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    "id": "darc-ft4",
    "name": "DARC FT4 Contest",
    "sponsor": "DARC",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/",
    "country": "DE",
    "summary": "Quarterly ninety-minute FT4 sprint on 80 and 40 metres, with an annual standing split between low power and QRP. Fox mode is barred.",
    "modes": [
      "FT8/FT4"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m",
      "40m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Signal report + four-character grid square (for example JN49, JO61).",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "Low Power",
        "max_watts": 100
      },
      {
        "name": "QRP",
        "max_watts": 5
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "https://dxhf2.darc.de/~ft4log/upload.cgi",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'zu arbeitende Stationen: alle, jede Station einmal pro Band'; 'Getrennte Wertung für DL- und Non-DL-Stationen' -- everyone may be worked, once per band, and German and non-German entries are scored separately."
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    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "Four legs a year, one record. DARC heads its 2026 date list 'Termine 2025:' -- the heading is a year out, the dates under it are 2026 and match DARC's KW contest calendar, so the typo is in the heading only.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ft4-contest/ft4-rules/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "source_note": "darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ft4-contest/ft4-rules/: 'Veranstalter: DARC Referat Conteste. Termin: Jeweils 2. Monat im Quartal, Am 2. Dienstag im Monat' -- 'organiser: DARC contest department. Date: the second month of each quarter, on the second Tuesday of the month.' The dates DARC lists beside it are 10.02.2026, 12.05.2026, 11.08.2026 and 10.11.2026, all 19:00-20:29 UTC. 'Bänder: 80m (3576, 3579 und 3582 kHz USB), 40m (7047.5 kHz USB). Betriebsarten: FT4.' 'Austausch: Signal Report und Locator-Großfeld (z. Bsp.: JN49, JO61).' 'Betrieb im Fox-Modus ist nicht erlaubt.' -- fox mode operation is not permitted. 'Einsendeschluss: jeweils 7 Tage.' Verified 2026-08-18."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Second Tuesday of February, May, August and November",
    "raw": {
      "type": "monthly_nth_weekday",
      "n": 2,
      "weekday": 1,
      "months": [
        2,
        5,
        8,
        11
      ]
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1900"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "2029"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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        "40m"
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      "country": "DE",
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      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "practical": "",
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