{
  "contest": {
    "id": "mississippi-qso-party",
    "name": "Mississippi QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "Vicksburg Amateur Radio Club",
    "sponsor_home": "https://arrlmiss.org/mississippi-qso-party/",
    "country": "US",
    "summary": "Mississippi's April party, with RTTY and FT4/8 alongside CW and SSB.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB",
      "RTTY",
      "FT8/FT4"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m",
      "6m",
      "2m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Mississippi stations send report and county; FT4/8 stations send report and grid square; others send report 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": "'First weekend of April' is ambiguous when 1 April falls mid-week, so only the published 2026 date is recorded. Hosted on the ARRL Mississippi Section site; the rules name the Vicksburg ARC contest committee as decision body, with no formal 'sponsored by' line.\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": "https://arrlmiss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-MS-QSO-PARTY-RULES-FINAL.pdf",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "Sponsor's own rules (https://arrlmiss.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-MS-QSO-PARTY-RULES-FINAL.pdf), read 2026-10-15: 'Starts: 1400z / 4 April 2026, Ends: 0200z / 5 April 2026'; 'Modes: CW, SSB, RTTY, FT4/8'; 'held the first weekend of April each year'."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-04-04"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "0200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}