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The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group
de Loudoun County,  Northern Virginia
K 4 L R G   -  5A VA
Station #3 - 40 CW

2006 LARG - K4LRG ARRL Field Day - July 2006. Photograph by Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, Virginia.

2006 LARG - K4LRG ARRL Field Day - July 2006. Photograph by Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, Virginia.

Paul Dluehosh - N4PD   -   Captain, Station #3

And Bill McCourt  - WF1L of Reston "Dancin' With Charlie Whiskey"

The Rates At Station #3

LARG - K4LRG 2006 ARRL Field Day. Rate Charts created by Norm Styer - AI2C of Clarkes Gap, Virginia from the TR Logging Files provided by Paul Dluehosh - N4PD of Leesburg, Virginia.

    Station #3 started fairly well in the first hour on 40-Meters CW but the storm closed us for a two hours. By 5 PM we were back in business. Rates were a little slower than last year; most likely caused by all the stormy weather on the East Coast that closed a lot of operations. By 0400Z - Midnight - we had 231 in the log as compared to 474 last year. Overall, Station #3 put 540 good CW QSOs in the log compared to 860 last year. The peak hourly rate of 50 per hour at 1500Z proved 40-Meters is the place to be.

2006 LARG - K4LRG ARRL Field Day - July 2006. Photograph by Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, Virginia.


One Hour Into Field Day and We Close For The Passing Storm

Will it ever stop? We used Dave Putman - KE4S's APRS - Internet Connection to check the National Weather Service RADAR; it was clear that we were pretty lucky for most of Virginia and Maryland were well covered by more storms. Within an hour it past.

2006 LARG - K4LRG ARRL Field Day - July 2006. Photograph by Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, Virginia.


Station #3 on 40-Meters CW by Paul Dluehosh - N4PD

Paul - N4PD put together a very nice station when we learned that our 40-Meters CW anchor John Unger - W4AU would not be available. The station included a Kenwood TS-450SAT HF Transceiver, an I.C.E. Combination Bandpass Filter Model 419 RF filter, an IBM 701C Thinkpad computer, several voltage, watts and current meters and of course, a very nice Vibrokeyer by Vibroplex® and it is not iambic. The antenna system was John - W4AU's 40-Meters vertical full-wave loop.

Photographed by Denny Boehler - KF4TJI of Leesburg, Virginia.

Gary Quinn - NC4S At Daybreak With Angi's Pancake Breakfast


Sunday Morning on 40-Meters CW With Gary Quinn - NC4S

2006 LARG - K4LRG ARRL Field Day - July 2006. Photograph by Paul Dluehosh - N4PD of Leesburg, Virginia.

2006 LARG - K4LRG ARRL Field Day - July 2006. Photograph by Paul Dluehosh - N4PD of Leesburg, Virginia.

Paul - N4PD's Battery Power System

Note Terminal Cover Caps
and the Fire Extinguisher for Safety  !!!

 
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