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PHONETIC RESEARCH  WHILE RESEARCHING THIS ARTICLE, I CAME ACROSS A 1962 US
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT COMPREHENSIVELY REVIEWING THE SERIES OF RESEARCH
CONDUCTED TO IDENTIFY AND ADDRESS THE PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN THE
ORIGINALLY PROPOSED ICAO SYSTEM AND HOW THEY WERE IMPROVED.  TO MY
SURPRISE, I FOUND THAT THERE WAS PROFOUND HISTORY, WELL DELINEATED
OBJECTIVES, AND A GREAT DEAL OF SERIOUS RESEARCH FUNDED BY THE US AND OTHER
GOVERNMENTS BEHIND THE DEVELOPMENT AND ADOPTION OF THE CURRENT SYSTEM.
WHAT WE HAVE NOW IS A CULMINATION OF MANY DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND MANY
YEARS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.  ALSO, TO MY DELIGHT, THE PARTICULAR US
GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT WAS AUTHORED BY STEVE STUNTZ, K6FS, A FELLOW LOCAL CLUB
MEMBER AND, UNFORTUNATELY, A SILENT KEY.  THE RESEARCH, AUTHORIZED AND
FUNDED BY THE US MILITARY, MADE CLEAR WHAT SPECIFIC ISSUES IT HAD TO
ADDRESS  EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION IN ENGLISH AMONG FOREIGN NATIONALS IS
OFTEN HAMPERED BY DEVIATIONS FROM CUSTOMARY PRONUNCIATION PATTERNS.  IT IS
INTENDED TO STANDARDIZE ON THE USE OF GENERAL AMERICAN BY ALL NATIONALITIES
IN A MULTI LINGUAL GROUP OF TALKERS ORIENTAL, CENTRAL, AMERICAN, EUROPEAN.
IN AMATEUR RADIO COMMUNICATION, WE OFTEN FACE THE SAME PROBLEM AS IN
AVIATION AND MILITARY COMMUNICATION.  IN HAM RADIO WE NEED TO ACCURATELY
UNDERSTAND AMATEURS WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS NOT ENGLISH, SPEAKING ACCENTED
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