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    "id": "sarl-africa-all-mode-dx",
    "name": "Africa All Mode International DX Contest",
    "sponsor": "SARL",
    "sponsor_home": "https://mysarl.org.za/",
    "country": "ZA",
    "summary": "Africa's international DX contest: 24 hours from 1200 UTC over the fourth March weekend, CW and SSB on six HF bands, open to the whole world.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Signal report and a serial number.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 15,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'All participating stations worldwide may work any country during the contest period.'"
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The log deadline is one of the few in this catalog stated BOTH ways by the sponsor -- '15 days after the contest' and 'Monday 13 April 2026' -- and the two agree exactly against a Sunday 12:00 UTC finish, so 15 is encoded with confidence rather than inferred from one year's date.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2026-Africa-All-Mode-International-DX-Contest-v1.1.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, 'Africa All Mode International DX Contest': '1. Date: 12:00 UTC on Saturday 28 March to 12:00 UTC on Sunday 29 March 2026 (The 4th full weekend of March).' Aim: 'The objective of this all-mode contest is to stimulate contesting from Africa. All participating stations worldwide may work any country during the contest period.' Bands: '2. 160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres ... No contest QSOs are allowed on 12, 17, 30 or 60 metres.' Modes: '3. CW and SSB.' Logs: '4. Entries must be submitted in Cabrillo format only and be received no later than 15 days after the contest - Monday 13 April 2026.' Checked against SARL's own published dates as well as its rules: SARL publishes SARL-Contests-2026-Calendar.ics on the same page, whose times carry TZID=\"South Africa Standard Time\" (a fixed +0200, no DST -- its own X-CALSTART confirms 09:00 local as 07:00Z). That calendar is an independent second source for every date encoded here."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Fourth full weekend of March",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 3,
      "n": 4
    },
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "name": "Africa All Mode International DX Contest",
      "start": "2027-03-27T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-03-28T12:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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        "SSB"
      ],
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        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
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      "bands_note": "160, 80, 40, 20, 15 and 10 metres. No contest QSOs are allowed on 12, 17, 30 or 60 metres.",
      "sponsor": "SARL",
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      "exchange": "Signal report and a serial number.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2027-04-12T12:00:00Z",
      "uid": "sarl-africa-all-mode-dx-20270327T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-03-27",
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        "SSB"
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        "40m",
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      "contest_id": "sarl-africa-all-mode-dx",
      "name": "Africa All Mode International DX Contest",
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      "end": "2028-03-26T12:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
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        "20m",
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        "10m"
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      "sponsor": "SARL",
      "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2026-Africa-All-Mode-International-DX-Contest-v1.1.pdf",
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      "exchange": "Signal report and a serial number.",
      "country": "ZA",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "end": "2029-03-25T12:00:00Z",
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      "local_rolling": false,
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        "20m",
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      "sponsor": "SARL",
      "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2026-Africa-All-Mode-International-DX-Contest-v1.1.pdf",
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      "note": "The log deadline is one of the few in this catalog stated BOTH ways by the sponsor -- '15 days after the contest' and 'Monday 13 April 2026' -- and the two agree exactly against a Sunday 12:00 UTC finish, so 15 is encoded with confidence rather than inferred from one year's date.",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
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      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
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      "log_due": "2029-04-09T12:00:00Z",
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      "start_date": "2029-03-24",
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      "contest_id": "sarl-africa-all-mode-dx",
      "name": "Africa All Mode International DX Contest",
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      "end": "2030-03-24T12:00:00Z",
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      "timezone": "",
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        "SSB"
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        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
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      "sponsor": "SARL",
      "rules_url": "https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/2026-Africa-All-Mode-International-DX-Contest-v1.1.pdf",
      "verified": true,
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      "exchange": "Signal report and a serial number.",
      "country": "ZA",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
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      "uid": "sarl-africa-all-mode-dx-20300323T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2030-03-23",
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