Meetings
We usually meet on the first Friday of the month at 7:00 pm at the Norkenzie Christian Church, 2530 Crescent Ave., Eugene.
Everyone is welcome and encouraged to attend.
For answers to additional questions about the club, read our FAQ document.
Meeting Minutes
Become a Member
Attend a meeting and fill out a membership application for a first reading, then come to a second meeting and we’ll re-read your membership application then vote to have you become a full member. Pay your annual dues ($12 per individual, $18 per family, or $6 for youth) and you’re in!
Dues may be paid at a club meeting or you can send them to our treasurer, along with your membership application, to: treasurer@valleyradioclub.org
If you are a member and wish a club roster, send an email to: roster@valleyradioclub.org
Get on the Air Station
Our station is available almost every Saturday (when there aren’t U of O home games) from noon to 2:00 pm at the Eugene Science Center, 2300 Leo Harris Pkwy, Eugene. The radio club hosted an open house on Saturday November 5 to demonstrate its new working amateur radio station, W7PXL. Visitors saw new state-of-the-art radio transceivers and radio demonstration equipment, as well as the two portable radio transmitters in our Go Boxes.
Come visit, and bring your family!
Valley Radio Club: Eugene Science Center – Ham Radio Demonstration from Tom Reitter on Vimeo.
Club Member E-mails
After becoming a member of the Valley Radio Club, you may join ‘The Reflector’, the club’s email list. This list is open only to club members, as a way to stay in touch, get last minute announcements, and to find out about events. Remember:
– Subscribe to our email list.
Details of club email rules and etiquette
Lending Library:
The VRC board believes that having access to a range of high-quality equipment is important, so we have a lending library for club members. Items are signed out and loaned for two weeks at a time. (Powerpole connectors & weatherization tape are consumable.)
Lending Library List (with pictures)
To borrow any or several of these items, contact our club librarian (librarian@valleyradioclub.org) who can even help you learn how to use them if you need.
Repeaters
We operate on and support two local repeaters.
- 146.72 MHz (2 meter) with a 100 Hz sub-tone. It is also available via EchoLink as W7PXL-R.
- 53.03 MHz (6 meter) with a 100 Hz sub-tone and -1.7 MHz (-1700 kHz) offset.
Club Officers and By-Laws
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- President: Riley McLean W7RIL (president@valleyradioclub.org)
- Vice-President: Sergio Chinchilla W7SY (vicepresident@valleyradioclub.org)
- Treasurer: Brad Dunlap N7BED (treasurer@valleyradioclub.org)
- Secretary: John Simpson AI7BQ (secretary@valleyradioclub.org)
- Member-at-large: Nathan Campbell AI7NC (member-at-large@valleyradioclub.org)
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- Constitution and By-laws
- Policies & Procedures
- Board Meeting Minutes
- Club meeting minutes are in each issue of the Valley Voice below
Other Volunteers
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- Bunny Master: Mike Ashmore WA6OEM (bunnymaster@valleyradioclub.org)
- Calendar Manager: Janel Erickson N7JBE (calendar@valleyradioclub.org)
- Clothing Manager: Jodi Nichols N6MNM (clothing@valleyradioclub.org)
- EchoLink Manager: John Simpson AI7BQ
- Equipment Inventory Managers: Nathan Campbell AI7NC & John Simpson AI7BQ
- Eugene Science Center Station manager: Tony Tuerk N7KQC (ESC.StationMgr@valleyradioclub.org)
- Facebook Manager: Laura Campbell KA7LMC
- LCSARO Liaison: Matt Dillon W7ARD
- Librarian: Nelson Farrier NF7Z (librarian@valleyradioclub.org)
- LMARG Liaison: John Simpson AI7BQ
- Mailing List Manager: Chris Schoessler KJ7TJI (mail_list_mgr@valleyradioclub.org)
- Membership Roster Manager: Brad Dunlap N7BED (roster@valleyradioclub.org)
- Net Managers: please see club’s Local Nets page
- Newsletter Editor: Mark Klingler N7GRF (newsletter@valleyradioclub.org)
- Repeater Technicians: Matt Dillon W7ARD & Ken Miller W7PL
- Volunteer Examiner Liaison: Riley McLean W7RIL (ve@valleyradioclub.org)
- W7PXL Trustee: Scott Rosenfeld N7JI (trustee@valleyradioclub.org)
- Web Domain Administrator: Nelson Farrier NF7Z (domain_mgr@valleyradioclub.org)
- Web Editors: Joanna deFelice K7IMJ & Jodi Nichols N6MNM (webmaster@valleyradioclub.org)
- 2023 Field Day Coordinators: Dave Schiavone W7CX & Joyce Schiavone K9JOY
Newsletter: The Valley Voice
To submit a suggestion or an article to the newsletter, send an email to: newsletter@valleyradioclub.org
Club Apparel
Oregon Design Shop, or contact the club clothing manager at clothing@valleyradioclub.org
