Phonetic alphabet

When the signal is weak or crackly, you give letters as words — “S as in Sierra”. Here you’ve got two alphabets: the international ICAO/NATO (used worldwide) and the Polish (given names — for domestic and emergency comms), plus a cheat sheet, flashcards and a quiz. Bonus: in Polish F is Filip 😉

ICAO + Polish letters and numbers flashcards and quiz A–Z without mistakes

How it works on the air: spell your callsign and tricky words, word by word, e.g. SQ5CBA = “Sierra Quebec Five Charlie Bravo Alfa”. Use the international one for DX and contests, the Polish one for domestic QSOs. The switch below changes the alphabet in the cheat sheet, flashcards and quiz.

Cheat sheet — spelling

Letters A–Z

AAlfa

BBravo

CCharlie

DDelta

EEcho

FFoxtrot

GGolf

HHotel

IIndia

JJuliett

KKilo

LLima

MMike

NNovember

OOscar

PPapa

QQuebec

RRomeo

SSierra

TTango

UUniform

VVictor

WWhiskey

XX-ray

YYankee

ZZulu

Numbers (ICAO)

0Zero

1One

2Two

3Three (say “tree”)

4Four (say “fower”)

5Five (say “fife”)

6Six

7Seven

8Eight (say “ait”)

9Nine (say “niner”)

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Letters on the air

Got the spelling down? Learn the Q codes and practise Morse — in poor conditions they’re what save the contact.

Q codes tutorial ·− Morse trainer

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