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  "contest": {
    "id": "oevsv-aoec-160m",
    "name": "All Austrian 160m Contest (AOEC 160m)",
    "sponsor": "ÖVSV",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.oevsv.at/",
    "country": "AT",
    "summary": "Austria's worldwide 160m CW contest: eight hours from 1600 UTC on the Saturday of the third full November weekend, with OE districts as the prize.",
    "modes": [
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RST and a serial number; Austrian stations add their OE district identifier.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Teilnahmeberechtigt sind alle ... lizensierten Funkamateurinnen und -amateure sowie SWLs weltweit' -- all licensed amateurs and SWLs worldwide."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The third full weekend of November is a rule OEVSV states twice, in German and in English, and it reproduces the date the German edition prints for itself: November 2025's full weekends are the 1st/2nd, 8th/9th and 15th/16th, so the third is Saturday 15 November 2025. For 2026 the 1st is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October, so the full weekends start on the 7th/8th and the rule gives Saturday 21 November 2026. CONTRADICTIONS, recorded not reconciled: the German rules say 1810-2000 kHz and the English 1810-1950 kHz; the German rules take logs at aoec-auswertung.oevsv.at and the English at contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at, so neither is encoded as the log_submit_url. The deadline is a fixed date (30 November), not an interval. BLOCKER: OEVSV's HF-Referat page still offers only the 2025 Ausschreibung, so this is the current published document and it is on the pending list to re-read.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/Downloads_Referate/HF-Referat-Downloads/Regeln_Aoec_160m_2025.pdf",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
    "source_note": "oevsv.at Regeln AOEC 160m (PDF, 2025 Ausschreibung). '3. TERMIN: Jeweils am dritten vollen Wochenende im NOVEMBER / Samstag 1600 UTC bis 2359 UTC / 15. November 2025' (Every year on the third full weekend in November, Saturday 1600 UTC to 2359 UTC). OEVSV's English edition of the same rules states the same rule independently: 'PERIOD: Third full weekend each November / Saturday 1600 - 2359 UTC'. Teilnahmeberechtigt: 'alle ... lizensierten Funkamateurinnen und -amateure sowie SWLs weltweit' (all licensed amateurs and SWLs worldwide). Betriebsart: CW only. Kontrollnummer: RST plus serial, with OE stations adding their district."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Third full weekend of November",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 11,
      "n": 3
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1600"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "2359"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": [
    {
      "contest_id": "oevsv-aoec-160m",
      "name": "All Austrian 160m Contest (AOEC 160m)",
      "start": "2026-11-21T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2026-11-21T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 7.98,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "1810-2000 kHz in the German rules; the English rules say 1810-1950 kHz. Both are OEVSV's own statements and neither has been withdrawn.",
      "sponsor": "ÖVSV",
      "rules_url": "https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/Downloads_Referate/HF-Referat-Downloads/Regeln_Aoec_160m_2025.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "The third full weekend of November is a rule OEVSV states twice, in German and in English, and it reproduces the date the German edition prints for itself: November 2025's full weekends are the 1st/2nd, 8th/9th and 15th/16th, so the third is Saturday 15 November 2025. For 2026 the 1st is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October, so the full weekends start on the 7th/8th and the rule gives Saturday 21 November 2026. CONTRADICTIONS, recorded not reconciled: the German rules say 1810-2000 kHz and the English 1810-1950 kHz; the German rules take logs at aoec-auswertung.oevsv.at and the English at contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at, so neither is encoded as the log_submit_url. The deadline is a fixed date (30 November), not an interval. BLOCKER: OEVSV's HF-Referat page still offers only the 2025 Ausschreibung, so this is the current published document and it is on the pending list to re-read.",
      "exchange": "RST and a serial number; Austrian stations add their OE district identifier.",
      "country": "AT",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "oevsv-aoec-160m-20261121T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2026-11-21",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
    },
    {
      "contest_id": "oevsv-aoec-160m",
      "name": "All Austrian 160m Contest (AOEC 160m)",
      "start": "2027-11-20T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-11-20T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 7.98,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "1810-2000 kHz in the German rules; the English rules say 1810-1950 kHz. Both are OEVSV's own statements and neither has been withdrawn.",
      "sponsor": "ÖVSV",
      "rules_url": "https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/Downloads_Referate/HF-Referat-Downloads/Regeln_Aoec_160m_2025.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "The third full weekend of November is a rule OEVSV states twice, in German and in English, and it reproduces the date the German edition prints for itself: November 2025's full weekends are the 1st/2nd, 8th/9th and 15th/16th, so the third is Saturday 15 November 2025. For 2026 the 1st is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October, so the full weekends start on the 7th/8th and the rule gives Saturday 21 November 2026. CONTRADICTIONS, recorded not reconciled: the German rules say 1810-2000 kHz and the English 1810-1950 kHz; the German rules take logs at aoec-auswertung.oevsv.at and the English at contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at, so neither is encoded as the log_submit_url. The deadline is a fixed date (30 November), not an interval. BLOCKER: OEVSV's HF-Referat page still offers only the 2025 Ausschreibung, so this is the current published document and it is on the pending list to re-read.",
