About our club

Background

Hadley Wood CG is an award-winning team of enthusiastic and dedicated amateurs, with proven success. We go out and brave the elements to "play" radio. This is often associated with beer and banishment to the shed. Not that we're complaining hi hi.

Formed in 2001, the group consists of some high-profile members on the UK radio scene including Steve G3ZVW/AF6SU/ZD8N (editor of RSGB Yearbook and former RadCom editor), Richard G3RWL/8P6DR (of Amsat-UK notoriety) and Simon G6BOX/M0BOX/8Q7BO.

We are based in the North London / South Hertfordshire area and take part in various CW and SSB (and occasionally DATA) events on HF and VHF using the callsigns M0B, G4STV, GX4STV, M0HWC or MX0HWC, depending on the contest. Some operations are from fields and some from fixed locations.

Our success history includes:
* NFD CW Frank Hoosen Trophy (top station on 20m) 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010
* Top scoring team (David Hill G4IQM Memorial Trophy) Club Calls Contest 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009
* Top club station (Ariel Trophy), Club Calls Contest, 2005, 2010
* RSGB Low Power Contest 3W section 2002 (Southgate Trophy)

We are often active in the following contests:
HF:
* AFS CW
* AFS SSB
* Low Power Field Day (CW event)
* NFD (CW event)
* SSB Region 1 Field Day (SSB event)
* Clubs Calls Contest (SSB event)

VHF:
* 6m contests (Apr & Oct)

Some of our members also operate informally in CQWW and CQ WPX on CW, SSB and data, BARTG RTTY and have got certificates for single-band top stations in G and scoring highly in the worldwide tables too. Not quite "best in show" but close! Woof. (No-one said we were sane). Cluck cluck.

Various of our members are active in the UK team for the IARU contest.

If you are a keen amateur radio contester, not necessraily in the south-east UK, and would like further details about our group, the contests we participate in, you woudl like to make suggestions (keep it clean please, but dirty jokes are not discouraged), or you would like to offer your skills in amateur radio contesting, please get in touch (see below) We meet once a month (also below). You're welcome to visit. You don't need to join.

If you would like to QSL a contact with us, our QSL manager is G3RWL. We upload our logs to LoTW.

Thanks for stopping by, hope to work you in the next contest.

Meeting times

1st Wednesday of each month at 8pm.
The Jolly Farmer, corner of Enfield Rd and Slades Hill Road (A110), Enfield.

Hope to see you there.

Contact details

Mike Ruttenberg G7TWC
Email: mjruttenberg at gmail dot com

QSL Manager: G3RWL (QTHR and on QRZ.com)

Address

We don't have a permanent shack, but you can catch us in person at our monthly club meetings. See above.