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  "contest": {
    "id": "pacc",
    "name": "PACC Contest",
    "sponsor": "VERON",
    "sponsor_home": "https://veron.nl/",
    "country": "NL",
    "summary": "The Netherlands' national contest: 24 hours over the second full weekend of February, 160 through 10 metres, Dutch stations sending a province code.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Dutch (PA) stations send a signal report + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RST + a serial number.",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "High Power",
        "max_watts": null
      },
      {
        "name": "Low Power",
        "max_watts": 100
      },
      {
        "name": "QRP",
        "max_watts": 5
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 5,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "The rules run separate PA and non-PA classifications and score contacts between them, so entry is open worldwide with Dutch stations as the target."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The stated deadline instant (20 February 23:59 UTC) is the right date for the five-day period VERON states but 23:59 rather than the 12:00 that end-plus-5-days gives; the interval is what the rules call the rule, so the interval is encoded. As of 2026-08-18 veron.nl's rules link still served the 2026 edition while the site's front page advertised 2027.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://veron.nl/vereniging/commissies-en-werkgroepen/traffic-bureau/hf-contesten/pacc-contest/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "source_note": "veron.nl (PACC contest page, Dutch): 'die plaatsvindt in het tweede volle weekend van februari'; the English rules PDF (PACC_2026_rules_eng.pdf) says 'This contest is always on the 2nd full weekend of February.' The PDF words the 2026 period as a date only: 'From 14 February 2026 1200 UTC until 15 February 2026 1200 UTC'. 3.1 Contest bands and segments: 'These are 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, 15m, 10m'. 6.2: 'Dutch (PA) stations: signal report + province code (two letters)'. 12.1: 'Logs must be submitted to the contest sponsors before February 20 23:59 UTC 2026. ATTENTION: THE LOG SUBMISSION PERIOD IS 5 DAYS!' VERON independently published three further editions -- 13-14 February 2027, 12-13 February 2028 and 10-11 February 2029 -- and the second-full-weekend rule reproduces all three."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Second full weekend of February",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 2,
      "n": 2
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "name": "PACC Contest",
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      "end": "2027-02-14T12:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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      "timezone": "",
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      ],
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        "20m",
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      ],
      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "VERON",
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      "exchange": "Dutch (PA) stations send a signal report + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RST + a serial number.",
      "country": "NL",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2027-02-19T12:00:00Z",
      "uid": "pacc-20270213T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-02-13",
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        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
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      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
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    {
      "contest_id": "pacc",
      "name": "PACC Contest",
      "start": "2028-02-12T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-02-13T12:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
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        "10m"
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      "bands_note": "",
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      "note": "The stated deadline instant (20 February 23:59 UTC) is the right date for the five-day period VERON states but 23:59 rather than the 12:00 that end-plus-5-days gives; the interval is what the rules call the rule, so the interval is encoded. As of 2026-08-18 veron.nl's rules link still served the 2026 edition while the site's front page advertised 2027.",
      "exchange": "Dutch (PA) stations send a signal report + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RST + a serial number.",
      "country": "NL",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
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    {
      "contest_id": "pacc",
      "name": "PACC Contest",
      "start": "2029-02-10T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-02-11T12:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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        "15m",
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      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "VERON",
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "The stated deadline instant (20 February 23:59 UTC) is the right date for the five-day period VERON states but 23:59 rather than the 12:00 that end-plus-5-days gives; the interval is what the rules call the rule, so the interval is encoded. As of 2026-08-18 veron.nl's rules link still served the 2026 edition while the site's front page advertised 2027.",
      "exchange": "Dutch (PA) stations send a signal report + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RST + a serial number.",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
      "can_enter": true,
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "log_due": "2029-02-16T12:00:00Z",
      "uid": "pacc-20290210T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-02-10",
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      ],
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      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
    },
    {
      "contest_id": "pacc",
      "name": "PACC Contest",
      "start": "2030-02-09T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2030-02-10T12:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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        "15m",
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      ],
      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "VERON",
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "The stated deadline instant (20 February 23:59 UTC) is the right date for the five-day period VERON states but 23:59 rather than the 12:00 that end-plus-5-days gives; the interval is what the rules call the rule, so the interval is encoded. As of 2026-08-18 veron.nl's rules link still served the 2026 edition while the site's front page advertised 2027.",
      "exchange": "Dutch (PA) stations send a signal report + their two-letter province code; all other stations send RST + a serial number.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
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      "start_date": "2030-02-09",
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}