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    "id": "lral-18-november-80m",
    "name": "LRAL 18 November 80m Contest",
    "sponsor": "LRAL",
    "sponsor_home": "https://lral.lv/",
    "country": "LV",
    "summary": "Latvia's 80m contest on 18 November, its Proclamation Day: four half-hour CW/SSB rounds and then two FT8 rounds, with Latvian districts as the multiplier.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB",
      "FT8/FT4"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m"
    ],
    "exchange": "A serial number and the two-letter Latvian or Riga district code (001 LM). RST may be sent but is not part of the number. The FT8 rounds use signal report and a four-character locator instead.",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "All entrants",
        "max_watts": 100
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 14,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "Europe/Riga",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "entity_list",
      "entities": [
        "YL"
      ],
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Dalibnieki: Visi Latvijas radioamatieri' -- all Latvian radio amateurs. The nolikums names no other entrants."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "SPONSOR-ANCHORED LOCAL TIME. LRAL states the schedule 'pec vieteja laika' -- in local time -- and never in UTC, so the record carries timezone Europe/Riga and wall_clock times. The two blocks are encoded as sessions because LRAL puts a gap between them and says the FT8 rounds are a separate contest: 'FT8 tures ir atseviskas sacensibas, dalibnieki, kas starte FT8 darba veida, var startet ari kada no A, B, vai C klasem.' Both sessions carry the record's whole mode list, which the catalog cannot narrow per session; the split is stated here and in bands_note. One nolikums covers both dates, so both records cite the same URL.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://lral.lv/hf-80m-nolikums/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
    "source_note": "lral.lv/hf-80m-nolikums/, the Latvijas Radioamatieru liga's own nolikums, which covers both events. 'Sacensibas notiek 6 turos / 18. novembri no 08.00-11.14 pec vietejа laika' with rounds 08.00-08.29, 08.30-08.59, 09.00-09.29 and 09.30-09.59 CW/SSB and 10.15-10.44, 10.45-11.14 FT8; '4. maija no 07.00-10.14 pec vietejа laika' with rounds 07.00-07.29, 07.30-07.59, 08.00-08.29 and 08.30-08.59 CW/SSB and 09.15-09.44, 09.45-10.14 FT8. ('pec vieteja laika' = local time.) 'Frekvences un tehniskie noteikumi: CW - 3515-3580 kHz; SSB - 3605-3650 kHz; FT8 - 3577 kHz. Raiditaju izejas jauda: <=100 W.' 'Dalibnieki: Visi Latvijas radioamatieri.' (Participants: all Latvian radio amateurs.) Exchange: 'Kontroles numurs CW un SSB turos ir QSO kartas numurs un divi burti, kas apzime Latvijas vai Rigas pilsetas radioamatieru rajonu (piemeram, 001 LM). RST var raidit, bet tas kontroles numura neietilpst' -- the serial and district only; RST may be sent but is not part of the number. The FT8 rounds carry no serials. Each QSO is one point; the multiplier is districts per round, or locator squares in the FT8 rounds. Classes: A (CW+SSB), B (CW), B1 (CW with a straight key), C (SSB), D (FT8), E (multi-op). 'Atskaites iesniedz 14 dienu laika pec sacensibam, sutot uz adresi: yltest@lral.lv.'"
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "November 18, every year",
    "raw": {
      "type": "fixed_date",
      "month": 11,
      "day": 18
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0800",
      "wall_clock": true
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0959",
      "wall_clock": true
    },
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      {
        "start": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "0800",
          "wall_clock": true
        },
        "end": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "0959",
          "wall_clock": true
        }
      },
      {
        "start": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "1015",
          "wall_clock": true
        },
        "end": {
          "day_offset": 0,
          "time": "1114",
          "wall_clock": true
        }
      }
    ]
  },
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      "name": "LRAL 18 November 80m Contest",
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      "bands_note": "CW 3515-3580 kHz; SSB 3605-3650 kHz; FT8 3577 kHz.",
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      "exchange": "A serial number and the two-letter Latvian or Riga district code (001 LM). RST may be sent but is not part of the number. The FT8 rounds use signal report and a four-character locator instead.",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": false,
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      "contest_id": "lral-18-november-80m",
      "name": "LRAL 18 November 80m Contest",
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      "contest_id": "lral-18-november-80m",
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}