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    "id": "skcc-qso-party",
    "name": "SKCC QSO Party",
    "sponsor": "Straight Key Century Club",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.skccgroup.com/",
    "country": "US",
    "summary": "Thirty-six hours of straight-key CW across seven bands on the third June weekend, open to members and non-members alike.",
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      "CW"
    ],
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      "160m",
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m",
      "6m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RST, QTH, the operator's name, a four-character grid square and the SKCC number. Non-members send 'none' for the number.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": 8,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
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    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Open to all licensed amateurs, as well as shortwave listeners.' Membership is not required; non-members send 'none' where the SKCC number goes."
    },
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    "active_until": null,
    "note": "THIRTY-SIX HOURS, NOT A WEEKEND: 1200 UTC Saturday to 2359 UTC Sunday, so it starts at midday and runs to the end of the second day.\n\nStraight keys, sideswipers and bugs only: no keyer, no keyboard. That is the club's whole premise rather than a category.\n\nThe log deadline is eight days because SKCC states it as a WEEKDAY rather than an interval -- 'the Sunday following the event' -- and the contest ends on a Sunday, so the next Sunday is eight days after the Saturday it started.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.skccgroup.com/operating_activities/QSO_Party/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
    "source_note": "skccgroup.com/operating_activities/QSO_Party/, the club's own rules: SKCC's Annual QSO Party 'starts at 1200 UTC on the third Saturday of June and ends at 2359 UTC on Sunday'. Bands: '160-6 meters, excluding the WARC bands (60, 30, 17, and 12 meters)', with suggested frequencies down to 1.8135 and up to 50.090 MHz. Straight keys, sideswipers or bugs required. Exchange: 'RST, QTH, operator name, four-letter grid square and SKCC number', with non-members sending 'none'. Entry is 'open to all licensed amateurs, as well as shortwave listeners'. Logs by '2359 UTC on the Sunday following the event'. Checked 2026-08-23."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Third Saturday of June",
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      "type": "nth_weekday",
      "month": 6,
      "n": 3,
      "weekday": 5
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "2359"
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      "start": "2027-06-19T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-06-20T23:59:00Z",
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      "local_rolling": false,
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        "20m",
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        "10m",
        "6m"
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      "exchange": "RST, QTH, the operator's name, a four-character grid square and the SKCC number. Non-members send 'none' for the number.",
      "country": "US",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
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      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": "2027-06-28T23:59:00Z",
      "uid": "skcc-qso-party-20270619T1200@contestcal",
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      "start": "2028-06-17T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-06-18T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
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      "local_rolling": false,
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        "15m",
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      "bands_note": "160 through 6 m excluding the WARC bands -- SKCC names 60, 30, 17 and 12 m as excluded.",
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      "end": "2029-06-17T23:59:00Z",
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        "20m",
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        "10m",
        "6m"
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      "sponsor": "Straight Key Century Club",
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        "15m",
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      ],
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      "contest_id": "skcc-qso-party",
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      "end": "2030-06-16T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
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      "local_rolling": false,
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        "10m",
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      "log_due": "2030-06-24T23:59:00Z",
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