{
  "contest": {
    "id": "iowa-qso-party",
    "name": "Iowa QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "Story County Amateur Radio Club",
    "sponsor_home": "http://www.w0yl.com/IAQP",
    "country": "US",
    "summary": "Iowa's September party; digital counts, though WSJT-X FT8/FT4 cannot carry the full exchange.",
    "modes": [
      "SSB",
      "CW",
      "Digital"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m",
      "6m",
      "2m",
      "1.25m",
      "70cm"
    ],
    "exchange": "Iowa stations send RS(T) and county; others send RS(T) and state, province or DX.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": ""
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The page itself says WSJT-X FT8/FT4 'will NOT work at this time', so only Digital is recorded. Any band except 60, 30, 17, 12m. The rules live on the contest page; the PDF linked there is the stale 2018 text.\n\nMANUAL AND UNVERIFIED BECAUSE A PUBLISHED DATE IS NOT A RULE. The sponsor states the dates for the year(s) listed and no recurrence wording, so none is invented here; the next announcement settles it.",
    "verified": false,
    "rules_url": "http://www.w0yl.com/IAQP",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "Sponsor's own rules (http://www.w0yl.com/IAQP), read 2026-10-15: 'Saturday, September 19, 2026 from 9AM - 9PM US Central Time (1400Z, September 19 - 0200Z, September 20)'; 'FT modes are allowed as long as the FULL Iowa QSO Party exchange is completed by BOTH parties'."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-09-19"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "0200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}