ON – Bastogne, Belgium

Dates: 24 June 2015

Callsign: ON/WJ2O and ON/K2KAR

ON – Bastogne, Belgium 2025-01-18T00:45:34-05:00
Belgium is the third of 10 DXCC Entities we visited during our Central Europe Trip.
Bastogne, Belgium
A little history. The Siege of Bastogne was an engagement in December 1944 between American and German forces at the Belgian town of Bastogne, as part of the larger Battle of the Bulge.

Downtown Bastogne

Downtown Bastogne
Downtown Bastogne was pretty neat. We stopped for lunch.
Wagon Léo Brasserie-Restaurant
With Karen, K2KAR at Wagon Léo Brasserie-Restaurant
Belgium Waffles
Real “Cross My Heart And Hope To Die” Belgium Waffles.

Bastogne War Museum

Bastogne War Museum
TK2KAR on a straight key at the Bastogne War Museum.
Karen in Bastogne War Museum
K2KAR on a straight key at the Bastogne War Museum.

The Gentry

The Gentry
The Gentry

The Dauer

The Dauer
The Dauer

ON/WJ2O and ON/K2KAR QSL Card

ON/WJ2O and ON/K2KAR QSL Card front
ON/WJ2O and ON/K2KAR QSL Card back

QSL By: KB3IFH

CEPT Licensing Agreement
With the understanding of how the CEPT Licensing Agreementworks, we assigned ourselves the callsigns ON/WJ2O and ON/K2KAR.
parking spot, near Bastogne, Belgium
Another random parking spot, near Bastogne, Belgium
parking spot, roadside in Belgium
A random parking spot, roadside in Belgium

The mobile set-up:

Connection to the battery
Connection to the battery
Connection to the battery
Connection to the battery
Tarheel telescoping antenna
Tarheel telescoping antenna attached to trunk lip
Tarheel telescoping antenna on car
Travel Ruote
Belgium was the 3rd country of our Central Europe Trip.
tunnel in Liege, Belgium
Driving into a long tunnel in Liege, Belgium