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----- Original Message ----- From: "Roger Kolakowski" [email protected] Cc: [email protected] Sent: Sunday, April 10, 2011 10:52:51 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: ITU Phonetics - Kilo
Until they start "correcting" names and Bombay becomes Mumbai and Peking becomes Beijing...
Roger WA1KAT
On 4/10/2011 6:57 PM, Glen Zook wrote:
If you want to get technical, geographic names has been a "standard" much longer than the ICAO phonetics. However, it is fine with me if you insist on using the ICAO phonetics when in a DX pileup. That just means that I am generally going to work the DX first!
As I keep saying, there is a place for ICAO phonetics and there is a place for geographic names. I do use ICAO phonetics when working stateside and generally with operators who speak English as their primary language. But, when in a pileup trying to work a DX station I definitely switch to geographical names because I work the DX MUCH sooner!
Glen, K9STH
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