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    "id": "jarl-new-year-qso-party",
    "name": "New Year QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "JARL",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.jarl.org/English/",
    "country": "JP",
    "summary": "JARL's new-year greeting party: five and a half days from January 2, all bands and modes, exchanging a report and the operator's name.",
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      "Mixed"
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    "exchange": "RS(T) or a signal strength report plus the operator's name (a handle or initials is acceptable)",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
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    "log_submit_url": "https://contest.jarl.org/upload-aa/",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'All amateur radio stations and SWLs.' DX stations may only contact JA stations."
    },
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    "active_until": null,
    "note": "BANDS UNRECORDED, NOT UNBANDED. JARL states only 'All bands and Modes permitted for JA amateur radio stations' and points at the Japanese band plan, so there is no band list to record and every band filter on this site excludes this record. VERIFIED:FALSE because JARL publishes the 79th party's dates but no recurrence rule -- January 2 is what the 2026 page says, not a rule JARL has stated.",
    "verified": false,
    "rules_url": "https://www.jarl.org/English/4_Library/A-4-3_Contests/qsoparty_rule_eng.html",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
    "source_note": "jarl.org (79th New Year QSO Party Rule -- 2026): 'January 2, 2026, 00:00 UTC to January 7, 12:00 (UTC)'. Participation: 'All amateur radio stations and SWLs.' Bands and modes: 'All bands and Modes permitted for JA amateur radio stations.' Exchange: 'RS(T) or signal strength report of the other station + operator's name (including handle name, initials, etc.)'. Contacts: 'JA stations: JA stations may contact any other stations. DX stations: DX stations may only contact JA stations.' Log deadline is a fixed date, 'January 31, 2026', not an interval, so log_deadline_days is omitted; logs go to nyp@jarl.org. Listed in JARL's own English contest index alongside All Asian DX and WW RTTY, which is why a QSO party is in this catalog at all."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "January 2, every year",
    "raw": {
      "type": "fixed_date",
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      "day": 2
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      "time": "0000"
    },
    "end": {
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      "time": "1200"
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    "sessions": null
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