WAE contest is the only real European contest, as well as I wouldn't
like if ARRL goes to a 24 hour period, I'm strongly against a 24 hour
period for WAE and all the other major contests.
Also ARRL has dead periods in Europe, but the meanwhile it happens
here, N.American stations are easyly working other areas than Europe.
The real gap for WAE, expecially for cw, is to take place in mid
summer were not only the propagation is awful, but a great number
of europeans is having holydays with famylies, hundreds miles away
from their shack.
It wouldn't be wrong to finally move the best contests in the near of
equinoxes (moving away and shortening to 24 hours hundreds of minor
events) giving more fun, and symilar opportunities to all parts of the
world in serious events.
Vy 73,
Mauri, I4JMY
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