Students on all levels of GMDSS course will need to learn the phonetic alphabet prior to their course.
- RYA Short Range Certificate (classroom or online)
- Long Range Certificate
- Restricted Operator Certificate
- General Operator Certificate
PHONETIC ALPHABET
| Letter | Word | Pronounced as | Letter | Word | Pronounced as |
| A | Alpha | AL Fah | N | November | no VEM ber |
| B | Bravo | Brah voh | O | Oscar | OSS cah |
| C | Charlie | CHAR lee or SHAR lee | P | Papa | pah pah |
| D | Delta | DELL tah | Q | Quebec | keh BECK |
| E | Echo | ECK oh | R | Romeo | ROW me oh |
| F | Foxtrot | FOKS trot | S | Sierra | see AIR rah |
| G | Golf | GOLF | T | Tango | TANG go |
| H | Hotel | hoh TELL | U | Uniform | You nee form or OO nee form |
| I | India | IN dee ah | V | Victor | VIK tah |
| J | Juliet | JEW lee ETT | W | Whiskey | WISS key |
| K | Kilo | key loh | X | X-ray | ECKS ray |
| L | Lima | lee mahl | Y | Yankee | YANG key |
| M | Mike | mike | Z | Zulu | ZOO loo |
RYA Short Range Certificate
RYA Short Range Certificate
Marine VHF
PHONETIC NUMBERS
| 0 | zero |
| 1 | wun |
| 2 | too |
| 3 | tree |
| 4 | FOW er |
| 5 | fife |
| 6 | six |
| 7 | SEV en |
| 8 | ait |
| 9 | NIN er |
Larger numbers should be broken down into single digits except from whole units of a thousand.
| 31 | tree wun |
| 247 | too FOWer SEVen |
| 2188 | too wun ait ait |
| 600 | six zero zero |
| 6000 | six thousand |
| 60000 | six zero thousand |