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  "contest": {
    "id": "cwops-cw-open",
    "name": "CWops CW Open",
    "sponsor": "CWops",
    "sponsor_home": "https://cwops.org/",
    "country": "US",
    "summary": "Three four-hour CW sprints in one September day, scored separately, with a serial number and your name as the exchange.",
    "modes": [
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "A serial number and your name.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Open to all; CWops membership is not required to enter."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "THREE SEPARATE COMPETITIONS ON ONE DAY, not one twelve-hour contest with breaks -- CWops scores each session on its own, which is why this record uses the sessions array rather than a single window.\n\nMANUAL AND UNVERIFIED BECAUSE ONE PUBLISHED DATE IS NOT A RULE. September 5 2026 is the first Saturday of September, and that is an observation about one year rather than a recurrence CWops states. Fitting an ordinal to a single date is the mistake this catalog spends most of its effort not making. A second year's announcement settles it.",
    "verified": false,
    "rules_url": "https://cwops.org/cwops-tests/cw-open/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-21",
    "source_note": "cwops.org/cwops-tests/cw-open/, CWops' own page: 'The 2026 CW Open Will Be Held On September 5, 2026.' Three separate competitions on the one day, 0000-0359z, 1200-1559z and 2000-2359z. Bands: '160, 80, 40, 20, 15, 10 meters'. Exchange: 'Sequential Serial Number and Name'. Deadline: 'All logs for CWO 2026 must be submitted by the log deadline: September 27, 2026.'"
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-09-05"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0000"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "2359"
    },
    "sessions": [
      {
        "start": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "0000"
        },
        "end": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "0359"
        }
      },
      {
        "start": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "1200"
        },
        "end": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "1559"
        }
      },
      {
        "start": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "2000"
        },
        "end": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "2359"
        }
      }
    ]
  },
  "next": []
}