The Radio Officer
A young Radio Officer on a North Sea Derrick Barge (The DB22) in the 1970s. The same young man went on to become a fat, ugly, bald and toothless old geezer. The same old geezer had hair in those days – and he was a little slimmer!

A young Radio Officer on a North Sea Derrick Barge (The DB22) in the 1970s. The same young man went on to become a fat, ugly, bald and toothless old geezer. The same old geezer had hair in those days – and he was a little slimmer!
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Look at your hair! We both had long hair years ago in days of old. This is where your ham radio hobby began Richard?
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It was the other way round. I got interested in amateur radio as a youngster and then found my way into marine radio. Of course, I am now a dinosaur. They no longer carry Radio Officers on merchant ships. Pity, because, if they did, I’d go back like a shot today!
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Well why is a Radio Officer less important?
Update to today, a Specialist in this field makes solid sense. Add to this other ways and modes of communications, the opportunities must be huge.
Cripes, I’m considering a purchase of an all-mode VHF-UHF Base radio for the home. Just finished a sweet radio install in my truck yesterday.
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You can’t have enough radios!
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