[Scan-DC] 10-43

[Doug Kitchener]

Frank, you're right about "reversion", esp when things start heating up!  As far as the phonetic alphabet, you got me beat... I can't understand it at all!  When they start all that Charlie Robert Alpha Zulu Yankee Sierra Tango Uniform Foxtrot Foxtrot I rarely get past the first letter... I don't know how the dispatchers do it... in Montgomery County most of the PD dispatchers seem to be really good and almost never miss a Lincoln Echo Tango Tango Echo Robert, and for that they have my Robert Echo Sierra Papa Echo Charlie Tango and Alpha Delta Mike Indigo Robert Alpha Tango Indigo Oscar Nancy.  Or whatever.  10-100.

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> From: lloydde at verizon.net
> Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 10:07:28 -0500
> To: scan-dc at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: Re: [Scan-DC] 10-43
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> That reminds me of a few transmissions I heard the other night from Montgomery County PD which left me chuckling loudly. The officer was using a mixed phonetic alphabet with certain letters (Alpha, Bravo, Echo, Hotel, etc) were in how the fire department uses them. However, all the ones that were not used often by MCFRS were reverted to the police standard (Mary, Paul, Ocean, John) I suspect he was firefighter turned police officer.
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> I'll be 10-7 for the remainder...
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> David
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> On Feb 18, 2012, at 1:24 PM, Frank Carson wrote:
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> > Gotta give them a chance - I have been using 10 codes for about 24 years now, and their bosses (I hope) are cutting them some slack. It is hard to change a habit like that "starting at 0001 hrs on this date". I was talking to a Calvert County Deputy who said they have to switch from the "Adam Baker Charlie" phonetic alphabet to the "Alpha Bravo Charlie" phonetic alphabet. After doing the first one for years it's hard to switch. I have a hard time when I am on my ham radio remembering which alphabet to use. I can understand the "plain language" move for interoperatibility between agencies. I can't understand the phonetic alphabet switch.
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> > Frank Carson