European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 1, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              Chet Lambert and his confirm reception of broadcasts by sending fellow hams cards Tike this i excuse i have to Call my Cyl Shohdi chef Impi a Clura of he family on radio Trani matter in Devreux 1964 by James Slaff writer a communications sergeant at chats every Duy with the family he was forced to leave in the states a year and there is no Telephone Bill to at 9 air Force s sol Chet Lam Bert sits Down at the radio transmitter in tils Barracks room at Devreux air touches a hand control to swing the 10foot Antenna outside his window toward the adjusts a fre Quency dial to 14290 kilo cycles and Calls for his Cyl in Cyl is Ham radio talk for its 11 in Chattanooga when Lam berts Lively voice crackles across the Atlantic to begin a conversation with his and his three Youni child Ren that May last More than an sometimes he Calls them twice in a Teeple received her general class operators License Only two Days before her husband shipped she was unable to accompany him because their two sons Are asthmatics and Lambert was advised against taking them to a portrait of the wife and children is perched on top of lamberts transmit the Metal Box which is his link with he has an infectious enthusiasm for Ham which he took up five years he taught Teeple the code and its fascinating and she loves he when she goes to Nashville to the she takes a radio Rig in the car so that if she has Flat the at night she could get the 30yearold sergeant is a member of detachment 2nd Mobile communications should work interfere with his radio Call at Teeple knows that he will be on the air two hours repeat William Able four Robert Edward the Cyl in Chatt this is the he repeat foxtrot sever Charlie calling and standing Are you there the of old Man gets an answer this is How do you Chet loud and he with these preliminaries out of the they begin to usually about the health of Teeple and the and we discuss the weather and then we Check on anything that is important that when i needed some insurance Pap ers they came Straightaway in the then we just Lambert frequently talks to Kerry and Christie about such things As a real live pumpkin for Only on week ends can he get to Alan who is in his first year at school Lam berts parents will drop by his wife borne and join in the of the sergeant gives them a radio operators Symbol for Good and for Teeple there is always 88 he operates at Devreux As station but has the Call letters w4wdr when stateside and also has a License to broadcast in the Congo As a Veteran of 11 years in the air pointed to the entries in his radio one Call Home lasted an hour and 19 he said they ordinarily talk for about 30 we have never lost each other due to atmospheric but we Are crowded out by More powerful he then we must find a new spot on the of we can always resort to Morse code u the lamberts have a invest ment in radio including weenies station with a Crank up his station is a 100 the Legal limit for amateurs in but Teeple gets a Good signal from Alan sends me his school work by and Kerry malls me pictures of monsters which he names be its about the Only use we have for the Post 11