Some history:
Until a few years ago, the second weekend of September was the IARU ATV contest, which coincided with the Dutch ATV contest.
I remember that the BATC protested against this because a few potential participants went to the IBC in the Netherlands and would therefore not be able to participate...
In deliberation with the various parties involved (and because I had already made a proposal to revice the regulations), the IARU contest was then postponed to June.
Ironically enough, I understood that those few people for whom everyone had to adjust never ultimately participated in the IARU contest (but to be honest, based on rumours
).
Back to now:
More and more Belgian stations are participating in the ATV contests in the Netherlands, who also simply send their logs to the Netherlands. Just participate in Germany, UK or France and send in your logs too.
These contests are always (as long as I remember) the second full weekend of March, June, September and December.
Have fun making ATV contacts!
