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    "id": "sarl-80m-qso-party",
    "name": "SARL 80 m QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "SARL",
    "sponsor_home": "https://mysarl.org.za/",
    "country": "ZA",
    "summary": "Three hours of phone on 80 m on the first Thursday of April and of October, with DX contacts worth more than local ones.",
    "modes": [
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m"
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    "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
    "power_categories": [],
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    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "No entry restriction is stated, and the scoring explicitly rewards 'every contact with a station outside South Africa'."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "Two legs on one record: both run 17:00-20:00 UTC on a first Thursday. A Thursday evening rather than a weekend, which is unusual enough to be worth stating. log_format and log_deadline_days are absent: this pass read each contest's Aim, Dates, Frequencies and Exchange sections and did not read its Log Sheets section, so neither is recorded rather than assumed from SARL's other contests.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manual-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
    "source_note": "2026 SARL Contest Manual Version 1.1 (2025-12-15), mysarl.org.za, https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manual-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf, 'The SARL 80 m QSO Party': '2.1. 17:00 to 20:00 UTC on the 1st Thursday of April - 2 April 2026 2.2. 17:00 to 20:00 UTC on the 1st Thursday of October - 1 October 2026'. Aim: 'to create an interest in and activity on the 80-m band. It is a phone only contest.' Exchange: '4.1. Call sign, RS signal report and operator's name.' Scoring: '10 points for every contact with a South African station, 15 points for every contact with a station outside South Africa'. Every date is checked against SARL's own Date Ordered List of Contests in the same manual, which states UTC directly, and against SARL-Contests-2026-Calendar.ics."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "First Thursday of April, and First Thursday of October",
    "raw": {
      "type": "composite",
      "rules": [
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          "n": 1,
          "weekday": 3
        },
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          "type": "nth_weekday",
          "month": 10,
          "n": 1,
          "weekday": 3
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1700"
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    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "2000"
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      "end": "2026-10-01T20:00:00Z",
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      "bands_note": "Only 3 603-3 650 and 3 703-3 800 kHz may be used; 3 651-3 699 kHz is contest free.",
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      "note": "Two legs on one record: both run 17:00-20:00 UTC on a first Thursday. A Thursday evening rather than a weekend, which is unusual enough to be worth stating. log_format and log_deadline_days are absent: this pass read each contest's Aim, Dates, Frequencies and Exchange sections and did not read its Log Sheets section, so neither is recorded rather than assumed from SARL's other contests.",
      "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
      "country": "ZA",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
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      "start_date": "2026-10-01",
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        "80m"
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      "end": "2027-04-01T20:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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      "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "band_families": [
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      "contest_id": "sarl-80m-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL 80 m QSO Party",
      "start": "2027-10-07T17:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-10-07T20:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
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        "SSB"
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      "bands_note": "Only 3 603-3 650 and 3 703-3 800 kHz may be used; 3 651-3 699 kHz is contest free.",
      "sponsor": "SARL",
      "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manual-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Two legs on one record: both run 17:00-20:00 UTC on a first Thursday. A Thursday evening rather than a weekend, which is unusual enough to be worth stating. log_format and log_deadline_days are absent: this pass read each contest's Aim, Dates, Frequencies and Exchange sections and did not read its Log Sheets section, so neither is recorded rather than assumed from SARL's other contests.",
      "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "sarl-80m-qso-party-20271007T1700@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-10-07",
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        "SSB"
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        "80m"
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      "contest_id": "sarl-80m-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL 80 m QSO Party",
      "start": "2028-04-06T17:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-04-06T20:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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      "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manual-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf",
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      "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
      "country": "ZA",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "sarl-80m-qso-party-20280406T1700@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-04-06",
      "mode_families": [
        "SSB"
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      "band_families": [
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      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
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      "contest_id": "sarl-80m-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL 80 m QSO Party",
      "start": "2028-10-05T17:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-10-05T20:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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      "sponsor": "SARL",
      "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manual-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf",
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      "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
      "country": "ZA",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "sarl-80m-qso-party-20281005T1700@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-10-05",
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        "SSB"
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      "band_families": [
        "80m"
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      "contest_id": "sarl-80m-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL 80 m QSO Party",
      "start": "2029-04-05T17:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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      "exchange": "Call sign, RS signal report and the operator's name.",
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      "uid": "sarl-80m-qso-party-20290405T1700@contestcal",
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