{
  "contest": {
    "id": "darc-ostercontest",
    "name": "DARC Ostercontest",
    "sponsor": "DARC",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-kw-conteste/kw-conteste/",
    "country": "DE",
    "summary": "Two and a half hours on 80 and 40 m on Easter Monday, CW and SSB, with DOKs as the multipliers.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m",
      "40m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS(T) and the sender's DOK for DARC and VFDB members; German non-members send RS(T) and 'NM'; stations outside Germany send RS(T) and a serial from 001.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "All radio amateurs may enter; stations outside Germany have an exchange of their own and their own placing."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "MANUAL FOR A DATE THAT IS PERFECTLY COMPUTABLE, and that is a compromise rather than a judgement about DARC. They state the rule in words -- 'Ostermontag' -- and Easter is deterministic, so this SHOULD be a rule. This catalog has no Easter-anchored rule type, and adding one means changing both engines and the parity suite for a single record.\n\nSo it holds the published date and goes empty in 2027, and the cost is visible: it joins the expiry cliff for a date arithmetic could produce. If a second Easter-anchored contest turns up, that is the moment to add the rule type -- the same standard that added per-date times when the 3.5 MHz series became the second consumer rather than the first.\n\n6 April 2026 is Easter Monday, and matches DARC's own table.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-ostercontest/regeln/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
    "source_note": "darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-ostercontest/regeln/, DARC's own rules: the contest runs annually on 'Ostermontag' -- Easter Monday -- on 80 m and 40 m in CW and SSB, with seven entry classes plus a checklog. Exchange: 'RS(T) und ihren DOK' for members, 'NM' for German non-members, 'RS(T) + laufende Nummer' from abroad. Deadline: '7 Tage nach dem Wettbewerb (fuer 2026 der 13.04.2026, 23:59 UTC)'. Date and time from DARC's own 'Termine DARC KW Conteste 2026' table at darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/darc-kw-conteste/kw-conteste/: 06.04.2026, 1500-1729 UTC. Checked 2026-08-23."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-04-06"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1500"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1729"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}