=====ETA313-05: Regulation Lesson 1: Phonetics, callsigns, abbreviations=====

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**Recommended reading: 261, 263, 265-267 (Chapter 13)**

Phonetic alphabet: 

^ Letter ^ Swedish ^ITU, ICAO and NATO ^
|A | Adam      | Alfa    | 
|B | Bertil    | Bravo   |
|C | Cesar     | Charlie |
|D | David     | Delta   |
|E | Erik      | Echo    |
|F | Filip     | Foxtrot |
|G | Gustav    | Golf    |
|H | Helge     | Hotel   |
|I | Ivar      | India   |
|J | Johan     | Juliett |
|K | Kalle     | Kilo    |
|L | Ludvig    | Lima    |
|M | Martin    | Mike    |
|N | Niklas    | November|
|O | Olof      | Oscar   |
|P | Petter    | Papa    |
|Q | Qvintus   | Quebec  |
|R | Rudolf    | Romeo   |
|S | Sigurd    | Sierra  |
|T | Tore      | Tango   |
|U | Urban     | Uniform |
|V | Viktor    | Victor  |
|W | Wilhelm   | Whiskey |
|X | Xerxes    | X-ray   |
|Y | Yngve     | Yankee  |
|Z | Zäta      | Zulu    |
|Å | Åke       | Alfa Alfa (AA)  |
|Ä | Ärlig     | Alfa Echo (AE)  |
|Ö | Östen     | Oscar Echo (OE) |

^ Number ^ Swedish ^ITU, ICAO and NATO ^
|0 | Nolla | Zero |
|1 | Ett   | One  |
|2 | Tvåa  | Two  |
|3 | Trea  | Three|
|4 | Fyra  | Four |
|5 | Femma | Five |
|6 | Sexa  | Six  |
|7 | Sju   | Seven|
|8 | Åtta  | Eight|
|9 | Nia   | Niner|


^ Abbreviation^ English                                                                                 ^ Svenska                                                                              ^
| BK                      | Break                                                                                    | Bryt (sänds för att avbryta en sändande station för kommentar)                       |
| CQ                      | General call to all stations                                                             | Allmänt anrop                                                                        |
| CW                      | Continuous Waves                                                                         | Telegrafi                                                                            |
| DE                      | from                                                                                     | från (DE SA6JKK)                                                                     |
| K                       | Invitation to send                                                                       | kom, jag lyssnar                                                                     |
| MSG                     | Message                                                                                  | Meddelande                                                                           |
| PSE                     | Please                                                                                   | Var snäll och …                                                                      |
| R                       | Received                                                                                 | Mottaget                                                                             |
| RST  (or RST599)        | Report system R = Readability (1-5) S = Signal strength (1-9) T = Tone report [CW] (1-9) | Rapportsystem R = Läsbarhet (1-5) S = Signalstyrka  (1-9) T = Tonkvalitet [CW] (1-9) |
| RX                      | Receiver                                                                                 | Radiomottagare                                                                       |
| TX                      | Transmitter                                                                              | Radiosändare                                                                         |
| UR                      | Your                                                                                     | Din                                                                                  |
| OM                      | (Old) Man                                                                                | (Gammal) Man                                                                                  |
| YL                      | (Young) Lady                                                                             | (Ung) Kvinna                                                                                 |
| XYL                     | Wife                                                                                     | Fru                                                                                 |

No YM, OL, XOM... OM/YL/XYL are quite sexist in my opinion /JKK

Honorary mentions Western union 92 code                                                                                                                                                       

^ Abbrevation^ English^ Svenska   ^
| 73| Best regards| Med vänliga hälsningar|
| 72| Best regards when QRP. (Slightly less 73)| Med vänliga hälsningar vid QRP (lite mindre än 73)|
| 88| Love and kisses| Puss och kram                                                                        |


Not just ham but common abbreviations

^ Abbreviation ^ English                                                                                 ^ Svenska                                                                              ^
| UTC| Coordinated universal time| |
| RTTY| Radio Teletype| |
| AMTOR| Amateur Teleprinting Over Radio| |
| PSK| Phase Shift Keying| |
| AM| Amplitude Modulation| |
| SSB| Single Sideband| |
| USB| Upper Sideband| |
| LSB| Lower Sideband| |
| FM| Frequency modulation| |
| NBFM| Narrowband FM| |
| SSTV| Slow-scan TV| |
| ATV| Amateur TV| |
| ITU| International Telecomunication Union (Under UN)| |
| IARU| International Amateur Radio Union| |
| CEPT| European Conference of Postal and Telecommuications Administrations| |
| PTS| | Post och Tele-styrelsen|


**Callsigns**

say everything with phonetics
	
	SA6JKK -> 

SA = Swedish

**Normal prefixes **

Single operators - SA, SM (SA was started to be distributed in 2004)

Ham Radio Clubs- SA, SK 

Military organizations and FRO - SL 

And 7S, 8S, SA, SB, SC…,SM 

6 = Västra Götaland + Hallands län

JKK = Me, suffix, Base signal

/M = Portable/Mobile

/0 = Visiting Stockholm

/MM = in international waters

/AM = Flying (Require special permit)

LA/ = Visiting Norway

| Norden      |               |
|-------------|---------------|
| LA          | Norge         |
| OH          | Finland       |
| OH0         | Åland         |
| OZ          | Danmark       |
| Europa      |               |
| DL          | Tyskland      |
| EA          | Spanien       |
| ES          | Estland       |
| F           | Frankrike     |
| G           | England       |
| HB          | Schweiz       |
| I           | Italien       |
| LY          | Litauen       |
| OK          | Tjeckien      |
| ON          | Belgien       |
| PA          | Nederländerna |
| S5          | Slovenien     |
| SP          | Polen         |
| SV          | Grekland      |
| UA          | Ryssland      |
| YL          | Lettland      |
| Afrika      |               |
| EA8         | Kanarieöarna  |
| ZS          | Sydafrika     |
| Asien       |               |
| HS          | Thailand      |
| JA          | Japan         |
| Nordamerika |               |
| K           | USA           |
| VE          | Kanada        |
| Sydamerika  |               |
| LU          | Argentina     |
| PY          | Brasilien     |
| Oceanien    |               |
| VK          | Australien    |
| ZL          | Nya Zeeland   |