I think that even the military has changed over the years. Back in the '50's we used Able, Baker, Charlie, Dog, Easy, Fox,....Xray, Young, Zebra. It was a hold over from WWII and Korea so I don't know when it changed. I still fall back on that old memory when I have to use phonetics; understanding me is the problem of the receiver but most of them seem to pick it up.

When I don't understand someone, I have a hard time not responding: "Say again, last transmission". Saying "Repeat" just gives me nightmares that some old artilleryman will hear me.

Bob

Looks like Alpo had the same thought I did.
B