Narrative:

Someone needs to contact military operations command center about their call signs. The call signs are getting too difficult to pronounce in normal conditions and even more difficult for pilot and controller communications when busy. I had a call sign today which was xx-DC8, which makes you say xx-heavy.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR SAID MIL CALL SIGNS ARE GETTING DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE. CALL SIGNS INCLUDE A MIX OF LETTERS AND NUMBERS.

Narrative: SOMEONE NEEDS TO CONTACT MIL OPS COMMAND CTR ABOUT THEIR CALL SIGNS. THE CALL SIGNS ARE GETTING TOO DIFFICULT TO PRONOUNCE IN NORMAL CONDITIONS AND EVEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR PLT AND CTLR COMS WHEN BUSY. I HAD A CALL SIGN TODAY WHICH WAS XX-DC8, WHICH MAKES YOU SAY XX-HVY.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.