use strict;
use warnings;

use WWW::Mechanize;
$|=1;

#my $page = 'https://contests.arrl.org/publiclogs.php?eid=18&iid=1049';
my $page = 'https://contests.arrl.org/';

my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1 ); 

$mech->get($page);

exit;

__END__
Error GETing https://contests.arrl.org/publiclogs.php?eid=18&iid=1049:
Can't connect to contests.arrl.org:443 (Bad file descriptor) at test.pl line 11.

Now with just the minimal URL, I get the same error:
Error GETing https://contests.arrl.org/: Can't connect to contests.arrl.org:443 (Bad file descriptor)

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my $mech = WWW::Mechanize->new( autocheck => 1, 
                                ssl_opts => { verify_hostname => 0}, );