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.
Meeting Minutes
- Current – April 2020
- Minutes prior to April 2020 are in old issues of our club newsletters
- Board 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 to have 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 has new state-of-the-art radio transceivers and radio demonstration equipment.
Come visit, and bring your family!
Valley Radio Club: Eugene Science Center – Ham Radio Demonstration from Tom Reitter on Vimeo.
Club Member E-mails
Join the Reflector, the club’s email list, as a way to stay in touch, get last minute announcements, and to find out about events. Sign up to the VRC Reflector here.
Details of club email rules and etiquette
Lending Library
Because the VRC board believes that having access to a range of high-quality equipment is important, we have created a lending library for club members. Items can be signed out and borrowed for two weeks at a time. (Powerpole connectors and weatherization tape are consumable.) To borrow one or more of these items, contact our club librarian (librarian@valleyradioclub.org) who can help you learn how to use them if needed.
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.
- A map showing repeater coverage is here
- 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: Gary Hale AG7TH (president@valleyradioclub.org)
- Vice-President: Nelson Farrier NF7Z (vicepresident@valleyradioclub.org)
- Treasurer: Brad Dunlap N7BED (treasurer@valleyradioclub.org)
- Secretary: Mark Klinger N7RGF (secretary@valleyradioclub.org)
- Member-at-large: Nathan Campbell AI7NC (member-at-large@valleyradioclub.org)
Other Volunteers
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- Bunny Master: Scott Rosenfeld N7JI (bunnymaster@valleyradioclub.org)
- Calendar Manager: Janel Erickson N7JBE (calendar@valleyradioclub.org)
- EchoLink Manager: John Simpson AI7BQ
- Equipment Inventory Manager: Nelson Farrier NF7Z
- Eugene Science Center Station Manager: Tony Tuerk N7KQC (ESC.StationMgr@valleyradioclub.org)
- Facebook Manager: Laura Campbell KA7LMC
- LCSARO Liaison: Matt Dillon W7ARD
- Librarian: Peter Powers W7UUE (librarian@valleyradioclub.org)
- LMARG Liaison: John Simpson AI7BQ
- Membership Roster Manager: Brad Dunlap N7BED (roster@valleyradioclub.org)
- Net Managers: please see club’s Local Nets page
- Newsletter Editor: Dave Schiavone W7CX (newsletter@valleyradioclub.org)
- Repeater Technicians: Matt Dillon W7ARD and Ken Miller W7PL
- Volunteer Examiner Liaison: Brad Dunlap N7BED (ve@valleyradioclub.org)
- W7PXL Trustee: Scott Rosenfeld N7JI (trustee@valleyradioclub.org)
- Web Domain Administrator: Nelson Farrier NF7Z (domain_mgr@valleyradioclub.org)
- Web Master: Joanna deFelice K7IMJ (webmaster@valleyradioclub.org)
Newsletter: The Valley Voice
To submit a suggestion or an article to the newsletter, send an email to: newsletter@valleyradioclub.org
Club Apparel
We get our personalized club and ham apparel from the Oregon Design Shop.
Projects
The Valley Radio Club has supported a middle school project for students to build Morse code oscillators in the classroom. We have also begun to support the same project being done at the Eugene Science Center.
