LX Award

The LX Award was first issued in 1970.
It is available for HF and VHF and also for SWL's.

LX Award - Application Rules

  1. The LX AWARD has been issued since 1970 by the 'Réseau Luxembourgeois des Amateurs d'Ondes Courtes', now 'Radioamateurs du Luxembourg' (RL), a member society of IARU, in commemoration of 50 years of amateur radio activity in the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg
  2. The Award is available to licenced radio amateurs and short wave listeners
  3. All LX contacts made by radio amateurs since January 1st 1951 (except 50MHz since March 2nd 1990) count for the LX Award
  4. The award is issued in two sections:
    a) THE HF AWARD:
    Applicants must provide proof of having obtained the following number of points:
    European stations: 30 points (of which at least 20% should be on 1.8; 3.5 or 7 MHz). Each contact counts 1 point
    Non-European stations: 20 points.
    Each contact on 14, 18, 21, 24 and 28 MHz counts 1 point
    Each contact on 1.8, 3.5, 7 and 10 MHz counts 2 points

    If the same station has been worked on all HF bands, European stations my count 10 points and non-European stations 15 points.

    b) THE VHF AWARD (above 30 MHz):
    Applicants must provide proof of having obtained the following number of points:
    European stations: 30 points.
    Non-European stations: 20 points.
    Each contact on 50 MHz counts 5 points
    Each contact on 144 MHz counts 3 points
    Each contact on 432 MHz or above counts 5 points
    Contacts via earthbound repeaters are not valid
    If all contacts have been made on a single band, there will be a special mention on the award.
  5. The same station may be worked once on each band in different modes.
  6. There is no restriction on the mode used
  7. Applicants should submit a list showing the date, station worked or heard, time, band and mode, duly certified by two licenced radio amateurs or by the award manager of their society.
  8. The applications should be sent to:
    Radioamateurs du Luxembourg
    The Award Manager
    P.O.BOX 1352
    L-1013 LUXEMBOURG
  9. The fee for the award is 5 IRCs or EUR 5 or USD 8
  10. Any dispute concerning the LX Award shall be settled definitively by the Board of the RL.