[Boatanchors] Break usage

[Bob Macklin]

Something else that changed.

In the 50's and early 60's we use the military phonetic alphabet. Most of us
were either in the military or had been.

I don't know when the current ham phonetic alphabet came into use.

Bob Macklin
K5MYJ
Seattle, Wa,
"Real Radios Glow in the Dark"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Peters" <rwpeters at swbell.net>
To: "'BillJ'" <w3fi at nwboronet.com>; <boatanchors at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 1:33 PM
Subject: RE: [Boatanchors] Break usage


> It is also used the same in Military com as in Air Trafic.
> Especially in MARS. In Vietnam Tachtical nets you may answer two or
> three stations in
> One transmission..
>
> W1PE
>
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> [mailto:boatanchors-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of BillJ
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2008 2:16 PM
> To: boatanchors at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Boatanchors] Break usage
>
> Break is often used by air traffic controllers: For example "United 123
> turn 30 degrees left BREAK Delta 456 descend to Ten thousand feet. It
> separates two back to back transmissions, that would normally not be
> together, but would await read back from United before calling Delta.
>
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