Welcome!
The Valley Radio Club of Oregon (formerly Valley Radio Club of Eugene), located in Eugene, Oregon, was chartered in 1929, and is one of the oldest continuously operated club stations in the United States. It has been affiliated with the American Radio Relay League (ARRL) since 1932, and associated with the American Red Cross from 1951 to 2019.
If you are a newly licensed ham operator in our community, please come on by and meet other hams. Our membership is diverse, with ham radio experience ranging from several months to many decades! Let us share our ham experiences with you, and you’ll see what ham radio fun is all about! Sign up for the VRC Reflector (instructions)
Club Meetings
Regular monthly meeting at the Norkenzie Christian Church, 2530 Crescent Ave., Eugene, Oregon: The April 2026 club meeting will be held on Friday, April 3 at 7:00 pm. Doors open at 6:30 pm.
Weekly lunch gathering at River Road DQ: We get together beginning at 11:30 am every Friday at the Dairy Queen located on River Road.
We have added a new repeater map to the Local Ham Info page:
Classes
Spring break 2026 Technician class
Spring 2026 Technician class – dates TBA
Spring 2026 General class – dates TBA
Get on the Air
Our station is attended 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, and weekdays when school field trips are planned. Visitors can see new state-of-the-art radio transceivers and radio demonstration equipment. Morse Code instruction is also always available for the children. Come visit and bring your family! The Science Center charges an admission fee. To confirm the W7PXL station is operating when you visit, send an email to: esc.stationmgr@valleyradioclub.org.
Are you a new ham?
Congratulations! Welcome to the fun! Here are some suggestions to get you started.
Newsletter: The Valley Voice
We’re a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization!
President’s Message
One of the things I’ve always appreciated about hams is their can-do attitude: “If I don’t know about something, I can learn it.” It’s why we offer classes to the public and to each other, and why almost every meeting has a presentation. We clearly don’t buy into the, “I’m too old to learn new things” mantra.
There is so much to learn. It’s been said that amateur radio is a hobby with 1000 hobbies. We even have a list on the New Ham Advice page showing many of them. As warmer weather begins, outdoor radio projects and POTA, SOTA or mobile communication will increase, hopefully, you’ll take the opportunity to learn new things.
Amateur radio is full of wonderful people who will Elmer you if you ask—whether that’s at a club meeting, on-line, or in person. It’s one of the reasons I love being a part of the Valley Radio Club.
Nelson Farrier NF7Z
