"If you want to know about Ham Radio in Loudoun County, Virginia, U.S.A., then you're in exactly the right spot!" - Paul Dluehosh - N4PD, September 1999 |
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Our 2011 Elected Officers, Committees and Staff Members
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| President | Luther Guise - K5NOB | (703) 669-8094 |
| Vice-President | Bryan Stephens - KG4UPR | (571) 245-2982 |
| Secretary | Doug Johnson - KJ4BRN | (703 444-9149 |
| Treasurer | Jeff Slusher - KE5APC | (703) 737-7370 |
| LARG - ARES Liaison To Loudoun County EOC | Tom Dawson - WB3AKD | (540) 454-0520 |
| Emergency Service Committee | TBA | TBA |
| Public Service Committee | TBA | TBA |
| Interference Committee | Chairman, Paul Dluehosh - N4PD | (571) 233-8578 |
| Training Committee | Chairman, Jay Greeley - KI4UTB | (703) 779-3508 |
| Legislative Action Committee | Chairman, Rick Miller- AI1V | (703) 787-9787 |
| 2010 Field Day Committee | Chairman, Chris Painter - KB3RUR | (724) 244-5526 |
| LARG Radio News | Editor, John Unger - W4AU | (540) 338-4620 |
| Balloon Committee | Chairman, Tom Dawson - WB3AKD | (540) 338-4905 |
| Contest Committee | Chairman, John Unger - W4AU | (540) 338-4620 |
| YL Committee | Co-ChairLady, Carol Boehler - KF4TJJ | (703) 777-9427 |
| Co-ChairLady, Nancy Dluehosh - N1NCY | (703) 771-9284 | |
| Public Information Officer | TBD | TBD |
| K4LRG.ORG Internet Site | Webmaster, Norm Styer - AI2C | (540) 338-2584 |
| QST de K4LRG eMail Reflector | Moderator, Norm Styer - AI2C | (540) 338-2584 |
| Regularly Scheduled Events | |
| Every Sunday 7:30 PM Local Eastern Time | LARG Watering Digital Hole ~~ 3582.750 kHz |
| Every Sunday 8:30 PM Local Eastern Time | LARG 2-Meter
FM Radio Net ODD NUMBERED MONTHS - 145.310 MHz - W4DLS Repeater (PL 77) EVEN NUMBERED MONTHS - 146.700 MHz - WA4TXE Repeater no PL OR IF PRIMARY DOWN TRY OTHER AND IF NO REPEATER - 147.480 MHz - Simplex |
| Every Monday 7:30 PM Local Eastern Time | LARG YL Net on WA4TXE Repeater (Recommend Receive of PL 77) |
| Every Tuesday 8:00 PM Local Eastern Time | LARG Slow Speed CW Net - 3545.00 kHz |
| Every Thursday 8:00 PM on 75M & 8:45 PM on 10M | LARG SSB Net - 3675.00 kHz & 28405.00 kHz |
| Third Saturday, January - November at 8:30AM | Monthly Meeting with Breakfast at 7:30 AM at I-Hop |
| Weekday Mornings and Evenings | Commuter Net 147.480 MHz Simplex or 145.310 MHz - W4DLS/R or 146.700 MHz - WA4TXE/R |
| Full Period EchoLink Node #198628 - KE5APC | KE5APC EchoLink With WA4TXE/R on 146.700 MHz |
| Instructions On Our "Count On Us!" Operations | |
Mission Statement The mission of The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group (LARG) is to provide the radio amateurs of western Loudoun County a forum to interact on the different facets of amateur radio and to provide service to the public as defined by the Federal Communications Commission. LARG supports the recruitment and training of Radio Amateurs through its educational activities. LARG Monthly Meetings The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group meets monthly on the third Saturday - January through November. CLICK HERE for information about our meeting. LARG Activities We are active in nearly all facets of "Ham" Radio from contesting, to DXing, to providing communications services for local public events or emergencies. LARG also promotes the enjoyment of the hobby through club projects, contesting, and net activity. You will learn more about the 'Greatest Radio Club in the Whole Wide World', as Mary Oliphant - KF4UUY always say, by visiting each of the many sections on K4LRG.ORG. There you will find several hundred megabytes of LARG - K4LRG history; it's about our outstanding members and the things we do for others and for fun. LARG - K4LRG on the WWW We greatly appreciate Internet Hosting provided as a public service by MicroNeil Research Corporation. LARG Announcements We try to keep up with our many activities by posting information on our Internet Site. Visit "Announcements". Our Constitution Click here to read our Constitution LARG is an Affiliated Club of the American Radio Relay League. Our affiliation began on March 25, 1995. Click here to see our Registration at ARRL Our Past and Present Officers Click here to see our Our Past and Serving Officers Our Members We maintain an annual public roster at Current Public Membership Roster Our Official Business Card This is the official LARG business card designed by Dodson Brown, AJ4EY, of Leesburg, VA., in February 2010. Our Official Patch This is the Official Patch of the LARG designed by Luther Guise, K5NOB, of Leesburg, VA., and produced by Stadri Emblems of Woodstock, NY 12498. Dimensions: Height 3.5" - Width 2.75". Trimmed to outside red border. Patches are available from Luther - K5NOB at: 1 for $5, 2 for $8, 4 for $10, or $2.50 each there after. All proceeds go to the LARG. Official
LARG Logo You will find Files Of The Official Logo Of The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group For reproduction. ARRL Affiliated Club Benefit The American Radio Relay League has recently revised the Club Commission Program. The Loudoun Amateur Radio Group, as an Official Affiliated Club of the ARRL, can retain $15.00 for each 'NEW' regular membership or 'a rejoining regular member' who has not retained an ARRL membership for two or more calendar years prior to the application submission; and, can retain $2.00 for each 'renewing regular member including lapsed members of less than 2 years' submitted. See Details. LARG Monthly Newsletter If you join the club you will receive our monthly newsletter, The LARG Radio News, either by snail mail or e-mail. The current and previous newsletters are linked here to our Newsletter Archives. Meeting Minutes Some Minutes from our previous meeting are now available in our Meeting Minutes Archive. LARG Reflector Thanks to Norm Styer, AI2C, and the folks at eGroups and Yahoo, we also has a list-server where club news, activities, ideas and other topics are discussions and exchanged. If this sounds like fun, you are welcome to our LARG Reflector Web Site and you may join at that site - just click on "Join This Group." LARG Name Tag Thanks to Fred Atkinson, WB4AEJ, of Leesburg, we now have our own unique individual LARG name tags. They may be ordered from The Sign Man, Rick, NV5A, at a special Internet Site for the LARG. LARG Code Card We provide all members and visitors to our many activities with our LARG Code Card. It was designed by Norm Styer - AI2C and printed by Denny Boehler - KF4TJI. LARG PR Card Larry Hughes - K3HE and Denny Boehler - KF4TJI put together a LARG PR Card which informs folks about our many activities. A PDF file of the PR Card is available here. Most of all, though, we have a lot of fun. Join
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