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Richard C. Rhodes Dallas, TX San Antonio, TX Richardson, TX Honey Grove, TX QCWA # 16298 |
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Richard C. Rhodes Sr. died, August 9th, 2015 in his home at the age of 83 of natural causes.
Richard was a veteran of the U.S. Marine Corps and a law graduate from the University of Minnesota. He served as a criminal investigator with the U.S. Treasury Department and later as a technical operations officer with the CIA.
After leaving government, he was a security consultant in Dallas, a manufacturer's representative for security products, and a marketing director in a Fortune 500 company. He founded a publishing company in Dallas for trade books. His one published novel was "Serpent on the Hill," (under the pen-name of Philip Eliot).
Mr. Rhodes was a long-time contributor of articles to newspapers and magazines, among them "The Dallas Morning News" and "Texas Monthly". His passion for writing letters-to-the-editor resulted in hundreds of being published, in "The Dallas Morning News", "The New York Times", "The Wall Street Journal" and many other major publications. For many years, he wrote a broad-based column on the Internet called "The View From The Outback," from his home in Rural Northeast Texas. He was a private pilot and a ham radio operator (ham call K5OQ). He is survived by his sons, Mark W. Rhodes, Richard C. Rhodes Jr. and several grandchildren.
Bright-Holland Funeral Home conducted military graveside honors at Dallas-Ft. Worth National Cemetery
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K5OQ, Richard Rhodes, was first licensed in 1949 as W4YQF. I later held WØTBS (Minnesota), W5VWL, KH6IO (on Kauai), and AA5OQ.
I lived, worked, or traveled in about 30 countries, so it is logical that I spend a great deal of time ragchewing with DX stations. My other interests include, or have included, guns, private flying, photograpy, and of course computers.
I am a law graduate, a former Marine, and former Federal agent. In the business world, I have been in marketing, editing, and publishing. I have written one novel, and for nearly 20 years have contributed articles to various newspapers and magazines. Although I have worked DXCC+ in both Hawaii and in Texas, I have never submitted the cards. One of these days.
For those, especially DX, who worked me over the last 15 years at my ranch near Honey Grove, TX, (KH6IO/5, AA5OQ, K5OQ) with the 6 elements and KW+ amps, I sold that property. My station is now at my home and much more modest. The new boxes are an IC-756 Pro III, an Ameritron ALS-600 solid-state amp, and a Cushcraft R-6000 vertical. For now, at least. Mostly hanging out on 17 Meters these days.