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Field
Day 2006
K4LRG was at Banshee Reeks for a very successful Field Day Operation. Jeff Slusher - KE5APC of Leesburg was our 2006 FD CMTE
Chairman. Again, we operated 5A VA plus VHF/UHF/SAT. Almost a 10K score this year with 40 members operating or supporting.
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Field
Day 2007
LARG - K4LRG operated 5A-VA from the Catoctin Hollow Farm of Patty and Gary Quinn - NC4S located northwest of Waterford, VA. Jeff Slusher - KE5APC of Leesburg was our 2007 Field Day CMTE Chairman. We had a record turnout, had a lot of fun and many "Got Bitten By The Bug."
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Field
Day 2008
The LARG - K4LRG operated 5A-VA from Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. This marks our fifteenth entry in this great event. Over fifty members participated and we set new score records for our group. Gary Quinn - NC4S was our Field Day Chairman. All agree that we had a great time. |
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Field
Day 2003
Field
Day 2003 was conducted at the Catoctin Hollow Farm of Patty and Gary
Quinn - NC4S northwest of Waterford. Buddy Brewer - K4CJB
of Round Hill was our FD CMTE Chairman. We operate 5A VA. A Great Time
Was Had By All !!!
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Field
Day 2004
Field Day 2004 was conducted at the Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve. Tom
Garasic - NA4MA was our Field Day CMTE Chairman. This
is one of the "Great LARG - K4LRG Field Days." Operating
5A VA meant there was plenty for all to be involved with.
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Field
Day 2005
The LARG returned to the great operational site at Banshee Reeks Nature
Preserve for it's 2005 ARRL Field Day. Boyd Garrett
- N5CTI
was our Field Day CMTE Chairman. We operated 5A VA plus VHF and UHF
operations. Thirty-plus members participated in this training and operational
test.
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Field
Day 2000
Field Day 2000 was a 'Great Success' from the newly designated Hamilton
Fire & Rescue site. We were active on most bands with a 3A VA exchange
and many new operators and many old friends. Gary Quinn -
NC4S of Lovettsville was our Field Day CMTE Chairman.
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Field
Day 2001
Field Day 2001 At Gary Quinn - NC4S's Farm was another great success.
Gary Quinn - NC4S of Lovettsville was our Field
Day CMTE Chairman. We set a new LARG record and finished 4th in the Nation
in 5A. Congrats to all.
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Field
Day 2002
Field Day 2002 was held at Fox Glen the farm of Bob Oliphant, KF4VBM,
northwest of Waterford. John Unger - W4AU
of Hamilton was our FD CMTE Chairman. A 'Great Time' was had by all.
We ran 4A VA Plus a GOTA Station.
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Field Day 1997
Field Day 1997 was held at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, VA. Tom Dawson - WB3AKD deployed a military shelter on a pick-up truck and used a 500-foot long wire antenna. John Unger - W4AU set up his TEN-TEC Corsair II on the front porch. We operated 3A VA plus a station on 2-Meters. A good time was had by all.
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Field
Day 1998
Field
Day 1998 was a 'Great Operation' at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg. We operated
3A VA plus VHF/UHF. A big thunderstorm took us off the hill for four hours.
John Unger - W4AU of Hamilton was our FD CMTE
Chairman. We sure loved every minute and that early Sunday morning breakfast.
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Field
Day 1999
Field
Day 1999 was a banner year for the LARG operating from Catoctin Hollow
Farm of Patty and Gary Quinn - NC4S. Gary Quinn - NC4S
was our FD CMTE Chairman. We had great participation and our best score
ever: at 3A VA as usually with half the QSOs made on CW. 'We Had A Ball.
We' Danced All Night.'
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Field
Day 1994
Field
Day 1994 was the first LARG Field Day operation as a radio club. The only records available are published in November 1994 QST. We operated 2A VA and logged almost 700 QSOs. NC4S and N3GMW were the callsigns used. Fifteen folks participated.
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Field Day 1995
Field
Day 1995 was at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, VA. We operated 3A VA for the first time with three HF stations going night and day and logged almost 1000 QSOs. Jason - KE4GUK and Gary Quinn - NC4S
were our FD CMTE Chairmen.
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Field Day 1996
Field Day 1996 was held at Ida Lee Park in Leesburg, VA. We used Gary Quinn's callsign: NC4S. We operated 3A VA and logged 1200 + QSOs.. About twenty members participated. This was our second year in the 3A Class.
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Field
Day 1993
A brief history of the beginnings of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group
The roots or beginnings of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group go back to 1993 when a group of radio amateurs, that frequently used the 147.300 Bluemont repeater, decided to participate in the ARRL Field Day activities in June of that year. The group decided to hold the Field Day activities at Gary Quinn's farm in Lovettsville Virginia.
The participants at this Field Day were George Cotton (KD4PWR), Tom Carney (WB9RXJ), Mark Gilliam (N3GMW Now W3MDG), Roy Clark (KC4YGB), David Bachschmid (KD4TWR), Gary Quinn (NC4S), and Jack Fastnaught (KD4UDX). The majority of the hams that participated in the Field Day activity at Gary's farm had never done so before and it showed. We managed to have a low score because of dipole antennas at 20 feet, generator that quit because of water in the gas, thunderstorms shutting down operations, bending a two-meter antenna support mast during its raising, and an HF vertical antenna that was not connected properly. Despite all of the mistakes poor weather, and low score the group had a lot of fun together.
During the Field Day exercise, George Cotton and others discussed the fact that western Loudoun did not have a club and why not try to start one. The members of this Field Day group then decided to try to form a club. The first actionable idea was to see if there was any interest by amateurs in the Loudoun area. We held a meeting announced by word of mouth and contacts through the 147.300 (WA4TSC repeater). A small group gathered for breakfast at Fran's restaurant in Purcellville in July of 1993. The gathering at that meeting decided to try to find a larger meeting place, set a date and time and meet again in two weeks. A second meeting occurred at Fran's restaurant in Purcellville and at that gathering it was decided to hold a meeting at the Village Bakery and Cafeteria that was located at 1 Harrison Street S. E. We sent out flyers to amateurs listed in the FCC database as living in Loudoun County. The first meeting had a very good attendance and the decision was to have a meeting again on September 18, 1993 at the Village Bakery.
The founding members at the first meeting were; KD4PWR, George Cotton, WA4TSC, Wes Boxwell, K4MSG, Paul Bock, N3GMW (now K4MDG), Mark Gilliam, KD4WFY (now NR4Z), Mark Rudolf, WB9RXJ, Tom Carney, W0PLX, Jack Spink, NC4S, Gary Quinn, W4HZV, Temp Titus, KK4GC Chris ???, KD4LSL, Dale Cabaniss, KD4TWR, David Backschmid.
The first club license (KF4BTQ) was issued July 17, 1995 to the current club trustee, NC4S Gary Quinn. The second club call (K4LRG) was issued February 12, 1997.
The clubs first Field Day I believe occurred in 1995 at Ida Lee Park. The club scored 4,056 points with 989 Q's and 14 people participated.
When the club first started, we held meetings for breakfast at various places, such as El Rancho Plus, NC Barbeque, and the Hamilton Town Hall. When the Leesburg safety center (police station) was built, we held our meetings there for about two years.
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