Hints
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Hints
During the JOTA you're probably a lot of new things to hear and we will do our best to you and one other on the radio amateurism to bring. Not wholly unprepared 'to start' appear to this page using hints and tips. On this page something about call signs and games with the NATO alphabet game.
Call-signs (call names)
Each car has its own plate with a specific color and combination with letters and numbers. There is throughout the world is not the same plate. This also applies to aircraft, at the tail of the aircraft is a unique code. Also unique to radio, all stations have a number (or rather, a letter-number combination).
Hams call that number a call sign. Often abbreviated to 'call'. The call sign consists of two parts: the prefix and suffix. When our station is the prefix and suffix PA3 EFR. What is this? The prefix shows / hear from any country station. PA is the Netherlands, England is G, D is Germany, K is America. Naturally, a hamradio not all prefixes of all countries from its head. All prefixes are together in one handy booklet.
The number in the prefix indicates the hamradio whose call sign is, everybody should do (Morse, packet radio, voice, etc.) The 3 in PA3EFR allows all forms of broadcast to amateurism. The suffix was created by the computer and the combination is unique. The combination of prefix and suffix is unique, as unique as the number plate of a car or the number on the tail of an airplane. There exists throughout the world but a PA3EFR and that is our station. To call the words to spell, we use the NATO alphabet.
Below are some examples of call signs. Pay attention to the prefixes.
The NATO alphabet
Sometimes the connections are not so well, so you can't hear what the other station says. That is often the case with connections over long distances, often on the shortwave. What helps is to of words (or names of people, places, JOTA stations) in the NATO spelling alphabet. Because you do not know or the conditions at the other station are good, we use this alphabet always when we make connections in the Netherlands. It is especially useful if you know what word to hear the letter. There are many national game the world alphabets, but the NATO alphabet is the international alphabet. An Englishman, Romanian, Canadian, German, or African will understand what you mean when you use the NATO alphabet:
Call-signs (call names)
Each car has its own plate with a specific color and combination with letters and numbers. There is throughout the world is not the same plate. This also applies to aircraft, at the tail of the aircraft is a unique code. Also unique to radio, all stations have a number (or rather, a letter-number combination).
Hams call that number a call sign. Often abbreviated to 'call'. The call sign consists of two parts: the prefix and suffix. When our station is the prefix and suffix PA3 EFR. What is this? The prefix shows / hear from any country station. PA is the Netherlands, England is G, D is Germany, K is America. Naturally, a hamradio not all prefixes of all countries from its head. All prefixes are together in one handy booklet.
The number in the prefix indicates the hamradio whose call sign is, everybody should do (Morse, packet radio, voice, etc.) The 3 in PA3EFR allows all forms of broadcast to amateurism. The suffix was created by the computer and the combination is unique. The combination of prefix and suffix is unique, as unique as the number plate of a car or the number on the tail of an airplane. There exists throughout the world but a PA3EFR and that is our station. To call the words to spell, we use the NATO alphabet.
Below are some examples of call signs. Pay attention to the prefixes.
RV2XK - Ukrain | DA2ED - Germany | G9CSD - England | VE6ERT - Canada | JA3PNS - Japan |
XR3J - Chile | OH0SHF - Finland | CS2PRT - Portugal | H6AWR - Nicaragua | SV2PP - Greece
XR3J - Chile | OH0SHF - Finland | CS2PRT - Portugal | H6AWR - Nicaragua | SV2PP - Greece
The NATO alphabet
Sometimes the connections are not so well, so you can't hear what the other station says. That is often the case with connections over long distances, often on the shortwave. What helps is to of words (or names of people, places, JOTA stations) in the NATO spelling alphabet. Because you do not know or the conditions at the other station are good, we use this alphabet always when we make connections in the Netherlands. It is especially useful if you know what word to hear the letter. There are many national game the world alphabets, but the NATO alphabet is the international alphabet. An Englishman, Romanian, Canadian, German, or African will understand what you mean when you use the NATO alphabet:
A = Alpha | B = Bravo | C = Charlie | Delta D = | E = Echo | F = Foxtrot | G = Golf | Hotel H = | I = India | Julliet J = | K = Kilo | L = Lima |
Mike M = | N = November | O = Oscar | P = Papa | Q = Quebec | R = Romeo | S = Sierra | T = Tango | U = Uniform |
Victor V = | W = Whiskey | X = X-Ray | Y = Yankee | Z = Zulu
Mike M = | N = November | O = Oscar | P = Papa | Q = Quebec | R = Romeo | S = Sierra | T = Tango | U = Uniform |
Victor V = | W = Whiskey | X = X-Ray | Y = Yankee | Z = Zulu
As said, it's very useful if you know what word to hear the letter. Learn the alphabet. That is very easy if you start with a number of words in the NATO alphabet to spell: Your name, callsign of the station and the name of Scoutgroup. Try it!
