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    "name": "WAE DX Contest RTTY",
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    "sponsor_home": "https://www.darc.de/der-club/referate/conteste/",
    "country": "DE",
    "summary": "The November RTTY running of WAE. Alone among the three legs it drops the continent restriction -- anyone may work anyone, and only QTCs must cross oceans.",
    "modes": [
      "RTTY"
    ],
    "bands": [
      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m"
    ],
    "exchange": "RS/RST + serial from 001. QTC traffic scores additional points; in the RTTY leg every station may send and receive QTCs, at most 10 between any two stations, but the QTC exchange itself must cross continents.",
    "power_categories": [
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        "name": "High Power"
      },
      {
        "name": "Low Power",
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    ],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 7,
    "log_submit_url": "https://dxhf2.darc.de/~waerttylog/upload.cgi",
    "timezone": "",
    "local_rolling": false,
    "eligibility": {
      "scope": "worldwide",
      "verified": true,
      "note": "'Im RTTY-Teil des WAEDC entfällt die Kontinentbeschränkung; jeder kann jeden arbeiten.' -- unlike the CW and SSB legs, every QSO counts regardless of continent; only QTC traffic must be intercontinental."
    },
    "active_from": null,
    "active_until": null,
    "note": "DARC writes 'zweites Wochenende', not 'zweites volles Wochenende', and November 2026 is the year that separates the two readings: 1 November is a Sunday whose Saturday belongs to October. Counting that orphan Sunday would put the contest on 7-8 November; DARC publishes 14-15 November, so the rule is encoded as the second full weekend.",
    "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: 'RTTY: November, zweites Wochenende. Samstag, 14. November 2026, 0000 UTC bis Sonntag, 15. November 2026, 2359 UTC' -- 'RTTY: November, second weekend.' Punkt 12, Spezielle Regelungen für RTTY: 'Im RTTY-Teil des WAEDC entfällt die Kontinentbeschränkung; jeder kann jeden arbeiten. Nur der QTC-Austausch muss zwischen verschiedenen Kontinenten abgewickelt werden.' -- 'in the RTTY part the continent restriction does not apply; everyone can work everyone. Only the QTC exchange has to be settled between different continents.' DARC prints 'Einsendeschluss RTTY: 22.11.2026, 23:59 UTC', exactly the stated seven days. Verified 2026-08-18."
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    "end": {
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      "time": "2359"
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