      "exchange": "RST and a serial number; Austrian stations add their OE district identifier.",
      "country": "AT",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "oevsv-aoec-160m-20271120T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-11-20",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
    },
    {
      "contest_id": "oevsv-aoec-160m",
      "name": "All Austrian 160m Contest (AOEC 160m)",
      "start": "2028-11-18T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-11-18T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 7.98,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "1810-2000 kHz in the German rules; the English rules say 1810-1950 kHz. Both are OEVSV's own statements and neither has been withdrawn.",
      "sponsor": "ÖVSV",
      "rules_url": "https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/Downloads_Referate/HF-Referat-Downloads/Regeln_Aoec_160m_2025.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "The third full weekend of November is a rule OEVSV states twice, in German and in English, and it reproduces the date the German edition prints for itself: November 2025's full weekends are the 1st/2nd, 8th/9th and 15th/16th, so the third is Saturday 15 November 2025. For 2026 the 1st is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October, so the full weekends start on the 7th/8th and the rule gives Saturday 21 November 2026. CONTRADICTIONS, recorded not reconciled: the German rules say 1810-2000 kHz and the English 1810-1950 kHz; the German rules take logs at aoec-auswertung.oevsv.at and the English at contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at, so neither is encoded as the log_submit_url. The deadline is a fixed date (30 November), not an interval. BLOCKER: OEVSV's HF-Referat page still offers only the 2025 Ausschreibung, so this is the current published document and it is on the pending list to re-read.",
      "exchange": "RST and a serial number; Austrian stations add their OE district identifier.",
      "country": "AT",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "oevsv-aoec-160m-20281118T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-11-18",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
    },
    {
      "contest_id": "oevsv-aoec-160m",
      "name": "All Austrian 160m Contest (AOEC 160m)",
      "start": "2029-11-17T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-11-17T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 7.98,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "1810-2000 kHz in the German rules; the English rules say 1810-1950 kHz. Both are OEVSV's own statements and neither has been withdrawn.",
      "sponsor": "ÖVSV",
      "rules_url": "https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/Downloads_Referate/HF-Referat-Downloads/Regeln_Aoec_160m_2025.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "The third full weekend of November is a rule OEVSV states twice, in German and in English, and it reproduces the date the German edition prints for itself: November 2025's full weekends are the 1st/2nd, 8th/9th and 15th/16th, so the third is Saturday 15 November 2025. For 2026 the 1st is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October, so the full weekends start on the 7th/8th and the rule gives Saturday 21 November 2026. CONTRADICTIONS, recorded not reconciled: the German rules say 1810-2000 kHz and the English 1810-1950 kHz; the German rules take logs at aoec-auswertung.oevsv.at and the English at contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at, so neither is encoded as the log_submit_url. The deadline is a fixed date (30 November), not an interval. BLOCKER: OEVSV's HF-Referat page still offers only the 2025 Ausschreibung, so this is the current published document and it is on the pending list to re-read.",
      "exchange": "RST and a serial number; Austrian stations add their OE district identifier.",
      "country": "AT",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "oevsv-aoec-160m-20291117T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-11-17",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
    },
    {
      "contest_id": "oevsv-aoec-160m",
      "name": "All Austrian 160m Contest (AOEC 160m)",
      "start": "2030-11-16T16:00:00Z",
      "end": "2030-11-16T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 7.98,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "1810-2000 kHz in the German rules; the English rules say 1810-1950 kHz. Both are OEVSV's own statements and neither has been withdrawn.",
      "sponsor": "ÖVSV",
      "rules_url": "https://www.oevsv.at/export/shared/.content/.galleries/Downloads_Referate/HF-Referat-Downloads/Regeln_Aoec_160m_2025.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "The third full weekend of November is a rule OEVSV states twice, in German and in English, and it reproduces the date the German edition prints for itself: November 2025's full weekends are the 1st/2nd, 8th/9th and 15th/16th, so the third is Saturday 15 November 2025. For 2026 the 1st is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October, so the full weekends start on the 7th/8th and the rule gives Saturday 21 November 2026. CONTRADICTIONS, recorded not reconciled: the German rules say 1810-2000 kHz and the English 1810-1950 kHz; the German rules take logs at aoec-auswertung.oevsv.at and the English at contestrobot.aoec160m.oevsv.at, so neither is encoded as the log_submit_url. The deadline is a fixed date (30 November), not an interval. BLOCKER: OEVSV's HF-Referat page still offers only the 2025 Ausschreibung, so this is the current published document and it is on the pending list to re-read.",
      "exchange": "RST and a serial number; Austrian stations add their OE district identifier.",
      "country": "AT",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "oevsv-aoec-160m-20301116T1600@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2030-11-16",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "160m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
    }
  ]
}