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    "id": "ari-international-dx",
    "name": "ARI International DX Contest",
    "sponsor": "ARI",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.ari.it/",
    "country": "IT",
    "summary": "Italy's international DX contest: 24 hours from 1200 UTC on the first full weekend of May, CW, SSB and RTTY together, Italian stations sending a province code.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB",
      "RTTY"
    ],
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      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Italian stations send RS(T) + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RS(T) + a serial number starting from 001.",
    "power_categories": [
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        "name": "High Power",
        "max_watts": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Low Power",
        "max_watts": 100
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 6,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Open worldwide, but contacts between Italian stations do not count: 'no QSO/HRD between Italian station are permitted'."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The rules PDF is the sponsor's own; ari.it/contest-hf/ari-international.html carries results rather than rules, and ARI's contest calendar page is an aggregator listing other sponsors' events, so neither was used as a source for anything beyond ARI's own contests.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://contest.ari.it/hf_web/rules/aridxrule_dx.pdf",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "source_note": "contest.ari.it/hf_web/rules/aridxrule_dx.pdf. Italian text, 3) Data ed orario: 'Il contest si svolge il primo weekend completo di Maggio con inizio alle ore 1200Z del sabato e termine alle ore 1159Z della domenica. L'edizione 2026 avra luogo il 02 e 03 Maggio.' English text: 'The contest will be held on each first full week-end of May starting at 1200Z Saturday and ending at 1159Z Sunday. In year 2026 the dates will be May 02-03.' Bands 'from 10m through 80m, except WARC'; modes CW, SSB and RTTY. Italian stations send RST + province, others RST + progressive number from 001, and 'no QSO/HRD between Italian station are permitted'. Logs are due 'no later than 6 days after the contest'."
  },
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      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 5,
      "n": 1
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1159"
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    "sessions": null
  },
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      "end": "2027-05-02T11:59:00Z",
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      "local_rolling": false,
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      "exchange": "Italian stations send RS(T) + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RS(T) + a serial number starting from 001.",
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      "start_date": "2027-05-01",
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        "Digital"
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      "end": "2028-05-07T11:59:00Z",
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      "exchange": "Italian stations send RS(T) + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RS(T) + a serial number starting from 001.",
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      "exchange": "Italian stations send RS(T) + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RS(T) + a serial number starting from 001.",
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