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    "id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
    "name": "SARL YL QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "SARL",
    "sponsor_home": "https://mysarl.org.za/",
    "country": "ZA",
    "summary": "An hour on 40 m for Women's Day, run twice: the first Saturday of March and South Africa's National Women's Day on 9 August.",
    "modes": [
      "CW",
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "40m"
    ],
    "exchange": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": null,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Aimed at South African amateurs, but the scoring counts 'Contacts between YL Stations and any DX stations (ie outside RSA borders)'."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "The two legs anchor differently and that is the point: the March leg is the first Saturday nearest International Women's Day on 8 March, and the August leg is South Africa's National Women's Day, which is the FIXED DATE of 9 August. One record, two rule types, because both legs share the same hour. 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, 'SARL YL QSO Party': '14:00 to 15:00 UTC (1600 to 1700 CAT) on the first Saturday of March - 7 March 2026 - International Women's Day is on 8 March each year' and '14:00 to 15:00 UTC (1600 to 1700 CAT) on National Women's Day - Sunday 9 August 2026'. Aim: 'a fun activity to celebrate Women's Day between radio amateurs in South Africa. And to get as many YL's on the air as possible.' Exchange: '3.1. The exchange is a RS(T) report and YL or OM.' 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 Saturday of March, and August 9, every year",
    "raw": {
      "type": "composite",
      "rules": [
        {
          "type": "nth_weekday",
          "month": 3,
          "n": 1,
          "weekday": 5
        },
        {
          "type": "fixed_date",
          "month": 8,
          "day": 9
        }
      ]
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1500"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "contest_id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL YL QSO Party",
      "start": "2027-03-06T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-03-06T15:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 1,
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        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
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      "bands": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "Phone 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz; CW 7 000-7 040 kHz.",
      "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": "The two legs anchor differently and that is the point: the March leg is the first Saturday nearest International Women's Day on 8 March, and the August leg is South Africa's National Women's Day, which is the FIXED DATE of 9 August. One record, two rule types, because both legs share the same hour. 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": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
      "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-yl-qso-party-20270306T1400@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-03-06",
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        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "lt2"
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    {
      "contest_id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL YL QSO Party",
      "start": "2027-08-09T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-08-09T15:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 1,
      "modes": [
        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
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      "bands": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "Phone 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz; CW 7 000-7 040 kHz.",
      "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,
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      "exchange": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
      "country": "ZA",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
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      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": null,
      "uid": "sarl-yl-qso-party-20270809T1400@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-08-09",
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        "CW",
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        "40m"
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      "duration_bucket": "lt2"
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    {
      "contest_id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL YL QSO Party",
      "start": "2028-03-04T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-03-04T15:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 1,
      "modes": [
        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
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      "bands": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "Phone 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz; CW 7 000-7 040 kHz.",
      "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": "The two legs anchor differently and that is the point: the March leg is the first Saturday nearest International Women's Day on 8 March, and the August leg is South Africa's National Women's Day, which is the FIXED DATE of 9 August. One record, two rule types, because both legs share the same hour. 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": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
      "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-yl-qso-party-20280304T1400@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-03-04",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW",
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        "40m"
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    {
      "contest_id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
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      "start": "2028-08-09T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-08-09T15:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
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        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "Phone 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz; CW 7 000-7 040 kHz.",
      "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": "The two legs anchor differently and that is the point: the March leg is the first Saturday nearest International Women's Day on 8 March, and the August leg is South Africa's National Women's Day, which is the FIXED DATE of 9 August. One record, two rule types, because both legs share the same hour. 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": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
      "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-yl-qso-party-20280809T1400@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-08-09",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW",
        "SSB"
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        "40m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "lt2"
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    {
      "contest_id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
      "name": "SARL YL QSO Party",
      "start": "2029-03-03T14:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-03-03T15:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      "modes": [
        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
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      "bands": [
        "40m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "Phone 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz; CW 7 000-7 040 kHz.",
      "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,
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      "exchange": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
      "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-yl-qso-party-20290303T1400@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-03-03",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW",
        "SSB"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "40m"
      ],
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      "contest_id": "sarl-yl-qso-party",
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      "end": "2029-08-09T15:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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        "CW",
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      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "40m"
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      "bands_note": "Phone 7 063-7 100 and 7 130-7 200 kHz; CW 7 000-7 040 kHz.",
      "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": "The two legs anchor differently and that is the point: the March leg is the first Saturday nearest International Women's Day on 8 March, and the August leg is South Africa's National Women's Day, which is the FIXED DATE of 9 August. One record, two rule types, because both legs share the same hour. 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": "An RS(T) report and YL or OM.",
      "country": "ZA",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-19",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
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      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": null,
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      "start_date": "2029-08-09",
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        "SSB"
      ],
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    }
  ]
}