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Amateur Radio Communication Cheat Sheet (DRAFT) by

A Quick sheet to easily see Phonetic Alphabet, RST System, and more.

This is a draft cheat sheet. It is a work in progress and is not finished yet.

RST System

Readab­ility
1
--Unre­adable.
2
--Barely readable, occasional words distin­gui­shable.
3
--Readable with consid­erable diffic­ulty.
4
--Readable with practi­cally no diffic­ulty.
5
--Perf­ectly readable.
Signal Strength
1
--Faint signals, barely percep­tible.
2
--Very weak signals.
3
--Weak signals.
4
--Fair signals.
5
--Fairly good signals.
6
--Good signals.
7
--Mode­rately strong signals.
8
--Strong signals.
9
--Extr­emely strong signals.
Tone
1
1--Sixty cycle a.c or less, very rough and broad.
2
2--Very rough a.c., very harsh and broad.
3
3--Rough a.c. tone, rectified but not filtered.
4
4--Rough note, some trace of filtering.
5
5--Fil­tered rectified a.c. but strongly ripple­-mo­dul­ated.
6
6--Fil­tered tone, definite trace of ripple modula­tion.
7
6--Fil­tered tone, definite trace of ripple modula­tion.
8
8--Near perfect tone, slight trace of modula­tion.
9
9--Perfect tone, no trace of ripple or modulation of any kind.
The above reporting system is used on both cw and voice, leaving out the "­ton­e" report on voice.

Phonetic Alphabet

Letter
Word
Pronuc­iation
A
Alpha
AL FAH
B
Bravo
BRAV VOH
C
Charlie
CHAR LEE
D
Delta
DELL TAH
E
Echo
ECH OH
F
Foxtrot
FOKS TROT
G
Golf
GOLF
H
Hotel
HOH TELL
I
India
IN DEE AH
J
Juliet
JEW LEE ETT
K
Kilo
KEY LOH
L
Lima
LEE MAH
M
Mike
MIKE
N
November
NO VEM BER
O
Oscar
OSS CAH
P
Papa
PAH PAH
Q
Quebec
KEH BECK
R
Romeo
ROW ME OH
S
Sierra
SEE AIR RAH
T
Tango
TANG OH
U
Uniform
YOU NEE FORM
V
Victor
VIK TAH
W
Whiskey
WISS KEY
X
X-Ray
ECKS RAY
Y
Yankee
YANG KEY
Z
Zulu
ZOO LOO