PHONETIC ALPHABET AND FIGURE CODE

1) When it is necessary to spell out call signs, service abbreviations and words, the following table shall be used:
LETTER - SPELLING TABLE
Pronunciation of the code word

Letter Code word ENGLISH FRENCH

A Alfa AL FAH AL FAH

B Bravo BRAH VOH BRA VOH
U Charlie CHAR LEE (or SHAR LEE) TCHAH Ll (ou CHAR Ll)
D Delta DELL TAH DEL TAH
E Echo ECK OH EKO
F Foxtrot FOKS TROT FOX TROTT
u Golf GOLF GOLF
H Hotel HO TELL HO TELL

I lndia IN DEE AH IN DI AH
J Juliett JEW LEE ETT DJOU LI ETT
K Kilo KEY LOH KI LO
L Lima LEE MAH LI MAH
M Mike MIKE MAJK
N November NO VEM BER NO VEMM BER
o Oscar OSS CAH OSS KAR
P Papa PAH PAH PAH PAH
o Quebec KEH BECK KE BEK
R Romeo ROW IVIE OH ROMIO
Q Sierra SEE AIR RAH SI ER RAH
T Tango TANG GO TANG GO
U Uniform YOU NEE FORM (or OO NEE FORM) YOU Nl FORM (ou OU Nl FORM)
Victor VIK TAH VIK TAR
Whiskey WISS KEY OUISS KI
X X-Ray ECKS RAY Ecss RE
Y Yankee YANG KEY YAILG KI
Z Zulu zoo Loo ZOU LOU

The underlined bold syllables are emphasized

2) When it is necessary to spell out figures or marks, the following tables should be used:
FIGURE - SPELLING TABLE
Figure or Pronunciation
mark to be
transmitted Codeword ENGLISH FRENCH

0 NADAZERO NAH-DAH-ZAY-ROH NA-DA-ZE.RO

1 UNAONE OO-NAH-WUN OUNA-OUANN
2 BISSOTWO BEES-SOH.TOO BIS-SO-TOU
3 TERRATHREE TAY-RAH-TREE TE-RA-TRI
4 KARTEFOUR KAR-TAY-FOWER KAR.TE-FO.EUR
PANTAFIVE PAN-TAH-FIVE PANN-TA-FAIF
6 SOXISIX SOK-SEE-SIX SO-XI-SICKS
7 SETTESEVEN SAY-TAY.SEVEN SET-TE-SEV'N
I OKTOEIGHT OK-TOH-AIT OK-TO-EIT
9 NOVENINE NO.VAY-NINER NO-VE-NAI-NEU
Decimal point DECIMAL DAY-SEE-MAL DE-SI-MAL
Full Stop STOP STOP STOP

Each syllable should be equally emphasized

SIGNALS TABLE
Pronunciation

Signal ENGLISH FRENCH Meaning

lnlerco IN.TER-CO IN-TER-CO lnternational Code group(s) fol-

low (s)

Stop STOP STOP Full stop

Decimal DAY-SEE.MAL DE-SI-MAL Decimal point
Cancel my last word or group.
Correction KOR-REK-SHUN KOB-REK-CHEUNE The correct word or group follows.

3) Stations of the same country, when communicating between themselves, may use any other table recognized by their
administration.
For information about RT and WT procedures etc, related to safety of navigation and persons, especially where language
difficulties may arise, see lnternational Code of Signals, published by the IMO 1985.

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