{
  "contest": {
    "id": "ukei-dx-cw",
    "name": "UK/EI DX Contest, CW",
    "sponsor": "UK/EI Contest Club",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.ukeicc.com/",
    "country": "GB",
    "summary": "Twenty-four hours of CW working the UK and Ireland, with their district codes as the multipliers, run with the RSGB, IRTS and GMDX Group.",
    "modes": [
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number from 1. Stations in the UK and Ireland add their two-character UK/EI District Code.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": 1,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Two entry categories and everyone fits one: stations in EI, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU and GW enter as UK/EI, and 'any other station' as DX."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "MANUAL, AND THE SSB LEG IS WHY BOTH ARE. UKEICC publishes three years of dates and states no recurrence anywhere: CW on 26 Apr 2025, 25 Apr 2026 and 24 Apr 2027; SSB on 1 Nov 2025, 31 Oct 2026 and 23 Oct 2027.\n\nThe CW dates happen to be the last Saturday of April in all three years. The SSB dates fit nothing at all -- the FIRST Saturday of November, then the FIFTH Saturday of October, then the FOURTH -- not even the same month twice running. So this organiser demonstrably does not schedule by ordinal, which is the strongest possible argument against fitting one to the CW leg because three years happen to agree. Both legs hold exactly the dates UKEICC printed and produce nothing for 2028 until it publishes them.\n\nFOUND THROUGH RSGB'S HF CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE, which lists the eleven contests that count towards it. That page is an award over other contests rather than a contest itself -- the same call already made about the WIA Contest Champion -- but it is an excellent index of what RSGB's season actually contains, and both UK/EI legs were on it.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.ukeicc.com/dx-contest-rules.php",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
    "source_note": "ukeicc.com/dx-contest-rules.php, the UK/EI Contest Club's own rules. 'All contests run from 1200z on Saturday to 1200z on Sunday.' Bands: '3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28MHz'. Exchange: UK/EI stations send 'RS(T) (optional) plus a sequential serial number starting from 1' and 'add their 2-character UK/EI District Code'; DX stations send the report and serial without a district code. Entry: stations in 'EI, G, GD, GI, GJ, GM, GU, GW' enter as UK/EI and 'any other station' as DX. Run 'In partnership with the RSGB ... the IRTS ... and the GMDX Group'. Logs are due '24 hours after the end of the contest'. Checked 2026-08-23."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2025": [
          "2025-04-26"
        ],
        "2026": [
          "2026-04-25"
        ],
        "2027": [
          "2027-04-24"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "1200"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": [
    {
      "contest_id": "ukei-dx-cw",
      "name": "UK/EI DX Contest, CW",
      "start": "2027-04-24T12:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-04-25T12:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 24,
      "modes": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "3.5, 7, 14, 21 and 28 MHz.",
      "sponsor": "UK/EI Contest Club",
      "rules_url": "https://www.ukeicc.com/dx-contest-rules.php",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "MANUAL, AND THE SSB LEG IS WHY BOTH ARE. UKEICC publishes three years of dates and states no recurrence anywhere: CW on 26 Apr 2025, 25 Apr 2026 and 24 Apr 2027; SSB on 1 Nov 2025, 31 Oct 2026 and 23 Oct 2027.\n\nThe CW dates happen to be the last Saturday of April in all three years. The SSB dates fit nothing at all -- the FIRST Saturday of November, then the FIFTH Saturday of October, then the FOURTH -- not even the same month twice running. So this organiser demonstrably does not schedule by ordinal, which is the strongest possible argument against fitting one to the CW leg because three years happen to agree. Both legs hold exactly the dates UKEICC printed and produce nothing for 2028 until it publishes them.\n\nFOUND THROUGH RSGB'S HF CHAMPIONSHIP TABLE, which lists the eleven contests that count towards it. That page is an award over other contests rather than a contest itself -- the same call already made about the WIA Contest Champion -- but it is an excellent index of what RSGB's season actually contains, and both UK/EI legs were on it.",
      "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number from 1. Stations in the UK and Ireland add their two-character UK/EI District Code.",
      "country": "GB",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-23",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2027-04-26T12:00:00Z",
      "uid": "ukei-dx-cw-20270424T1200@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-04-24",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
    }
  ]
}