BELGIAN EVENT MARKS BATTLE OF THE BULGE ANNIVERSARY

The Battle of the Bulge was Adolf Hitler's final major offensive on the Western Front. His attempt to repel the Allies from German-held territory did not succeed. On the 22nd December 1944, the Germans delivered an ultimatum to surrender to the Allies in Bastogne, Belgium -- and the single-word response from US Gen. Anthony McAuliffe became one for the history books.

His reply was "NUTS!"

That word forms the suffix of the special event station callsign being used by members of the Brussels Radio Club BXE. Station OR81NUTS will be on the air from the Bastogne Barracks using CW and SSB on the HF bands until the 31st of December.

For details, visit the station's QRZ.com page.