Flight 1999A
At the February 19, 2011, Loudoun Amateur Radio Group's Monthly Meeting, Rick Miller - AI1V of Reston presented a program on the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group's Balloon Operations. This is an outstanding presentation and was quite informative to all. Many more members are now getting ready for our next Flight or Fox Hunt. This presentation was originally made to the Escondido Amateur Radio Society of California by Rick in early February, 2011. Rick says this club is also gearing up to "FLY." |
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The Balloon Committee of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group chaired by Tom Dawson - WB3AKD conducted a Duel Fox Hunt on May 15, 2010. The Hunt Group was small but they were sucessful in finding the "Easy Fox." Read more as reported by Denny Boehler - KF4TJI. |
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The Balloon Committee of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group successfully conducted a high altitude balloon flight over Northern Virginia and into Maryland on Sunday, October 25, 2009. Launch was at 0932 hours local from Harrisonburg, VA. We flew two payloads 1) the Tom Dawson - WB3AKD K4LRG/B 145.650 MHz CW Beacon and 2) the Mike McBurnett - KJ4KGB APRS Rocket Altimeter. Recovery was in east of Poolesville, MD. |
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The Balloon Committee of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group successfully conducted a high altitude balloon flight over Northern Virginia on Saturday, July 19, 2008. Launch was at 9 AM local from Summit Point, WV. The telemetry beacon with Data operated on 145.650 MHz. Recovery was in northeast Loudoun County near Taylorstown, VA. |
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Tom Dawson - WB3AKD, the Chairman of the LARG Balloon Cmte, deployed Dual Foxes of July 21, 2007. It was fun figuring out what was going on and tracking them down in Western Loudoun. |
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The LARG Balloon Cmte is back in business. This Fox Hunt took us up into Jefferson County, WV. Fifteen members of the LARG participated. And, with a little special help, everyone found the Fox. It was a great day. |
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The LARG Balloon Cmte successfully launch and flew HABCAT-3 on LARG Flight 2004A on Saturday, August 7, 2004. Payload failures near or at touchdown prevented recovery. |
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The LARG Balloon Cmte successfully launched, flew, tracked and recovered a dual-payload - ATV With GPS and our Standard 2-Meter CW Beacon on Saturday, July 19, 2003. |
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The LARG Balloon Cmte successfully launched, flew, tracked and recovered a dual-payload - ATV and CW Beacon on Monday, May 26, 2003. Follow the link to the left or click on the Purple Balloon for a PDF-Formatted Master Flight Manual on LARG Balloon Committee Flights including HABCAT-1 prepared by Tom Dawson, WB3AKD. |
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The LARG Balloon Cmte had planned to launch, fly, track and recovered a dual-payload - SKY-EYE III - on Saturday, November 16, 2002. But weather conditions twice postponed the flight. Preparations for this effort are recorded in this section. |
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The LARG Balloon Cmte successfully launched, flew, tracked and recovered a dual-payload - SKY-EYE II - on Saturday, July 20, 2002. |
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This is the story of the Great Fox Hunt as told by the Ghost Riders. |
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Sky-Eye I flew on Saturday, July 21, 2001 From Hancock , MD On I-70 And Was Recovered July 28 In Capon Bridge, WV. |
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On October 21, 2000, Flight 2000A Was Launch From VA-WV Border At Gore on Route 50 And Was Recovered Northeast Of DC. |
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On April 24, 1999, the LARG launched a small 11-ounce Ham Radio Beacon from Rocky Gap State Park, Cumberland, MD. It reached 100,000 feet where it burst and the payload drifted back to earth. |
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Research and Development Of Amateur Television Payload For Launch As Sky-EYE II. |
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Payload, Control, Tracking and Recovery Research and Development Incorporated Into The MZ-104 Contest Payload. |
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