Richard (Dick) Singer (USA)

In 1939 I was born at Pana, IL. U.S. In  my   early teenage years I was interested in Amateur Radio. During 1957   I  learned the Morse code and in early 1958 I received my ham license with the call K6KSG. In 1958 I joined the U.S.   Navy  as   radioman and later served on the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Midway/NIIW until 1961.  I   worked ashore  as  a  civilian  in   various   jobs   until   I   decided   to   get my commercial radiotelegraph license to ship out on merchant ships. While waiting for a ship, I was breaking in to be an operator at the ITT coastal station   KOK   in Los Angeles, CA. Meanwhile the U.S. Government hired me to work as R/O on their ship  the   Hughes Glomar Explorer/WCHG. When  that   project  was  laid  up, I then shipped out on a tramp tanker  for  six   months   on   board the  SS Mount Explorer/KTSY.  My next employment was  with   the  Exxon Oil Company working on their tankers as Radio Electronics Officer.   Exxon   sent   me   to the following schools, the Fort Schuyler Maritime   Academy   at   Bronx,   N.Y.   for    instrumentation  and   automation, Sperry  Marine  for   the   Collision   Avoidance   systems.   Later   I   attended   the Communications Associates Inc. single sideband school, Raytheon   radar   school, Limitourqe electrical valve systems, and Tano engine room console. The SS Exxon New Orleans was my favorite ship.  All in all,  I served  on   19   ships in my 22 year career as a seagoing Radio Electronics Officer. I retired from Exxon Oil Company in 1994. It   is  sad   to hear the demise of CW on the marine frequencies. 73 to all the R/O’s that I have passed on ships in the middle of the night on the high seas.
In the picture Dick is receiving traffic from KPH.