Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union Explained

Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union
Abbreviation:LARU
Type:Non-profit organization
Purpose:Science, Education
Location:Luxembourg
Region Served:Luxembourg
Language:Luxembourgish, French, German, English
Website:http://www.laru.lu/

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]

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.[8]

Amateur radio repeaters operated by the LARU

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

CallsignLocatorQTHFrequencyShiftMode
LX0E 439.8000 / 439.9125 / 439.92500 MHz-9.4 MHz DMR
LX0BER JN29XW 438.9875 MHz -7.6 MHz DMR
LX0DMR JN39BP 438.2875 MHz -7.6 MHz DMR
LX0DMX JN29WM 438.4750 MHz -7.6 MHz DMR
LX0FSK - - 438.8875 MHz -7.6 MHz DMR
LX0NSR JN39BU 438.6875 MHz -7.6 MHz DMR
LX0APD JN39bu 144.8 / 432.5 MHz simplex APRS
LX0SCI JN29wm 144.8 / 432.5 MHz simplex APRS

Notes and References

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

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