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    "sponsor": "First State Amateur Radio Club",
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    "country": "US",
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    "modes": [
      "SSB",
      "CW",
      "Digital",
      "FT8/FT4"
    ],
    "bands": [],
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    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
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      "verified": true,
      "note": ""
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The rules page read is the 2024 edition; the home page carries the 2026 times. Bands are only 'suggested' (HF excluding WARC, any band 6m up), so bands are left empty (unrecorded).",
    "verified": true,
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    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
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      "n": 1
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1700"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "2359"
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    "sessions": null
  },
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
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        "SSB",
        "Digital",
        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
      "band_families": [],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
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      "contest_id": "delaware-qso-party",
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      "end_wall": null,
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      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [],
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      "can_enter": true,
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      "contest_id": "delaware-qso-party",
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      "bands": [],
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "practical": "",
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        "SSB",
        "Digital",
        "FT8/FT4"
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      "band_families": [],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
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      "contest_id": "delaware-qso-party",
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        "Digital",
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "practical": "",
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      ],
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}