Janus: Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society

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SOC.91	Records of Cambridge University Presbyterian-Congregational Society, predecessor and successor bodies
SOC.92	Records of the Cambridge University Underwater Exploration Group
SOC.93	Records of the Cambridge Dancers' Club
SOC.94	Records of the Cambridge University Russian Society
SOC.95	Minutes and officers's files of the New Pythagoreans
SOC.96	Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society
SOC.97	Minutes of speaker meetings of the Cambridge University Chemical Society, signed
SOC.98	Records of the Cambridge University Automobile Club, and its nominated successor the Cambridge University Motorcycle Club
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Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society

Title	Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society
Reference	GBR/0265/SOC.96 (former reference: Ms.Add.8379)
Creator	Cambridge University Wireless Society
Covering Dates	1920–1982
Extent and Medium	1 metre; paper; Many of the items are in poor condition. They have sustained burn, water and mould damage.
Repository	Cambridge University Archives

Content and context

The society was founded on 13 October 1920 and caters for those interested in amateur radio. It maintains a station (shack and equipment), and also the callsign G6UW (assigned in 1932). It competes in a variety of national and international calling contests; undertakes expeditions to broadcast from remote locations; arranges occasional speaker meetings; and holds social events. The physicist Charles Eryl Wynn-Williams was a member in the late 1920s. Further information about the society's activities is on its website: http://www.g6uw.org/.

The bulk of the records were transferred to the University Archives from the Manuscripts Department on 8 May 2008. They had been presented by T. Gleason (?Christ's College), chairman of the Cambridge University Wireless Society, to the Manuscripts Department on 15 March 1983 and had been given the classmark Ms.Add.8379. SOC.96.1.1 and 2 were transferred to the University Archives from Cambridge University Central Science Library by Simon Goose on 9 April 2008.

Access and Use

Please cite as Cambridge University Archives, Records of the Cambridge University Wireless Society, SOC.96

Further information

Further printed records are in the Rare Books Department, Cambridge University Library (classmark: Cambridge Papers J 8781 and Cam.a.21.38).

The online catalogue entry for Janus was completed in May 2008.

Index Terms

Clubs

Radio

Amateur Broadcasting

Communication Equipment

Cambridge University Wireless Society

University/SOC.96 contains:

SOC.96.1

Minutes of ordinary and annual general meetings, signed.
2 volumes; paper.

1920–1957

SOC.96.2

Receipt and expenditure account. Details of members' subscription payments are included.
1 volume; paper; This item is too fragile to be produced due to burn, mould and water damage. There are edge losses, the binding is fragile and some pages are detached..

1920–1939

SOC.96.3

Radio station log books.
2 volumes; paper.

1932–1970

SOC.96.4

Informal log books known as the ''Scandle Books'' or ''Liber Scandalis''.
16 volumes; paper.

1938–1982

SOC.96.5

Radio contact confirmation cards. These items were sent by post as confirmation of a specific contact made. They record information about date; time; readability; strength; and tone.
2 postcards; paper.

6 Apr. 1977–4 June 1977