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    "id": "wae-dx-cw",
    "name": "WAE DX Contest CW",
    "sponsor": "DARC",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/",
    "country": "DE",
    "summary": "The DX half of the WAE trio: only Europe-to-DX contacts count, and QTC traffic lets a DX station double its score by passing logged QSOs back to Europe.",
    "modes": [
      "CW"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points: a QSO already logged is reported back to a European station as time, callsign and serial, at most 10 between any two stations, and each correctly passed QTC counts a point to both ends.",
    "power_categories": [
      {
        "name": "High Power"
      },
      {
        "name": "Low Power",
        "max_watts": 100
      }
    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "https://dxhf2.darc.de/~waecwlog/upload.cgi",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Der Deutsche Amateur Radio Club (DARC) lädt alle Funkamateure weltweit ... ein.' Scoring is one-sided: 'Ein Wettbewerbs-QSO kann nur zwischen einer europäischen und einer außereuropäischen Station geführt werden' -- a contest QSO can only be made between a European and a non-European station. Not encoded as two_sided, which would need DARC's whole WAE country list enumerated in both engines; same call as JARL All Asian."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "DARC states the deadline twice as an interval and once as an instant, and for the CW leg the instant disagrees. Rule 13 says 'immer 7 Tage nach dem Contest' and the general contest rules say the same; seven days from this leg's end is 16 August 2026, which is the date DARC's own KW contest calendar prints. The per-leg line on the same rules page reads 'Einsendeschluss CW: 17.08.2026, 23:59 UTC', a day later. The interval is what is encoded -- it is stated twice, and it reproduces the printed instants of the SSB and RTTY legs exactly. Both statements are recorded here rather than reconciled.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/wae-dx-contest/regeln/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
    "source_note": "darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/wae-dx-contest/regeln/ (Ausschreibung, Stand 2025-06-17): 'Der Deutsche Amateur Radio Club (DARC) lädt alle Funkamateure weltweit zum jährlich stattfindenden WAEDC-Contest ein.' -- 'DARC invites all radio amateurs worldwide to the annual WAEDC contest.' Bänder: '3,5 - 7 - 14 - 21 - 28 MHz.' Kontrollziffernaustausch: 'Ausgetauscht werden RS/RST und eine Seriennummer ab 001.' -- 'RS/RST and a serial number from 001 are exchanged.' Einsendeschluss, Punkt 13: 'Der Einsendeschluß ist immer 7 Tage nach dem Contest.' -- 'the deadline is always 7 days after the contest.' Wettbewerbszeiten: 'CW: August, zweites Wochenende. Samstag, 8. August 2026, 0000 UTC bis Sonntag, 9. August 2026, 2359 UTC' -- 'CW: August, second weekend. Saturday 8 August 2026, 0000 UTC to Sunday 9 August 2026, 2359 UTC.' Ruhepausen: 'Während des 48 Stunden dauernden Contests dürfen Einmannstationen nur 36 Stunden arbeiten.' -- single operators may work only 36 of the 48 hours. Verified 2026-08-18."
  },
  "rule": {
    "plain": "Second full weekend of August",
    "raw": {
      "type": "nth_full_weekend",
      "month": 8,
      "n": 2
    },
    "start": {
      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0000"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "2359"
    },
    "sessions": null
  },
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      "contest_id": "wae-dx-cw",
      "name": "WAE DX Contest CW",
      "start": "2027-08-14T00:00:00Z",
      "end": "2027-08-15T23:59:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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      "duration_hours": 47.98,
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      ],
      "submodes": [],
      "bands": [
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        "15m",
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      ],
      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
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      "verified": true,
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      "exchange": "RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points: a QSO already logged is reported back to a European station as time, callsign and serial, at most 10 between any two stations, and each correctly passed QTC counts a point to both ends.",
      "country": "DE",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2027-08-22T23:59:00Z",
      "uid": "wae-dx-cw-20270814T0000@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-08-14",
      "mode_families": [
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      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
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        "20m",
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        "10m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
    },
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      "contest_id": "wae-dx-cw",
      "name": "WAE DX Contest CW",
      "start": "2028-08-12T00:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-08-13T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
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      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
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      ],
      "bands_note": "",
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      "exchange": "RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points: a QSO already logged is reported back to a European station as time, callsign and serial, at most 10 between any two stations, and each correctly passed QTC counts a point to both ends.",
      "country": "DE",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-18",
      "can_enter": true,
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      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": "2028-08-20T23:59:00Z",
      "uid": "wae-dx-cw-20280812T0000@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-08-12",
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      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
    },
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      "contest_id": "wae-dx-cw",
      "name": "WAE DX Contest CW",
      "start": "2029-08-11T00:00:00Z",
      "end": "2029-08-12T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
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      "local_rolling": false,
      "timezone": "",
      "duration_hours": 47.98,
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      "bands": [
        "80m",
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        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
      "rules_url": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/wae-dx-contest/regeln/",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "DARC states the deadline twice as an interval and once as an instant, and for the CW leg the instant disagrees. Rule 13 says 'immer 7 Tage nach dem Contest' and the general contest rules say the same; seven days from this leg's end is 16 August 2026, which is the date DARC's own KW contest calendar prints. The per-leg line on the same rules page reads 'Einsendeschluss CW: 17.08.2026, 23:59 UTC', a day later. The interval is what is encoded -- it is stated twice, and it reproduces the printed instants of the SSB and RTTY legs exactly. Both statements are recorded here rather than reconciled.",
      "exchange": "RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points: a QSO already logged is reported back to a European station as time, callsign and serial, at most 10 between any two stations, and each correctly passed QTC counts a point to both ends.",
      "country": "DE",
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      "can_enter": true,
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      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2029-08-19T23:59:00Z",
      "uid": "wae-dx-cw-20290811T0000@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-08-11",
      "mode_families": [
        "CW"
      ],
      "band_families": [
        "80m",
        "40m",
        "20m",
        "15m",
        "10m"
      ],
      "duration_bucket": "gte24"
    },
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      "contest_id": "wae-dx-cw",
      "name": "WAE DX Contest CW",
      "start": "2030-08-10T00:00:00Z",
      "end": "2030-08-11T23:59:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
      "local_rolling": false,
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      "duration_hours": 47.98,
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        "20m",
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        "10m"
      ],
      "bands_note": "",
      "sponsor": "DARC",
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "DARC states the deadline twice as an interval and once as an instant, and for the CW leg the instant disagrees. Rule 13 says 'immer 7 Tage nach dem Contest' and the general contest rules say the same; seven days from this leg's end is 16 August 2026, which is the date DARC's own KW contest calendar prints. The per-leg line on the same rules page reads 'Einsendeschluss CW: 17.08.2026, 23:59 UTC', a day later. The interval is what is encoded -- it is stated twice, and it reproduces the printed instants of the SSB and RTTY legs exactly. Both statements are recorded here rather than reconciled.",
      "exchange": "RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points: a QSO already logged is reported back to a European station as time, callsign and serial, at most 10 between any two stations, and each correctly passed QTC counts a point to both ends.",
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