Cambridge University Wireless Society Explained

The Cambridge University Wireless Society (CUWS) is the amateur radio club of the University of Cambridge, England.^[1]

CUWS is one of the oldest still active radio clubs in the United Kingdom. It was founded on 13 October 1920^[2] and its call sign has since 1932 always been G6UW. The society operates a radio shack outside Cambridge and frequently enters amateur radio contests such as CQWW in both the single-sideband modulation (SSB) and continuous wave (CW) category. The society also holds the call sign M4A^[3] for use in certain contests.

Some notable ex-members are Maurice Wilkes and Ernest Rutherford.

DXpeditions

The Cambridge University Wireless Society regularly organise DX-peditions. Previous trips have included the following locations, among others:

• Faroe Islands
• Iceland
• Isle of Man
• Jersey
• Saint Pierre and Miquelon
• Switzerland
• Tristan da Cunha

External links

• Cambridge University Wireless Society website
• Camb-Hams website

Notes and References

1. http://www.cusu.cam.ac.uk/societies/directory/wireless/ Cambridge University Wireless Society
2. http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0265%2FSOC.96 Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society
3. http://www.rsgbcc.org/hf/information/scc.shtml List of UK Contest Callsigns