Finnish Armed Forces radio alphabet
Letter | Code word | Meaning |
---|---|---|
A | Aarne | male name |
B | Bertta | female name |
C | Celsius | Swedish scientist Anders Celsius |
D | Daavid | male name |
E | Eemeli | male name |
F | Faarao | Finnish for 'pharaoh' |
G | Gideon | biblical name |
H | Heikki | male name |
I | Iivari | male name |
J | Jussi | male name |
K | Kalle | male name |
L | Lauri | male name |
M | Matti | male name |
N | Niilo | male name |
O | Otto | male name |
P | Paavo | male name |
Q | kuu | Finnish name of the letter q, also Finnish for 'moon' |
R | Risto | male name |
S | Sakari | male name |
T | Tyyne | female name |
U | Urho | male name, also Finnish for 'hero' |
V | Vihtori | male name |
W | Viski | Finnish for whisky |
X | äksä | Finnish name of the letter x |
Y | Yrjö | male name |
Z | zeta | Finnish name of the letter z |
Å | Åke | Swedish male name |
Ä | äiti | mother |
Ö | öljy | oil |
The Finnish Defence Forces switched over to the NATO phonetic alphabet in 2005, but the Finnish one is used for Å, Ä, Ö and digits.[1] International operations use only the NATO alphabet.
On the Finnish rail network the Finnish Armed Forces spelling alphabet was used until May 31, 2020 and starting on July 1 the railways switched to NATO phonetic alphabet, but still retained Finnish spelling words for Å, Ä, Ö and numbers.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Sotilaan käsikirja 2013 (PDF). Puolustusvoimat. 2013. p. 205. ISBN 978-951-25-2463-1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-09-04. Retrieved 2016-01-23.
- ^ "Rautatieliikenteen puheviestintä kansainvälistyy". Väylä.fi. Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency. 2019-09-11. Retrieved 2020-07-13.