{
  "contest": {
    "id": "california-qso-party",
    "name": "California QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "Northern California Contest Club",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.cqp.org/",
    "country": "US",
    "summary": "California's long October party: 30 hours of CW and phone, 58 counties.",
    "modes": [
      "SSB",
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "California stations send serial number and county; others send serial number and state, province or DX.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": ""
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "HF 160-10 is recorded; VHF was not confirmed from the rules text.\n\nMANUAL AND UNVERIFIED BECAUSE A PUBLISHED DATE IS NOT A RULE. The sponsor states the dates for the year(s) listed and no recurrence wording, so none is invented here; the next announcement settles it.",
    "verified": false,
    "rules_url": "https://cqp.org/pdf/CQP_2026_Rules.pdf",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "Sponsor's own rules (https://cqp.org/pdf/CQP_2026_Rules.pdf), read 2026-10-15: 1600Z 3 Oct to 2200Z 4 Oct 2026; CW and phone, no digital."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-10-03"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1600"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "2200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}