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    "id": "iaru-r1-70mhz-mgm",
    "name": "IARU Region 1 70 MHz MGM Contest",
    "sponsor": "IARU Region 1 VHF+ Committee",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.iaru-r1.org/",
    "country": "INTL",
    "summary": "Region 1's 70 MHz machine-generated-mode weekend: 24 hours on the third weekend of May, grid locators only.",
    "modes": [
      "Digital"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "4m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Report + 4-character locator (no serial number)",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "EDI",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": false,
      "note": "Not encoded as an entity list: the sponsor limits entry to Region 1 ('All licensed radio amateurs in Region 1 may participate in the contest'; special high-power licences enter as check logs only), and enumerating every Region 1 entity is not done here. Stations elsewhere cannot enter but may be worked."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "Log deadline is not a fixed offset (EDI 'no later than the first Wednesday following the contest weekend at 23:59:59 UTC'), so log_deadline_days is not encoded.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.iaru-r1.org/about-us/committees-and-working-groups/vhf-uhf-shf-committee-c5/vhf-up-contesting/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "VHF Handbook 10.03 (https://www.iaru-r1.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/02/VHF_Handbook_V10_03_final.pdf), section 'RULES IARU R1 50/70 MHZ, 145 MHZ AND UHF/uW CONTESTS': 'IARU Region 1 70 MHz MGM Contest will begin on the third Saturday of May'; 'Each contest will commence at 14:00 UTC on the Saturday and end at 14:00 UTC on the Sunday.' Sponsor's hub calendar: 2026 May 16-17. Categories: SO, MO, 6H, each as an MGM section. Read 2026-10-15."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Third Saturday of May",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_weekday",
      "month": 5,
      "n": 3,
      "weekday": 5
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "start": "2027-05-15T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-05-16T14:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 24,
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        "4m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "70 MHz only; machine-generated modes are allowed only in the specific 50 and 70 MHz MGM contests.",
      "sponsor": "IARU Region 1 VHF+ Committee",
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "Log deadline is not a fixed offset (EDI 'no later than the first Wednesday following the contest weekend at 23:59:59 UTC'), so log_deadline_days is not encoded.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
      "can_enter": true,
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      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
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      "start_date": "2027-05-15",
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        "Digital"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "4m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
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      "contest_id": "iaru-r1-70mhz-mgm",
      "name": "IARU Region 1 70 MHz MGM Contest",
      "start": "2028-05-20T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-05-21T14:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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        "Digital"
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        "MGM (machine generated modes)"
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      "sponsor": "IARU Region 1 VHF+ Committee",
      "rules_url": "https://www.iaru-r1.org/about-us/committees-and-working-groups/vhf-uhf-shf-committee-c5/vhf-up-contesting/",
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      "contest_id": "iaru-r1-70mhz-mgm",
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      "end": "2029-05-20T14:00:00Z",
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        "4m"
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      "rules_url": "https://www.iaru-r1.org/about-us/committees-and-working-groups/vhf-uhf-shf-committee-c5/vhf-up-contesting/",
      "verified": true,
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        "4m"
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      "contest_id": "iaru-r1-70mhz-mgm",
      "name": "IARU Region 1 70 MHz MGM Contest",
      "start": "2030-05-18T14:00:00Z",
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      "exchange": "Report + 4-character locator (no serial number)",
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "iaru-r1-70mhz-mgm-20300518T1400@contestcal",
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        "Digital"
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        "4m"
      ],
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}