[lyle]

Hello, Lyle:
And thank you for your service! Most of the time I was based out of PhuBai, but also operated out west vic Kontum, Pleiku, and DakTo. Too many little men wearing tan uniforms trying to shoot me. I still dream about it every night.

HA, no, I was told by a radio tech that his worst nightmare was a grunt with a screwdriver. We got pretty good at understanding wave propagation, especially with respect to shortwave radios. For us the radio was a bigger asset than any weapons that we carried, so we made sure to care for them properly.

Do you have a project radio that you are going to work on?

Yes TA,

Working on a Philco 60 for the family Doc. Sure don't want to get it wrong! You?

Spent most of my time on the Ranger (Aircraft Carrier) going in circles on Yankee Station between the mainland and Hainan Island. Not very exciting, except the several times we caught fire with thousands of pounds of ordinance stacked on deck.

Welcome home, TA.

lyle