W1YU - Amateur Radio at Yale University

Contact the club officers list here: w1yu-officers@mailman.yale.edu

Casey Dunn (AC1GQ) in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology is the faculty advisor / Chairperson of the club.

Welcome to W1YU, the amateur radio club at Yale. If you dont know what Ham radio is and would like to read about the fundamentals, Click Here. Here is a guide for the club on how to get started in amateur radio. It is super simple, and costs about $35 for the license and $30 for the radio.

W1YU is Yale University’s callsign on amateur airwaves. Amateur radio is also known as “Ham” radio. Yale’s amateur radio league has been providing volunteer, noncommercial as well as recreational and emergency communication service to Yale University and New Haven since its eastablishment in 1931.

At Yale, W1YU operates as a general club for the purposes of education and participation in traditional amateur radio activities, and is also becoming more active in a public service capacity through an affiliation with Yale’s Emergency Management Office. Members of the Yale community are welcome to join W1YU, including current faculty, staff, and students as well as emeritus faculty, retired staff and alumni.  

W1YU is recognized as a club by the Amateur Radio Relay League (ARRL) and is available to participate in Connecticut Amateur Radio activities.

The club’s current constitution is available, as well as an annual report for 2016-17 which includes a club history.