{
  "contest": {
    "id": "arsi-vu-dx",
    "name": "ARSI VU-DX Contest",
    "sponsor": "ARSI",
    "sponsor_home": "https://arsi.info/",
    "country": "IN",
    "summary": "India's international DX contest: 24 hours from 1200 UTC on four HF bands, open worldwide, with Indian states and union territories as the multiplier.",
    "modes": [
      "SSB",
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "VU stations send RS(T) and their two-letter State or Union Territory code; non-VU stations send RS(T) and a serial number.",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "Low",
        "max_watts": 100
      },
      {
        "name": "High",
        "max_watts": null
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Geographic Focus : India. Participation : Worldwide.'"
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "Mixed is one of ARSI's entry categories rather than a third mode; the contest permits SSB and CW, which is what modes records. 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/dxcontest/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
    "source_note": "arsi.info/dxcontest/, the Amateur Radio Society of India's own page: 'Dates : 22 - 23 August 2026. Duration : 22-Aug 12:00 UTC to 23-Aug 11:59:59 UTC. Geographic Focus : India. Participation : Worldwide. Mode : SSB, CW, Mixed. Power : Low: < 100W, High: > 100W. Bands : 40, 20, 15, 10 M. Exchange: VU: RS(T) + 2-letter State/UT code; Non-VU: RS(T) + Serial Number.' Scoring gives VU stations 1 point per VU QSO and 3 per DX QSO, and non-VU stations 3 points per VU QSO."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-08-22"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1159"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}