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X-WR-CALNAME:Amateur Radio Contests (PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest)
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REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT12H
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X-WR-CALDESC:Rolling window: the last 30 days and the next 365 days. Filter
 ed: PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest. Dates are computed from each sponsor's
  own published rules. Times are UTC instants\; events marked TENTATIVE hav
 e not been verified against the sponsor's page yet.
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UID:pears-national-vhf-uhf-20270108T1600@contestcal
DTSTAMP:20261001T195911Z
DTSTART:20270108T160000Z
DTEND:20270109T140000Z
SUMMARY:PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest
DESCRIPTION:Sponsor: Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society (PEARS)\nModes: C
 W\, SSB\, FM\, Digital\nBands: 6m\, 2m\, 70cm\, 23cm\nBand note: 50\, 70\,
  144\, 432 and 1296 MHz\, each split into SSB/CW\, digital and FM channels
  -- for example 144.200-144.250 SSB/CW\, 144.250-144.300 digital\, 144.350
 -144.400 FM. The 70 MHz (4 m) band is in PEARS's list but has no token in 
 this catalog's band vocabulary\, so it is recorded only here.\nDuration: 2
 2h\nExchange: A signal report and locator\, per the contest's channel plan
 .\nEligibility: Entry limited to ZS\, V5\, A2\, Z2\, C9\, 7P\, 3DA. K stat
 ions may be worked but cannot submit an entry.\nNote: TWO SESSIONS\, NOT O
 NE 44-HOUR BLOCK\, and the distinction is the sponsor's own: PEARS scores 
 them separately and says so. They are back to back -- the second 'commence
 s immediately after' the first ends at 14:00 UTC Saturday -- so a single 4
 4-hour occurrence would draw the same bar on the rail and lose the fact th
 at they are two scored periods. The anchor is the 2nd FRIDAY of January\, 
 which is how PEARS phrases it. Sourced from the SARL Contest Manual\, whic
 h carries this contest's full rules and names its organising body -- the v
 enue in which South African clubs publish their rules\, not a listing of t
 hem. See data/sources.md\, 'Nine South African clubs\, one manual'.\nRules
 : https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manua
 l-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf
URL:https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manu
 al-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf
CATEGORIES:CW,SSB,FM,Digital
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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UID:pears-national-vhf-uhf-20270109T1400@contestcal
DTSTAMP:20261001T195911Z
DTSTART:20270109T140000Z
DTEND:20270110T120000Z
SUMMARY:PEARS National VHF/UHF Contest
DESCRIPTION:Sponsor: Port Elizabeth Amateur Radio Society (PEARS)\nModes: C
 W\, SSB\, FM\, Digital\nBands: 6m\, 2m\, 70cm\, 23cm\nBand note: 50\, 70\,
  144\, 432 and 1296 MHz\, each split into SSB/CW\, digital and FM channels
  -- for example 144.200-144.250 SSB/CW\, 144.250-144.300 digital\, 144.350
 -144.400 FM. The 70 MHz (4 m) band is in PEARS's list but has no token in 
 this catalog's band vocabulary\, so it is recorded only here.\nDuration: 2
 2h\nExchange: A signal report and locator\, per the contest's channel plan
 .\nEligibility: Entry limited to ZS\, V5\, A2\, Z2\, C9\, 7P\, 3DA. K stat
 ions may be worked but cannot submit an entry.\nNote: TWO SESSIONS\, NOT O
 NE 44-HOUR BLOCK\, and the distinction is the sponsor's own: PEARS scores 
 them separately and says so. They are back to back -- the second 'commence
 s immediately after' the first ends at 14:00 UTC Saturday -- so a single 4
 4-hour occurrence would draw the same bar on the rail and lose the fact th
 at they are two scored periods. The anchor is the 2nd FRIDAY of January\, 
 which is how PEARS phrases it. Sourced from the SARL Contest Manual\, whic
 h carries this contest's full rules and names its organising body -- the v
 enue in which South African clubs publish their rules\, not a listing of t
 hem. See data/sources.md\, 'Nine South African clubs\, one manual'.\nRules
 : https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manua
 l-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf
URL:https://mysarl.org.za/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/2026-SARL-Contest-Manu
 al-Version-1.1-2025-12-15.pdf
CATEGORIES:CW,SSB,FM,Digital
STATUS:CONFIRMED
TRANSP:TRANSPARENT
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