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    "name": "FT Roundup",
    "sponsor": "RTTY Contesting",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.rttycontesting.com/",
    "country": "US",
    "summary": "Thirty hours of FT4 and FT8 on the first December weekend, with twenty-four of them scoring -- the digital answer to the RTTY Roundup.",
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      "FT8/FT4"
    ],
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      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
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    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
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      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Amateurs worldwide' contact each other; the exchange has a form for stations outside the US and Canada."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "THE SPONSOR FIELD IS AN ATTRIBUTION, NOT A QUOTATION. The rules page names no organising body at all -- it credits a wine sponsor for the awards and nothing else -- so 'RTTY Contesting' here is the site that publishes and runs it rather than a society that claims it. Recorded this way for the same reason the OK DX RTTY Contest is: an inferred organiser is better stated than implied. Worth one question to whoever answers the log address.\n\nThe page still shows 2023's dates beside a rule stated in general terms, so the rule is what is encoded. Re-read it nearer December.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/rules/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-21",
    "source_note": "rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/rules/: 'First full weekend of December.' 'Begins 1800 UTC Saturday, ends 2359 UTC Sunday.' Modes: 'Only FT4 and FT8 modes are permitted.' Bands: 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres with recommended sub-bands per mode. Exchange: 'Signal report and State (except KH6 and KL7)' for the US and 'Signal report and Province' for Canada; DX send 'Signal report and consecutive serial number, starting with 001 (including KH6 and KL7)'. Operating time: the entire 30-hour period may be worked but only the first 24 hours score."
  },
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    "plain": "First full weekend of December",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1800"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "2359"
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    "sessions": null
  },
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      "end": "2026-12-06T23:59:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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      "submodes": [
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        "FT8"
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      "bands": [
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        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
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      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "ft-roundup-20261205T1800@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2026-12-05",
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        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
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        "80m",
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        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
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      "contest_id": "ft-roundup",
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      "start": "2027-12-04T18:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-12-05T23:59:00Z",
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      "local_rolling": false,
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      "modes": [
        "FT8/FT4"
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        "FT8"
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        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 through 10 metres, no WARC bands.",
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      "exchange": "US and Canadian stations send a signal report and their state or province. Everyone else sends a signal report and a serial number from 001.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-21",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
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      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "ft-roundup-20271204T1800@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-12-04",
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        "Digital",
        "FT8/FT4"
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        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
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    {
      "contest_id": "ft-roundup",
      "name": "FT Roundup",
      "start": "2028-12-02T18:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-12-03T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
      "submodes": [
        "FT4",
        "FT8"
      ],
      "bands": [
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 through 10 metres, no WARC bands.",
      "sponsor": "RTTY Contesting",
      "rules_url": "https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/rules/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE SPONSOR FIELD IS AN ATTRIBUTION, NOT A QUOTATION. The rules page names no organising body at all -- it credits a wine sponsor for the awards and nothing else -- so 'RTTY Contesting' here is the site that publishes and runs it rather than a society that claims it. Recorded this way for the same reason the OK DX RTTY Contest is: an inferred organiser is better stated than implied. Worth one question to whoever answers the log address.\n\nThe page still shows 2023's dates beside a rule stated in general terms, so the rule is what is encoded. Re-read it nearer December.",
      "exchange": "US and Canadian stations send a signal report and their state or province. Everyone else sends a signal report and a serial number from 001.",
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      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "ft-roundup-20281202T1800@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-12-02",
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        "Digital",
        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
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        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
    },
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      "contest_id": "ft-roundup",
      "name": "FT Roundup",
      "start": "2029-12-01T18:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-12-02T23:59:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
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        "FT4",
        "FT8"
      ],
      "bands": [
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 through 10 metres, no WARC bands.",
      "sponsor": "RTTY Contesting",
      "rules_url": "https://www.rttycontesting.com/ft-roundup/rules/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE SPONSOR FIELD IS AN ATTRIBUTION, NOT A QUOTATION. The rules page names no organising body at all -- it credits a wine sponsor for the awards and nothing else -- so 'RTTY Contesting' here is the site that publishes and runs it rather than a society that claims it. Recorded this way for the same reason the OK DX RTTY Contest is: an inferred organiser is better stated than implied. Worth one question to whoever answers the log address.\n\nThe page still shows 2023's dates beside a rule stated in general terms, so the rule is what is encoded. Re-read it nearer December.",
      "exchange": "US and Canadian stations send a signal report and their state or province. Everyone else sends a signal report and a serial number from 001.",
      "country": "US",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-21",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "ft-roundup-20291201T1800@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-12-01",
      "mode_families": [
        "Digital",
        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
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    {
      "contest_id": "ft-roundup",
      "name": "FT Roundup",
      "start": "2030-12-07T18:00:00Z",
      "end": "2030-12-08T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
        "FT8/FT4"
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        "FT4",
        "FT8"
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        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "80 through 10 metres, no WARC bands.",
      "sponsor": "RTTY Contesting",
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "THE SPONSOR FIELD IS AN ATTRIBUTION, NOT A QUOTATION. The rules page names no organising body at all -- it credits a wine sponsor for the awards and nothing else -- so 'RTTY Contesting' here is the site that publishes and runs it rather than a society that claims it. Recorded this way for the same reason the OK DX RTTY Contest is: an inferred organiser is better stated than implied. Worth one question to whoever answers the log address.\n\nThe page still shows 2023's dates beside a rule stated in general terms, so the rule is what is encoded. Re-read it nearer December.",
      "exchange": "US and Canadian stations send a signal report and their state or province. Everyone else sends a signal report and a serial number from 001.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
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      "can_enter": true,
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "practical": "",
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      "uid": "ft-roundup-20301207T1800@contestcal",
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        "FT8/FT4"
      ],
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        "20m",
        "15m",
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