Luxembourg Amateur Radio Union

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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 LuxembourgAmateur Radio Organizations. List of amateur radio organizations.

.Webpage of the LARU [http://laru.lu/] http://laru.lu. Retrieved Apr. 2, 2015.

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.Foundation of the LARU [http://laru.lu/laru/our-mission.html]. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.

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

Luxembourgish web presence dedicated to emergency communications [http://emcomm.services] http://emcomm.services. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.

and DMR an open digital radio standard for professional mobile radio used in amateur radio

.Luxembourgish web presence dedicated to DMR [http://www.ham-dmr.lu] http://ham-dmr.lu. Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014. The amateur radio club callsign of the LARU is LX9LARU. The LARU also uses the call LX4E for emergency operations and other special activities.Callbook of the LARU [http://laru.lu/laru/callbook.html] http://laru.lu/laru/callbook.html. Retrieved May. 13, 2015.

The LARU also operates the LARU LX QSL Bureau.Webpage of the LARU LX QSL Bureau [http://qsl.lu] http://qsl.lu. Retrieved Jul. 18, 2014. 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.International Amateur Radio Union. [http://www.iaru.org/iaru-soc.html "Member Societies"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080722134245/http://www.iaru.org/iaru-soc.html |date=2008-07-22 }}.Retrieved Dec. 30, 2014.