   miso@sushi.com wrote:   
      
   > Well Alpha and Able would be the same. There are a couple of phonetic   
   > alphabets, but basically there is the law enforcement and military.   
   > I'm sure they are on the net someplace. A cop would say "TOM", while   
   > the military says "TANGO".   
      
   Interesting that they have an ABLE and a BRAVO.   
      
   ABLE, BAKER, CHARLIE was the international convention   
   decades ago, circa WWII. It was later changed (1956) to   
   ALPHA, BRAVO, CHARLIE.   
      
   If it was history that named the points, it seems they   
   would have been named either ABLE and BAKER or   
   ALPHA and BRAVO. Perhaps the BRAVO point came into   
   existance later, after the convention change.   
      
   Cops tend to be moving toward the same international   
   phoenitics. HomelandSobriety is mandating stuff like   
   that if the local cop shop wants to receive funds   
   from the Feds.   
      
   Technical name for the alphabet phoenitics is   
   NATO Phonetic Alphabet   
   aka   
   International Radiotelephony Spelling Alphabet.   
      
   Military, aviation, amateur radio etc., all use   
   (should use) the IRSA version.   
      
      
   Craig 'Lumpy' Lemke   
   Novem'ber  Zee-row  Echo  Keh-beck   
      
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