How to Play
Press start and your browser reads out a word one code word at a time — Sierra, Hotel, India, Papa spells SHIP. Type the word you heard and submit. You get ten transmissions per session, a running score, and a streak counter for consecutive correct copies. The drill follows whichever spelling alphabet you chose in the converter, from NATO to the German DIN 5009 table, and the easy pool switches to shorter words while you find your ears.
Why Ear Training Matters
In real use, the phonetic alphabet arrives through your ears: a support agent reads a booking code, a pilot reads back a taxiway, a dispatcher spells a street name. Recognizing Juliett as J while the next word is already coming is a listening skill, and charts alone don't build it. This drill does exactly what a radio does — no text on screen until you've committed to an answer.
One Tip
Don't buffer the whole word — write letters as they land. Experienced radio operators copy letter by letter and read the word afterwards; passengers try to hold five code words in their head and lose the third one. If a session goes badly, run the memorization plan for a day, then come back and hear the difference.