The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group Of Northern Virginia & Its Radio Station K4LRG

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THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL LOUDOUN AMATEURR RADIO GROUP HOLIDAY DINNER - held on December 12, 2008, was very special with plenty of fine food, great friends, old friends, new friends, many special awards, great door prizes and another very deserving Outstanding Member Of The Year Ceremony. Visit 'Our Members' for more details. This was fun !!!

The Adventures Of Radio Station K4LRG

The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group of Loudoun County in Northern Virginia, founded in 1994, is a family oriented club with a wide variety of activities and interests including public service, emergency communications support, high altitude balloon radio, camera and video flights, fox hunts, contesting and DX-ing. Our premier events are the annual K4LRG operation in the June ARRL Field Day,  the Reston Bicycle Club Ride Communications Operation in August and First Night Leesburg in December. We are an affiliated club of the American Radio Relay League and many of our members support the Amateur Radio Emergency Service of Loudoun County. We encourage advancement in the art of amateur radio communications and offer several training courses each year.

The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group meets monthly on the third Saturday - January through November. Follow the monthly meeting tab on the right for information about our meeting. We operate five weekly radio nets where our members get together to say hello and check their equipment. Many of our members regularly participate in domestic and international radio contests and are among the best and have won many club and individual awards including Commonwealth titles in the Virginia QSO Party . Visit Announcements to learn about our current activities. Use the Link Tabs on this page to look around the LARG - K4LRG on the Internet.

The Reston Century Ride
     

RESTON CENTURY RIDE - Handling messages for the Red Cross volunteer are K8SYH - Bill and Ray - K4AJA (SK) at the Hamilton Community Park during the Reston Century 2003. Photograph by Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, Virginia.

First Night Leesburg
     

FIRST NIGHT LEESBURG - Nancy - KE4RTP and Paul - N4PD Dluehosh of Leesburg provide community support at First Night Leesburg in 2004

First Class Training
     

THE BEST TECH TRAINING IN NORTHERN VIRGINIA - In January 2008, the LARG Training Committee conducted a 2-day boot camp for 50 students from throughout Northern Virginia, Maryland and DC. Now, most have their FCC license and are on the air.

Since August of 2000, the LARG has deployed portable emergency communications stations throughout Loudoun County to support this 1000-plus bicycle ride. Rest stops and SAG Shot Guns are supported from well before dawn.   Read More

Public communications service support for First Night Leesburg by the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group began in 1994. This annual event deploys portable and walking stations throughout the Town of Leesburg at some 20 locations.   Read More

Since the mid-1990's, the LARG has offered free amateur radio license training. Many have progressed through the ranks to an FCC Extra Class Amateur Radio license. Our current efforts are fcused on providing technical skills for the beginner.    Visit Ham Training
You will find many more of our public service and emergency communications event at the Silver-Gray "Emergencies, Service and Relations" link tabs above
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