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  "contest": {
    "id": "darc-hell",
    "name": "DARC Hell Contest",
    "sponsor": "DARC",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-kw-conteste/kw-conteste/",
    "country": "DE",
    "summary": "Nineteen hours of Feld-Hell on 80 and 40 m over the first October weekend, one of the few contests for the mode.",
    "modes": [
      "Digital"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m",
      "40m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RST plus a serial number from 001.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Transmitting stations and SWLs; no entity restriction is stated."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date.\n\nFeld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
    "source_note": "darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/, DARC's own Ausschreibung. Recurrence in their words: 'Oktober, erstes vollstaendiges Wochenende' -- October, first complete weekend. Bands: '80m: 3,580 MHz - 3,600 MHz und 40m: 7,040 MHz - 7,050 MHz'. Mode: 'HELL'. Exchange: 'RST + Seriennummer ab 001'. Two categories, transmitting stations and SWLs. Deadline: 'eine Woche nach dem Wettbewerb'. Times from DARC's own 'Termine DARC KW Conteste 2026' table at darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-kw-conteste/kw-conteste/: 03./04.10.2026, 1600-1059 UTC. Checked 2026-08-23."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "First full weekend of October",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 10,
      "n": 1
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1600"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1059"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "end": "2026-10-04T10:59:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 18.98,
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        "Digital"
      ],
      "submodes": [
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      ],
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        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 m: 3.580-3.600 MHz; 40 m: 7.040-7.050 MHz.",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
      "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/",
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      "note": "THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date.\n\nFeld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.",
      "exchange": "RST plus a serial number from 001.",
      "country": "DE",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2026-10-11T10:59:00Z",
      "uid": "darc-hell-20261003T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2026-10-03",
      "mode_families": [
        "Digital"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
        "40m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "12-24"
    },
    {
      "contest_id": "darc-hell",
      "name": "DARC Hell Contest",
      "start": "2027-10-02T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-10-03T10:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 18.98,
      "modes": [
        "Digital"
      ],
      "submodes": [
        "Hell"
      ],
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        "80m",
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 m: 3.580-3.600 MHz; 40 m: 7.040-7.050 MHz.",
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      "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date.\n\nFeld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.",
      "exchange": "RST plus a serial number from 001.",
      "country": "DE",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2027-10-10T10:59:00Z",
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      "start_date": "2027-10-02",
      "mode_families": [
        "Digital"
      ],
      "band_families": [
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        "40m"
      ],
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    },
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      "contest_id": "darc-hell",
      "name": "DARC Hell Contest",
      "start": "2028-10-07T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-10-08T10:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 18.98,
      "modes": [
        "Digital"
      ],
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        "Hell"
      ],
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        "80m",
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 m: 3.580-3.600 MHz; 40 m: 7.040-7.050 MHz.",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
      "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date.\n\nFeld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.",
      "exchange": "RST plus a serial number from 001.",
      "country": "DE",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2028-10-15T10:59:00Z",
      "uid": "darc-hell-20281007T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-10-07",
      "mode_families": [
        "Digital"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
        "40m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "12-24"
    },
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      "contest_id": "darc-hell",
      "name": "DARC Hell Contest",
      "start": "2029-10-06T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-10-07T10:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 18.98,
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        "Digital"
      ],
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        "Hell"
      ],
      "bands": [
        "80m",
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 m: 3.580-3.600 MHz; 40 m: 7.040-7.050 MHz.",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
      "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date.\n\nFeld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.",
      "exchange": "RST plus a serial number from 001.",
      "country": "DE",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2029-10-14T10:59:00Z",
      "uid": "darc-hell-20291006T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-10-06",
      "mode_families": [
        "Digital"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
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      ],
      "duration_bucket": "12-24"
    },
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      "contest_id": "darc-hell",
      "name": "DARC Hell Contest",
      "start": "2030-10-05T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2030-10-06T10:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
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      ],
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      ],
      "bands": [
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        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 m: 3.580-3.600 MHz; 40 m: 7.040-7.050 MHz.",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
      "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/hell-contest/ausschreibung/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE RULE IS STATED AND THE TABLE AGREES: the first full weekend of October 2026 is the 3rd-4th, which is what DARC prints. So this is a recurrence rather than a date.\n\nFeld-Hell is a facsimile mode from the 1930s and has no token in this catalog's vocabulary, so the record is Digital with 'Hell' in submodes -- the same treatment PSK63 and FT4 get. Anyone filtering Digital finds it; nobody is told it is RTTY.",
      "exchange": "RST plus a serial number from 001.",
      "country": "DE",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2030-10-13T10:59:00Z",
      "uid": "darc-hell-20301005T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2030-10-05",
      "mode_families": [
        "Digital"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
        "40m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "12-24"
    }
  ]
}