VHF Call Sign - zero or letter O?

[LadyInBed]

I think I would say each word after I had spelled it.

The 'official' way is to say the 'word' followed by the proword "I Spell" then spell the word.

 

[geoid96]

I think the answer to this may be that it is a letter O ( Oscar) not a numeral 0 (zero) simply beacuse they dont use zeros in call signs.


Will wait now to be proved wrong

I think you are correct for UK call signs, but many other countries use both Oscar and Zero. For example Belgian call signs all start with Oscar followed by another letter then four digits which may include a zero.

 

[MM5AHO]

Fife isn't phonetics for F. Should be Foxtrot.

 

[nigelmercier]

Fife isn't phonetics for F. Should be Foxtrot.

You are referring to my post.

[ZIOI5]... it would be worth spelling this out in phonetics on the radio: Zulu, India, Oscar, India, Fife.

As you can see, I didn't say Fife was the phonetic for F. Fife is the correct way to say the number five, it sounds less like nine, which should be said as niner.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO_phonetic_alphabet

 

[Deleted member 36384]

.... Fife is the correct way to say the number five, ..

or PAN-TAH-FIVE

 

[nigelmercier]

or PAN-TAH-FIVE

Indeed, although I have never heard that.

 

[livefats]

Yes, when I took my VHF exam in the 90s we learned two -stage numeral: NADA-ZERO; PAN-TAH-FIFE, for example. Currently gearing up for the GMDSS update, and the "international" aspect of numerals appears to have disappeared.

 

[ukmctc]

"Oscar"

 

[ukmctc]

Actually its "fiver" with 9 its "Niner"

 

[ukmctc]

Pan-Ten is what an Essex boy pays for shampoo

 

[nigelmercier]

Actually its "fiver" with 9 its "Niner"

Absolutely not. Five is "Fife".

 

[prv]

Actually its "fiver" with 9 its "Niner"

Absolutely not. Five is "Fife".

+1

Fiver was the mystic rabbit in Watership Down

Pete

 

[colind3782]

This is basic stuff guys!

 

[LadyInBed]

Actually its "fiver" with 9 its "Niner"

Absolutely not.

It must be down to inflation, a Tener is less than a Fiver these days!
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