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    "id": "wia-remembrance-day",
    "name": "Remembrance Day Contest",
    "sponsor": "WIA",
    "sponsor_home": "https://www.wia.org.au/",
    "country": "AU",
    "summary": "The WIA's memorial contest for Australian amateurs who died in war: 24 hours from 0300 UTC on the August weekend nearest the 15th.",
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      "RTTY"
    ],
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      "80m",
      "40m",
      "20m",
      "15m",
      "10m",
      "6m",
      "2m",
      "70cm",
      "23cm",
      "13cm",
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    ],
    "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number",
    "power_categories": [],
    "log_format": "Cabrillo",
    "log_deadline_days": 14,
    "log_submit_url": "https://www.vklogchecker.com/",
    "timezone": "",
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    "eligibility": {
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      "verified": true,
      "note": "WIA: 'Amateurs will endeavour to contact amateurs in VK call areas, ZL and P29 on all bands except WARC bands.' Contest teams may be formed from stations anywhere in VK, ZL or P2."
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    "active_until": null,
    "note": "QRP entrants are limited to 5 watts average (CW/RTTY) or PEP (SSB) at the transmitter output. The band list is this catalog's reading of WIA's prose: the six HF/MF bands come from WIA's own SSB frequency list, 23cm/13cm/3cm from 'On 23cm or higher bands two points per completed valid contact', and 6m/2m/70cm from 'VHF & above'. 1.25m and 33cm are omitted because they are not Australian allocations.",
    "verified": true,
    "rules_url": "https://www.wia.org.au/members/contests/rdcontest/",
    "rules_url_pattern": "",
    "rules_url_archived": "",
    "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
    "source_note": "wia.org.au (Remembrance Day Contest rules): 'Weekend in August closest to the 15th, 0300 UTC Saturday to 0300 UTC Sunday.' Modes: 'Modes allowed are PHONE, CW and RTTY as per the era remembered.' Bands: the sentence quoted in bands_note, with SSB frequencies given as '1843-1875, 3535-3570 and 3600-3700, 7080-7300, 14112-14300, 21150-21450, 28300-29100KHz.' Logs: 'Submit Log WITHIN 14 DAYS by 0300z' via vklogchecker.com, or rdlogs@wia.org.au. The nearest-Saturday rule reproduces WIA's own published dates: August 15 2026 is itself a Saturday, and in 2023 the contest ran on August 12, the Saturday three days before Tuesday August 15."
  },
  "rule": {
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      "month": 8,
      "day": 15,
      "weekday": 5
    },
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      "day_offset": 0,
      "time": "0300"
    },
    "end": {
      "day_offset": 1,
      "time": "0300"
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    "sessions": null
  },
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      "name": "Remembrance Day Contest",
      "start": "2027-08-14T03:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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        "20m",
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        "10m",
        "6m",
        "2m",
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        "23cm",
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      "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
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      "log_due": "2027-08-29T03:00:00Z",
      "uid": "wia-remembrance-day-20270814T0300@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2027-08-14",
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        "SSB",
        "RTTY",
        "Digital"
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      "band_families": [
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        "15m",
        "10m",
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        "VHF+"
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      "contest_id": "wia-remembrance-day",
      "name": "Remembrance Day Contest",
      "start": "2028-08-12T03:00:00Z",
      "end": "2028-08-13T03:00:00Z",
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      "end_wall": null,
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        "13cm",
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      "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number",
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      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
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      "uid": "wia-remembrance-day-20280812T0300@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2028-08-12",
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      "contest_id": "wia-remembrance-day",
      "name": "Remembrance Day Contest",
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      "end": "2029-08-19T03:00:00Z",
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        "6m",
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        "70cm",
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        "3cm"
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      "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number",
      "country": "AU",
      "rules_url_archived": "",
      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
      "can_enter": true,
      "eligibility_scope": "worldwide",
      "eligibility_reason": "",
      "works": "everyone",
      "practical": "",
      "log_due": "2029-09-02T03:00:00Z",
      "uid": "wia-remembrance-day-20290818T0300@contestcal",
      "start_date": "2029-08-18",
      "mode_families": [
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        "Digital"
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        "20m",
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      "contest_id": "wia-remembrance-day",
      "name": "Remembrance Day Contest",
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      "end": "2030-08-18T03:00:00Z",
      "start_wall": null,
      "end_wall": null,
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        "RTTY"
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      "exchange": "RS(T) and a serial number",
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      "rules_url_checked": "2026-08-17",
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}