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    "id": "rac-canada-day",
    "name": "RAC Canada Day Contest",
    "sponsor": "RAC",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.rac.ca/",
    "country": "CA",
    "summary": "RAC's Canada Day contest: 24 hours on July 1, CW and phone from 160 to 2 metres, with Canadian stations sending their province.",
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    ],
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      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m",
      "6m",
      "2m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province or territory; stations outside Canada, and Canadian maritime mobiles, send RS(T) and a serial number",
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        "name": "Low Power",
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      },
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        "name": "QRP",
        "max_watts": 5
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    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 14,
    "log_submit_url": "https://www.contest.rac.ca/",
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    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "RAC: 'Amateurs all over the world are invited to join us in these celebrations.'"
    },
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    "active_until": null,
    "note": "",
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    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
    "source_note": "RAC Contest Rules 2026 (https://www.rac.ca/mivahih/2026/06/RAC_CanadaDayContestRules_2026.pdf, linked from https://www.rac.ca/contesting-results/): 'Contest Periods: RAC Canada Day Contest: Canada Day Wednesday, July 1, 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC to 23:59:59 UTC'. The contest is Canada Day, so the rule is the fixed date; the 2025 rules PDF says the same for 'Canada Day Tuesday, July 1, 2025'. Log deadline: 'all entries must be electronically submitted by 23:59 UTC 14 days after the end of the contest (July 15, 2026)' -- July 1 plus 14 days is July 15, so RAC's own arithmetic checks out and the interval is encoded. rules_url is RAC's stable results-and-rules hub rather than the year's PDF, whose path embeds the month it was uploaded. Logs also go to canadaday@rac.ca."
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    "plain": "July 1, every year",
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      "type": "fixed_date",
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      "day": 1
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0000"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "2359"
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  },
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      "contest_id": "rac-canada-day",
      "name": "RAC Canada Day Contest",
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        "10m",
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        "160m",
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
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      "contest_id": "rac-canada-day",
      "name": "RAC Canada Day Contest",
      "start": "2028-07-01T00:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-07-01T23:59:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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      "contest_id": "rac-canada-day",
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      "sponsor": "RAC",
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      "note": "",
      "exchange": "Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province or territory; stations outside Canada, and Canadian maritime mobiles, send RS(T) and a serial number",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
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      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": "2029-07-15T23:59:00Z",
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        "160m",
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        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
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      "note": "",
      "exchange": "Stations in Canada send RS(T) and province or territory; stations outside Canada, and Canadian maritime mobiles, send RS(T) and a serial number",
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