If youвЂ™re not a member, see the details on our Club Information page. If you have paid, email our treasurer at and weвЂ™ll resolve it as soon as we can.

вЂњAccess deniedвЂќ notices are probably due to not being a current dues paying member.

Those doing net control will need to wait 4 seconds or more when calling for check-ins so those doing so over the Internet can be heard. Always turn down your two meter radio when using EchoLink. This latency can make doing a quick check-in or quickly jumping into an on-the-air conversation difficult.

There is significant latency (0.5 вЂ“ 2 second delay) in the communication over the Internet using EchoLink, which varies with each user and situation.

Our W7PXL-R node went public July 1, 2020, and is limited to hams who are current paid members of the Valley Radio Club and those whose memberships are currently pending.

Like most new things, this will take some time to get used to, but we hope it will be a benefit to you and the club. Doing so also allows you to use other repeaters across the country and around the world.

If you have never used EchoLink before, go to to verify your call sign and you can get started. The node consists of a computer (connected to the Internet), an and a 2 meter radio tuned to the clubвЂ™s 146.72 repeater. Think of it like a remote control station except multiple people can log in and share its use. You can use the EchoLink app on your phone, or the program downloaded and running on your computer, log in to the W7PXL-R node and live stream your voice to the 2 meter rig (attached to the nodeвЂ™s computer) and transmit your voice to the repeater. Imagine youвЂ™re out of town too far from the repeater to participate in our weekly net or on-the-air meeting.

Current echolink stations transmitting