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    "id": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec",
    "name": "SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest",
    "sponsor": "SARL",
    "sponsor_home": "https://mysarl.org.za/",
    "country": "ZA",
    "summary": "Two hours of 40 m phone on the first Sunday of March, run as a simulated emergency exercise across southern Africa.",
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      "SSB"
    ],
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      "40m"
    ],
    "exchange": "",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "entity_list",
      "entities": [
        "ZS",
        "V5",
        "A2",
        "Z2",
        "3DA",
        "C9",
        "7P",
        "ZS8",
        "ZS7"
      ],
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'open to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, ESwatini, Mozambique, Lesotho, Marion Island and South African Antarctica. Only contacts with these areas will count.'"
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "An emergency-preparedness exercise scored as a contest, with field-station and mobile categories. The entity list is SARL's own sentence rather than an inference, which is why this record's eligibility is verified while the club contests' is not. 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 HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest': '2. Date and Time 12:00 to 14:00 UTC on (the 1st Sunday) 1 March 2026'. Aim: 'This SSB Contest is open to all Radio Amateurs in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, ESwatini, Mozambique, Lesotho, Marion Island and South African Antarctica. Only contacts with these areas will count.' Frequencies: '3.1. It is a 40m phone contest in the band segments 7 063 to 7 100 kHz and 7 130 to 7 200 kHz.' 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 Sunday of March",
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      "month": 3,
      "n": 1,
      "weekday": 6
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      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "contest_id": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec",
      "name": "SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest",
      "start": "2027-03-07T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-03-07T14:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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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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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": false,
      "eligibility_scope": "entity_list",
      "eligibility_reason": "Entry limited to 9 listed entities. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.",
      "works": "everyone",
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      "start_date": "2027-03-07",
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        "SSB"
      ],
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      ],
      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
    },
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      "contest_id": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec",
      "name": "SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest",
      "start": "2028-03-05T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-03-05T14:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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        "SSB"
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        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "A 40 m phone contest in 7 063-7 100 kHz and 7 130-7 200 kHz.",
      "sponsor": "SARL",
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      "note": "An emergency-preparedness exercise scored as a contest, with field-station and mobile categories. The entity list is SARL's own sentence rather than an inference, which is why this record's eligibility is verified while the club contests' is not. 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.",
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      "country": "ZA",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": false,
      "eligibility_scope": "entity_list",
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      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
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      "start_date": "2028-03-05",
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        "40m"
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      "duration_bucket": "2-12"
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      "contest_id": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec",
      "name": "SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest",
      "start": "2029-03-04T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-03-04T14:00:00Z",
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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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      "country": "ZA",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
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      "eligibility_scope": "entity_list",
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      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec-20290304T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-03-04",
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        "SSB"
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        "40m"
      ],
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      "contest_id": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec",
      "name": "SARL HAMNET 40 m Simulated Emergency Contest",
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      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
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      "exchange": "",
      "country": "ZA",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": false,
      "eligibility_scope": "entity_list",
      "eligibility_reason": "Entry limited to 9 listed entities. K stations may be worked but cannot submit an entry.",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "sarl-hamnet-40m-sec-20300303T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2030-03-03",
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        "SSB"
      ],
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