Field Manual / Prowords and procedure / I SPELL
I SPELL
PROWORDI shall spell the next word phonetically.
On air
“Village name, I spell: HOTEL ECHO LIMA. Over.”
“Bravo Six, this is Bravo Two. Town name, I spell: Kilo, India, Echo, Victor. Over.”
“Surname Horak, I spell: Hotel, Oscar, Romeo, Alfa, Kilo. Over.”
“Unit name, I spell: Tango, Alfa, Romeo, Alfa, Sierra. Over.”
In conversation
Say the word first if you can, then I spell and the letters.
Related
WAITI must pause for a few seconds.WAIT OUTI must pause for longer than a few seconds; I will call you back.CORRECTIONAn error has been made in this transmission. Transmission will continue with the last word correctly transmitted.FIGURESNumerals or numbers follow.THIS ISThis transmission is from the station whose call sign immediately follows.READ BACKRepeat this entire transmission back to me exactly as received.