From the previous thread…
Speaking as Andy MM0FMF not as an MT member here… my view is these kind of events work when they don’t happen too regularly. If there is only 1 EU activity day per year, people will go to much greater effort to be QRV. But if they happen too often then there is no impetus to make a big effort to be QRV because if you miss EU SOTA day there will be another in a few months.
Myself, I was unable to take part and the WX was brilliant in GM and looks to have been very good over most of Europe and that certainly helped get more people out.
As I said, my personal view and not any kind of official view.