Austria No. 8 of 10
Austria is the eighth of 10 DXCC Entities that we plan to visit during our Central Europe Trip. Total QSO Statistics for Austria can be seen here.
![Seppl Familie Hotel in Mutters, Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/summary/OE_Seppl_Familie.jpg)
Seppl Familie Hotel in Mutters, Austria.
Sights Along The Way
![Beautiful Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Road-1.jpg)
Drove the most amazing roads today into Austria. Uphill, downhill, through the hill
![Roads in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Road_1-1.jpg)
![Beautiful mountains in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Road_2-1.jpg)
![Mountains in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Road_3-1.jpg)
![Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Road_4-1.jpg)
![Mountains in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Scenery-1.jpg)
![Tunnel in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Scenery_1-1.jpg)
![Beautiful mountains of Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Scenery_2-1.jpg)
Stopped for lunch along the way
![Lunch in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Lunch-1.jpg)
Mine was veal goulash
![Lunch with Karen in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Karen_Lunch-1.jpg)
Karen had trout fillet, rice and some yucky zucchini/egg plant thing
Mountain Climbing in Innsbruck, Austria
![Mountain Climbing in Innsbruck, Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Mountain-1.jpg)
![Austria city view](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_travel-1.jpg)
First we have to travel through the city.
![Beautiful Roads in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Winding_Road-1.jpg)
Up a narrow winding road.
![Karen in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Cable_car-1.jpg)
When we can’t drive any further we get on this cable car.
![Austria Mountains](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Up_We_Go-1.jpg)
And away we go . . .
![Base Jumping in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Jumping-1.jpg)
Once at the top people were jumping off
![On the mountain in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Light_Blinding-1.jpg)
Blinded by the light on top of the mountain.
![Washroom](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Bathroom-1.jpg)
If you don’t want to use the Water Closet you can always use the Shit Pot.
![](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Back_Down-1.jpg)
Climb aboard we’re going back down . . .
![Lift in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_And_Down-1.jpg)
. . . and down . . .
![Mountain lift in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_And_Down_Still-1.jpg)
. . . and down . . .
![Lift in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_And_Down_Still_1-1.jpg)
. . . and down . . .
![Parking lot in mountains](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Almost_Back-1.jpg)
We´er almost back.
Ham Time
![Innsbruck, Austrian Dauer](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Karen_Dauer-1.jpg)
Innsbruck, Austrian Dauer
![Innsbruck, Austrian Dauer](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Dave_Dauer-1.jpg)
Innsbruck, Austrian Dauer
![Innsbruck, Austrian Gentry](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Karen_Gentry-1.jpg)
Innsbruck, Austrian Gentry
![Innsbruck, Austrian Gentry](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Dave_Gentry-1.jpg)
Innsbruck, Austrian Gentry
Relaxing
![Beautiful view in Innsbruck](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Balcony_View-1.jpg)
Enjoying the view. This is the view from our room balcony overlooking Innsbruck while finishing my wine from dinner. Damn, this travel stuff is a hard life! See the ski jump tower to the right?
![Lunch in Innsbruck](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Mile_High_Lunch-1.jpg)
Mile High Lunch
![Last night in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/photos/OE_Night_Time-1.jpg)
Last night in Austria. This country is worth revisiting (except for the woman who kicked us out of our roadside parking space claiming it was private property). Back to Deutschland tomorrow.
![CEPT Licensing Agreement](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Licensing/CEPT_Logo-1.jpg)
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreement works, we assigned ourselves the callsigns OE/WJ2O and OE/K2KAR.
On the Road Again
![On the Road in Innsbruck](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/OE_Road.jpg)
![Last night in Innsbruck](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/OE_Night_Time.jpg)
We had a ball! I mean wine!
The mobile set-up:
![Connection to the battery](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/DL1.jpg)
Connection to the battery
![Car Battery](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/CAR2.jpg)
![Connection to the battery](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/CAR1.jpg)
![Tarheel telescoping antenna](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/f1Ant.jpg)
Tarheel telescoping antenna attached to trunk lip
![telescoping antenna](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Operating/F2ANt.jpg)
![Travel Route](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Travel/trip.jpg)
Mutters, Austria was the 7th stop and 8th country of our Central Europe Trip.
![city street in Austria](https://images.harvestamerican.com/wj2o/dxpeditions/oe/Travel/OE_travel.jpg)
Traveling through the city street in Austria