{
  "contest": {
    "id": "baltic-contest",
    "name": "Baltic Contest",
    "sponsor": "LRSF",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.lrsf.lt/",
    "country": "LT",
    "summary": "Lithuania's 80 m contest: five hours on a May night, exchanging serial numbers.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS(T) + serial number from 001",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Sponsor: open to radio amateurs worldwide."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "DATES ARE STATED PER EDITION; THE SPONSOR PUBLISHES NO RECURRENCE RULE. Only the dates the sponsor has actually published are encoded (2026-05-16); a year it has not announced yields nothing rather than a guess. If a stated rule turns up, this record upgrades from manual. The sponsor writes '(3rd full weekend)' after this year's dates but states no standing rule, and a non-sponsor notice put the 57th contest on 22-23 May 2021, which was not the third weekend; so none is inferred.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.lrsf.lt/en/balticcontestrules/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "lrsf.lt 'The 61th BALTIC CONTEST (2026)': 'from 2100UTC May 16, 2026 till 0200UTC May 17, 2026 (3rd full weekend)'. CW and SSB on 80 m; sections A single op CW/SSB, B CW, C SSB, D assisted, E multi-op single TX, F SWL; QSOs with Russia and Belarus are not counted; Cabrillo to lrsf@lrsf.lt, deadline 24 May 2026 (7 days). Open to radio amateurs worldwide. Read 2026-10-15."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-05-16"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "2100"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "0200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}