{
  "contest": {
    "id": "arsi-40m-cq-vu-cw",
    "name": "ARSI 40M CQ VU CW Contest",
    "sponsor": "ARSI",
    "sponsor_home": "https://arsi.info/",
    "country": "IN",
    "summary": "A 24-hour CW contest on 40 m for Indian stations, at 100 watts or less, run from 1930 IST.",
    "modes": [
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "40m"
    ],
    "exchange": "A serial number starting at 001, with the signal report.",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "Low power",
        "max_watts": 100
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "entity_list",
      "entities": [
        "VU"
      ],
      "verified": false,
      "note": "ARSI'S OWN PAGE CONTRADICTS ITSELF. It says 'Any licensed ham can participate in the contest' and then, four lines later, 'Though this contest is only for VU, any DX contacts in the log will get 2 QSO multiplier points'. Read together the likely meaning is that entry is for VU stations while DX stations may be worked and count for multipliers -- which is what is encoded -- but the two sentences cannot both be taken at face value, so eligibility.verified is false. Ask ARSI."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "STATED IN IST ONLY, unlike ARSI's other contests, which give UTC. So this record carries Asia/Kolkata wall clock rather than a UTC time converted by hand -- India is a fixed +05:30 with no daylight saving, so 19:30 IST is 14:00 UTC and always will be, but the record says what the page said. The log deadline is one of the few here stated as a SPAN rather than a date: 'within a week', 'due in 7 days time from the date of contest'. ARSI PUBLISHES DATES, NOT A RECURRENCE. Every one of its contest pages opens with the year's dates and states no rule anywhere -- no 'annually on', no ordinal weekend. So all five records are manual and hold exactly the 2026 editions ARSI published. Fitting an ordinal to one date would be inventing a rule ARSI has not written, and Asia is thin enough that the temptation is worth naming.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://arsi.info/40m-cqvu-contest/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
    "source_note": "https://arsi.info/40m-cqvu-contest/: 'Objective: To promote 40M CW activity. Date: 5 - 6 Dec 2026' Duration is given only in Indian Standard Time -- '7:30 PM IST to 7:29:59 PM IST' the following day. 'This is a low power (<=100W) CW only contest.' 'Report exchange shall be serial number starting with 001.' 'Logs should be sent to contest manager within a week after the contest in Cabrillo format', and 'Log submission will be due in 7 days time from the date of contest'. 'Hams using home-brewed equipment will be considered as separate category and will be specially awarded.'"
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-12-05"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1930",
      "wall_clock": true
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1929",
      "wall_clock": true
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": [
    {
      "contest_id": "arsi-40m-cq-vu-cw",
      "name": "ARSI 40M CQ VU CW Contest",
      "start": "2026-12-05T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2026-12-06T13:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": "2026-12-05T19:30:00",
      "end_wall": "2026-12-06T19:29:00",
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "Asia/Kolkata",
      "duration_hours": 23.98,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "ARSI",
      "rules_url": "https://arsi.info/40m-cqvu-contest/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "STATED IN IST ONLY, unlike ARSI's other contests, which give UTC. So this record carries Asia/Kolkata wall clock rather than a UTC time converted by hand -- India is a fixed +05:30 with no daylight saving, so 19:30 IST is 14:00 UTC and always will be, but the record says what the page said. The log deadline is one of the few here stated as a SPAN rather than a date: 'within a week', 'due in 7 days time from the date of contest'. ARSI PUBLISHES DATES, NOT A RECURRENCE. Every one of its contest pages opens with the year's dates and states no rule anywhere -- no 'annually on', no ordinal weekend. So all five records are manual and hold exactly the 2026 editions ARSI published. Fitting an ordinal to one date would be inventing a rule ARSI has not written, and Asia is thin enough that the temptation is worth naming.",
      "exchange": "A serial number starting at 001, with the signal report.",
      "country": "IN",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": false,
      "eligibility_scope": "entity_list",
      "eligibility_reason": "Entry limited to VU. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2026-12-13T13:59:00Z",
      "uid": "arsi-40m-cq-vu-cw-20261205T1400@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2026-12-05",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "12-24"
    }
  ]
}