Welcome to the webpages of HARIG, the Harwich Amateur Radio Interest Group. HARIG is the radio club for people in and around the Harwich area in NE Essex on the east coast of the United Kingdom.

HARIG was formed in March 1990, and is affiliated to the RSGB. The constitution of the club is available.

Club Callsign: G0RGH

Contest callsigns used:
1997: M7U,
1998: M8U,
1999-2024: M4U

QSL Policy: Please note that HARIG is a small club with limited resources and therefore cannot mass QSL via the Bureau. Direct QSLs via the Address on QRZ.com accompanied by the correct return postage and envelope will be honoured and logs will be uploaded to eQSL. No other QSLs will be undertaken.

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The Harwich Amateur Radio Interest Group

General Information:

HARIG meets at the Park Pavilion, Barrack Lane, Harwich, Essex, CO12 3NS. UK on the 2nd Wednesday of each month. Meetings start formally at 8pm and visitors are always welcome.

The 2022 Programme of Meetings include:

    Having held an online Zoom meeting AGM on 12th January 2022, we will attempt to meet for the first time again at the Park Pavilion on 8th June 2022.

    Until then we will continue with the joint online Skype meetings with Colchester Radio Amateurs (CRA).

    The next (25th) joint HARIG and CRA VIRTUAL meeting via Skype will be on Thursday 19th May - at 7.30pm local time … 3 short talks "Things in my Shack" by Liz G0MDL, Richard G0NAD and Jonathan G0DVJ

    To participate in this virtual meeting, please download and make a Skype ID if you don't already have one. Then search within Skype for "G0DVJ M4J" and send an add request (wave). Jonathan will then add you to his contact list as well as the CRA Virtual Meeting group. You will receive a Skype scheduled call invitation in advance of the meeting. Accept that and have Skype open at the time and date of the meeting and you will be joined automatically. You do not need a camera or microphone but can use them if you have.

The 2022 Events Programme will be decided as COVID19 situation eases:

  • May 8th: Field Radio Day and Social at Val's QTH

For details of the above, please contact the secretary using the contact email below.


You can access the latest issue of our quarterly newsletter: "Crosstalk" in PDF format.

HARIG contact details:

Email: g0rgh at amsat dot org.

Harwich, United Kingdom.