• ulterno@lemmy.kde.social
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    4 months ago

    The radio words were chosen to be distinct, such that for people who trained in them, it would be easier to distinguish letters being spoken over low quality radio.

    Not very relevant in the era of 2G HD audio, and now VoLTE.
    But when there’s a bad signal and you have to tell someone a callsign, it makes sense.

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