{"id":64270,"date":"2025-10-14T07:05:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:05:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=64270"},"modified":"2025-10-14T07:05:48","modified_gmt":"2025-10-14T11:05:48","slug":"a-deep-dive-into-the-nato-phonetic-alphabet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/10\/a-deep-dive-into-the-nato-phonetic-alphabet\/","title":{"rendered":"A Deep Dive Into the NATO Phonetic Alphabet"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Many thanks to <em>SWLing Post<\/em> contributor Fred Waterer, who writes:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">I&#8217;ve subscribed to this channel for some time. <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/UAT-eOzeY4M?si=M-Q7Ihr4EmhKzBq7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">This video<\/a>, which dropped the other day, will be of relevance to both SWLs and HAMS:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"625\" height=\"352\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UAT-eOzeY4M?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Rob does some deep dives into language. Including the surprising origins of many words in English and the lingering influence of both Anglo Saxon and Norman French.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Cheers<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Fred<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is a brilliant video. Thank you, Fred!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: I&#8217;ve subscribed to this channel for some time. This video, which dropped the other day, will be of relevance to both SWLs and HAMS: Rob does some deep dives into language. Including the surprising origins of many words in English and the lingering influence of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,288],"tags":[2729,7909],"class_list":["post-64270","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-radio-history","tag-fred-waterer","tag-phonetic-alphabet"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-gIC","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":63421,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/07\/a-love-for-radio-wtnd-106-3-fm-and-the-legacy-of-tom-and-darryl\/","url_meta":{"origin":64270,"position":0},"title":"A Love for Radio: WTND 106.3 FM and the Legacy of Tom and Darryl","author":"Thomas","date":"July 19, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes:\u00a0 Longtime WBCQ listeners may remember The Tom and Darryl Show which was on WBCQ for several years. I don't know too many people with more knowledge of music or a larger music collection. Great guys too. 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Fred writes: On a hot humid day in\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Listener Posts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Listener Posts","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/listener-posts\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Japan-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Japan-QSL.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/Radio-Japan-QSL.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":62674,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/bbc-sounds-and-overseas-listening-a-shifting-landscape\/","url_meta":{"origin":64270,"position":3},"title":"BBC Sounds and Overseas Listening: A Shifting Landscape","author":"Thomas","date":"April 22, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Fred Waterer, who shares the following post from James Cridland's blog and notes: Overseas listeners could listen to BBC Domestic broadcasts, then they couldn't, then they might be able to and then they might be able to for a fee and then who knows....\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;International Broadcasting&quot;","block_context":{"text":"International Broadcasting","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/international-broadcasting\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/BBC-eQSL-Card-2022-1.jpeg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x"},"classes":[]},{"id":63038,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/05\/hallicrafters-1944-film-voice-of-victory\/","url_meta":{"origin":64270,"position":4},"title":"Hallicrafters\u2019 1944 Film, &#8220;Voice of Victory&#8221;","author":"Thomas","date":"May 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: I've fallen down a YouTube rabbit hole. This time a video that is part propaganda, part Hallicrafters ad, and part documentary. Pretty interesting how they adapted the radios to wartime conditions: https:\/\/youtu.be\/Jps0_2adUvo?si=YFrPkaVUloRHBrMT Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/WWII-Hallicrafters.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x"},"classes":[]},{"id":65029,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2025\/12\/video-when-shortwave-radio-connected-soldiers-overseas-with-their-families-in-wwii\/","url_meta":{"origin":64270,"position":5},"title":"Video: When Shortwave Radio Connected Soldiers Overseas with Their Families in WWII","author":"Thomas","date":"December 27, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor Fred Waterer, who writes: \"The History Guy\" (a terrific YouTube channel) talks about the technical marvel of uniting the four radio networks and soldiers overseas via shortwave at Christmas 1942 and 1943. https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xiS4Imqs47M Click here to view on YouTube.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"News","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/category\/news\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/xiS4Imqs47M\/0.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]}],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64270","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64270"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64271,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64270\/revisions\/64271"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}