{
  "contest": {
    "id": "darc-vhf-uhf-shf",
    "name": "DARC VHF-/UHF-/SHF-Wettbewerb",
    "sponsor": "DARC",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.darc.de/",
    "country": "DE",
    "summary": "Germany's three-times-a-year VHF/UHF/SHF contest: 24 hours in March, May and July, grid locators and serial numbers.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB",
      "FM"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "2m",
      "70cm",
      "23cm",
      "13cm",
      "3cm"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS(T) + serial number from 001 per band + 6-character locator",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "EDI",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "entity_list",
      "entities": [
        "DL"
      ],
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Teilnahmeberechtigt sind alle von einem Stationsstandort auf dem Staatsgebiet der Bundesrepublik Deutschland aus operierenden Amateurfunkstationen' -- stations in Germany enter; others may be worked."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "DATES ARE STATED PER EDITION; THE SPONSOR PUBLISHES NO RECURRENCE RULE. Only the dates the sponsor has actually published are encoded (2026-03-07, 2026-05-02, 2026-07-04); a year it has not announced yields nothing rather than a guess. If a stated rule turns up, this record upgrades from manual. Only the 2026 Ausschreibung was read; earlier DARC years were not checked.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ukw/tnukwcontest000/tnukwcontest00700/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "darc.de UKW contest pages (index https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/ukw/ukw-conteste/ 'Termine DARC UKW Conteste 2026'): March 2026-03-07 14:00 to 03-08 13:59 UTC (log 03-15), May 2026-05-02 to 05-03 (log 05-10), July 2026-07-04 to 07-05 (log 07-12). The March Ausschreibung was read in full; the May and July dates and clock come from the index table, not their own pages. Classes: Single Operator, Multi Operator, Trainee, Checklog; Low Power (100 W) and 6-hour classes on 145 and 435 MHz in the March edition. Read 2026-10-15."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-03-07",
          "2026-05-02",
          "2026-07-04"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1359"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}