[1] CUWS is one of the oldest still active radio clubs in the United Kingdom.
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.
[citation needed] The Cambridge University Wireless Society regularly organise DX-peditions.