{
  "contest": {
    "id": "wab-144mhz-phone",
    "name": "WAB 144 MHz Phone Contest",
    "sponsor": "Worked All Britain Awards Group",
    "sponsor_home": "https://wab.intermip.net/",
    "country": "GB",
    "summary": "Worked All Britain's two-metre SSB contest: four hours on a September Sunday, with the WAB square as the exchange.",
    "modes": [
      "SSB"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "2m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS + serial number from 001 + WAB square (stations in GB, NI, IoM and the Channel Islands); stations elsewhere send RS + serial. Send a locator as well: the 50 and 144 MHz contests coincide with RSGB events.",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "",
    "log_deadline_days": 10,
    "log_submit_url": "",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "Sponsor: 'All licensed Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners'."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "DATES ARE STATED PER EDITION; THE SPONSOR PUBLISHES NO RECURRENCE RULE. Only the dates the sponsor has actually published are encoded (2026-09-06); a year it has not announced yields nothing rather than a guess. If a stated rule turns up, this record upgrades from manual. WAB's rule A4: 'DATES and TIMES: As specified by annual publication in the W.A.B. Newsletter and on the W.A.B. Web Site.' The 144 MHz Low Power Phone contest is not encoded: its page still shows a 2025 date and no 2026 one.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://wab.intermip.net/Contest%20Dates.php",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-10-15",
    "source_note": "wab.intermip.net 'Contest Dates - 2026' (page last updated 11 Aug 2026) and Contest Rules (effective 20 November 2025): Sunday 06 September 2026, 10:00-14:00 UTC; entries close 16 September 2026. All WAB contests are SSB only (rule A11.18). Logs 'within 10 days of the date of the contest'; 40 days outside Europe. Open to 'All licensed Amateurs and Short Wave Listeners'. Read 2026-10-15."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Dates set by the sponsor each year (no derivable rule)",
    "raw": {
      "type": "manual",
      "dates": {
        "2026": [
          "2026-09-06"
        ]
      }
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1000"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "1400"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
  "next": []
}