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    "id": "mrasz-ha-dx",
    "name": "HA-DX Contest",
    "sponsor": "MRASZ",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.mrasz.hu/",
    "country": "HU",
    "summary": "Hungary's international DX contest over the third full weekend of January. Hungarian counties are the multiplier and HA stations are worth ten points.",
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      "SSB"
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      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Hungarian stations send RS(T) and their county abbreviation; everyone else sends RS(T) and an incremental serial number.",
    "power_categories": [
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        "name": "High Power"
      },
      {
        "name": "Low Power",
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      },
      {
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    "timezone": "",
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    "eligibility": {
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "'4. Participants: every amateur radio operator in the world'."
    },
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    "active_until": null,
    "note": "MRASZ states the rule and the year in the same sentence, which is its own check: January 2026's full weekends are the 3rd/4th, 10th/11th, 17th/18th and 24th/25th (31 January's Sunday falls in February), so the third is 17-18 January -- the date the rules print. The contest ends at 12:00 UTC, not 11:59, so the Sunday overlaps the Saturday start by a minute; that is what the rules say.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://ha-dx.com/en/contest-rules",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
    "source_note": "ha-dx.com/en/contest-rules, MRASZ's own rules page. '1. Organizer: Magyar Radioamator Szovetseg (www.mrasz.hu).' '3. Date and time: every year 3rd full weekend of January, from Saturday 12:00 UTC to Sunday 12:00 UTC. In 2026: 17-18 January.' '4. Participants: every amateur radio operator in the world'. '6. Modes: A1A morse code (CW) and A3J phone (SSB).' Bands 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 m. Exchange: HA stations send RS(T) and county, others RS(T) and a serial. Points: 10 for a Hungarian station, 2 within one's own continent, 5 to another; /AM and /MM are worth 2. Categories QRP up to 5 W, LP up to 100 W, HP above. 'Log submission deadline: Logs must be uploaded on the HA-DX website within 5 days of the end of the contest.'"
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      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 1,
      "n": 3
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      "time": "1200"
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    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1200"
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