11/11/2008 | K4LRG In late June 2008, some fifty members of the Loudoun Amateur Radio Group of Northern Virginia and its Radio Station K4LRG supported by the Loudoun County Chapter of the American Red Cross and members of A Co, 33rd Battalion, Black Horse Brigade, Virginia Defense Force deployed to an emergency field location at Loudoun County's Parks and Recreations's Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve to train, to improve their emergency communications and coordinating skills, and to test their emergency equipment. We do this 'Just In Case' our communities may be in need. Many already know this is important and many more learned this as the Group claimed another high operating score in the annual American Radio Relay League's Field Day.

A full report with 20-some sub-reports are available on the Loudoun ARG's Internet Site at http://www.k4lrg.org/Field_Day/2008/index.html. We hope you enjoy the stories, photographs and charts.

We ran 5A-VA and had a great time. We finished first in our class in Virginia and the Roanoke Division and second in the US.

As always, it was nice riding with you all. Best Regards, Norm Styer - AI2C de Clarkes Gap, Virginia. -- AI2C