{
  "contest": {
    "id": "uba-spring-6m",
    "name": "UBA Spring Contest, 6m",
    "sponsor": "UBA",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.uba.be/",
    "country": "BE",
    "summary": "A four-hour leg of the UBA Spring Contest, a four-Sunday series run by the Diest section each March.",
    "modes": [
      "SSB",
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "6m"
    ],
    "exchange": "Belgian stations send RS(T) + a serial number starting with 001 + their UBA section (XXX for non-members, UBA for the national stations); foreign stations send RS(T) + a serial number starting with 001.",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "Open",
        "max_watts": null
      },
      {
        "name": "QRP (Phone)",
        "max_watts": 10
      },
      {
        "name": "QRP (CW)",
        "max_watts": 5
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 14,
    "log_submit_url": "https://springcontest.on4dst.be/",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'The UBA section of DST (Diest) invites all radio amateurs to take part'. Foreign entry is a ranked category, but rule 7 limits it: 'Foreign stations -- Only contacts with ON stations are valid.'"
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "MANUAL, DELIBERATELY: UBA states four dated legs and no recurrence rule anywhere on the page. All four 2026 dates are Sundays a week apart, but UBA never says 'every Sunday in March' or names an ordinal, so no rule is asserted on its behalf and the record simply ends after 2026 rather than guessing. The page also notes 'The order of the various competitions has been changed compared to previous years', which is a reason not to extrapolate.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest-dst",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "source_note": "uba.be/en/hf/contest-rules/spring-contest-dst, 'Spring Contest 2026': 'The UBA section of DST (Diest) invites all radio amateurs to take part in the 43th edition of the UBA SPRING-CONTEST.' 1. Contest dates / Contest parts: 'VHF-2m Phone/CW: 1 March 2026 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC). HF-80m CW: 8 March 2026 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC). VHF-6m Phone/CW: 15 March 2026 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC). HF-80m Phone: 22 March 2026 (07.00 -11.00 hour UTC).' 6. Reports: 'ON Stations: Report = RS(T) + QSO serial number starting with 001 + UBA section or XXX for ON stations NOT member of the UBA. ... Foreign stations: Report = RS(T) + QSO serial number starting with 001.' 7. Foreign stations: 'Only contacts with ON stations are valid.' QRP: 'Maximum output power: CW = 5 Watts, Phone = 10 Watts.' 12. Logs: 'The logs must arrive at latest 2 weeks after each contest date'. UBA's own contest calendar repeats each leg's date and 07:00-11:00 window."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-03-15"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0700"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1100"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}