Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union

The Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union (LARU) (in German, Luxemburger Amateur Radio Union, in French, Union des Radioamateurs du Luxembourg) is a national non-profit organization for amateur radio enthusiasts in Luxembourg[1] .[2] The LARU was founded on January 1, 2014. The LARU promotes technical progress and cohesion of amateur radio operators. The LARU sets priorities in emergency communications, digital voice communications, digital data transmission, science and education.[3]

Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union
AbbreviationLARU
TypeNon-profit organization
PurposeScience, Education
Location
Region served
Luxembourg
Official language
Luxembourgish, French, German, English
Websitehttp://www.laru.lu/

The LARU offers workshops dedicated to amateur radio, offers a radio course for the preparation of the amateur radio exam (HAREC and NOVICE), organises fielddays and ham-meetings, operates voice repeaters, APRS digipeaters, servers and gateways, activates special callsigns. The organization operates webpages dedicated to emergency communications [4] and DMR an open digital radio standard for professional mobile radio used in amateur radio .[5] The amateur radio club callsign of the LARU is LX9LARU.[2] The LARU also uses the call LX4E for emergency operations and other special activities.[6]

The LARU also operates the LARU LX QSL Bureau.[7] Herewith the LARU supports amateur radio operators in Luxembourg and in the world by promoting the exchange of QSL cards.

Although the LARU is a national amateur radio organization representing the interests of amateur radio operators in Luxembourg, it is not a member of the IARU because IARU rules don't allow a membership.[8]

Amateur radio repeaters operated by the LARU

As of 2019 the LARU operates 6 DMR repeaters and 2 APRS repeaters.[9]

Callsign Locator QTH Frequency Shift Mode
LX0E439.8000 / 439.9125 / 439.92500 MHz-9.4 MHzDMR
LX0BERJN29XWNocher438.9875 MHz-7.6 MHzDMR
LX0DMRJN39BPLuxembourg438.2875 MHz-7.6 MHzDMR
LX0DMXJN29WMDifferdange438.4750 MHz-7.6 MHzDMR
LX0FSK--438.8875 MHz-7.6 MHzDMR
LX0NSRJN39BUEttelbrück438.6875 MHz-7.6 MHzDMR
LX0APDJN39buDiekirch144.8 / 432.5 MHzsimplexAPRS
LX0SCIJN29wmDifferdange144.8 / 432.5 MHzsimplexAPRS

References
  1. Amateur Radio Organizations. List of amateur radio organizations.
  2. Webpage of the LARU http://laru.lu. Retrieved Apr. 2, 2015.
  3. Foundation of the LARU . Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.
  4. Luxembourgish web presence dedicated to emergency communications http://emcomm.services. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.
  5. Luxembourgish web presence dedicated to DMR http://ham-dmr.lu. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.
  6. Callbook of the LARU http://laru.lu/laru/callbook.html. Retrieved May. 13, 2015.
  7. Webpage of the LARU LX QSL Bureau http://qsl.lu. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2014.
  8. International Amateur Radio Union. "Member Societies" Archived 2008-07-22 at the Wayback Machine.Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.
  9. APRS repeaters operated by LARU Retrieved Jan. 24, 2017.


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