Bad Ems Germany
Germany is the first of 10 DXCC Entities that we plan to visit during our Central Europe Trip. Total QSO Statistics for Germany can be seen here.
![DL_Hackers_Hotel](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/summary/DL_Hackers_Hotel.jpg)
Hacker’s Grand Hotel, Bad Ems, Germany
Rental
![DL1](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL1.jpg)
Brand new E Class Mercedes we’re going to have to suffer with for the next two weeks. Let’s pop the hood and junk it up!
![DL2](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL2.jpg)
Oh, yes. I think I can get 12 volts from here.
Relaxation Time
![DL3](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL3.jpg)
Seems to be the house beer.
![DL4](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL4.jpg)
Waiting for dinner. We’re seriously jet lagged. Karen is eeking out a nice smile while we’re waiting for dinner.
![DL5](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL5.jpg)
She drank the whole thing.
![DL6](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL6.jpg)
We went for a rainy day walk in the pubs. If I remember well it rained all week!
Bad Ems Germany
![DL7](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL7.jpg)
Lahn River. We’re on a river. It needs a sign.
![DL8](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL8.jpg)
Hackers, home of the internet hackers.
![DL10](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL10.jpg)
Beatles memorabilia. Just to make my XYL jealous.
![DL9](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL9.jpg)
More Beatles stuff
Operating Hams
![DL11](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL11.jpg)
That’s right, we bad, radio works, we’re making QSOs!
![DL12](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL12.jpg)
Karen, DL/K2KAR, making her first QSO
on 20 meters with Peter from Munich.
![DL13](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/photos/DL13.jpg)
This was our second trip up the mountain today. Conditions where pretty bad. Worked a lot of UR’s.
![CEPT_Logo-1](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Licensing/CEPT_Logo-1.jpg)
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreement works, we assigned ourselves the callsigns DL/WJ2O and DL/K2KAR.
Going Mobile
![DL_op_Karen_Kemmenau](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/DL_op_Karen_Kemmenau.jpg)
Karen, K2KAR, making her first QSO in Kemmenau, Germany
![DL_op_Dave_K2](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/DL_op_Dave_K2.jpg)
Dave, WJ2O, operating from Kemmenau, Germany
The mobile set-up:
![DL2](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/DL2.jpg)
Connection to the battery
![DL1](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/DL1.jpg)
![PA_op_ham_equipment4](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/PA_op_ham_equipment4.jpg)
![f1Ant](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/f1Ant.jpg)
Tarheel telescoping antenna attached to trunk lip
![PA_op_ham_equipment2](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Operating/PA_op_ham_equipment2.jpg)
JFK to Frankfurt Germany
This is the bad boy who flew us to Germany. The biggest airplane I’ve ever been on and I understand the biggest passenger plane in service today.
![DL_Plane](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Travel/DL_Plane.jpg)
![DL_Waiting_On_A_Plane](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Travel/DL_Waiting_On_A_Plane.jpg)
Spending the whole day at JFK with Karen Farnsworth and Adrianna.
![trip](https://images.harvestamerica.tech/wj2o/dxpeditions/dl/Travel/trip.jpg)