LX Castle Award

Work as many Luxembourg castles on HF as possible.

The LX Castle Award exits in 3 different levels of difficulty. For each a different diploma is issued. Contacts count since Januray 1st 2009.

1. General Information

The Luxembourg Castle Award was issued in 2009 by the national organisation – RL – to promote radio-amateurisme and valorise Luxembourg’s historical and architectural patrimony.

For this award we count a maximum of  55 castles in 3 districts and 12 cantons.

2. Rules

The Award is available to licensed radio amateurs and shortwave-listeners.

Beginning is January 1st 2009. Two way contacts on HF bands (160 to 10 meters and 6 meters) must be established. Contacts made via active earthbound reflectors, repeaters and Echolink may not be counted. There is no restriction on the mode used.

Applicants should submit a list showing the date, station worked or heard, time, frequency and mode duly certified by two licenced radio amateurs or by the award manager of their society. Please use our application form available on the RL-website www.rl.lu.

Any dispute concerning the award shall be settled by the RL Board.

3. Awards

Three different award categories are available

Each award is numbered.

4. Applications

The application fee is USD 8 or EUR 5 .

Applications shall be sent to:

Radioamateurs du Luxembourg
Award Manager
P.O.Box 1352
L-1013 LUXEMBOURG
Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg (Europe)

(Please check if your postal service is able to deliver mail to Post Office Boxes. Please also send an email to the Award manager to inform him that you sent out your application)

5. Castle Activations

Activation: Each valid operation has to take place from a distance not exceeding 1000 meters (1km) from the castle.

• Foreign radio-amateurs who like to activate a castle are required to announce the activity by sending an email to at least 3 days before the event for validation.
• Members of the RL must leave a notification in the RL Forum ( LX Castle Award Forum ) to make the activations known to the public no later than 5 days before the activation.

Exceptions: Those LX radio-amateurs, members of the RL, living in a town with a castle are valid for this castle. To see which callsigns are valid, please check the LX Castle Callbook.

Illustration 1

Example: Any activation of a castle can be done in the inner limits of the Activation Zone as shown on illustration1. Whereas the castle is situated in Town A, the Activation Zone is valid 1 km around the castle. Therefore also the part of the zone that is located on the Town B territory counts for the castle for mobile or portable operations. Any Radio Amateur who lives in Town A counts for the castle, however a Radio Amateur living in Town B does not count for the castle, even if his shack is located in the Activation Zone.

6. Miscellanous

The RL will publish a list of special events and activations on its website. A national castle activation day will be held once a year to promote the award.

7. Castles and References

LX-01 Luxembourg-City *

The Districts and their Cantons

District of Luxembourg 1. Capellen 2. Esch/Alzette 3. Luxembourg 4. Mersch

District of Grevenmacher 1. Echternach 2. Grevenmacher 3. Remich

District of Diekirch 1. Clervaux 2. Diekirch 3. Redange 4. Vianden 5.Wiltz