[Dxspider-support] Cluster Abuse and IP Addresses

[Lee Sawkins]

jarmo wrote:
> 
> On torstai 26 marraskuu 2009 15:24:19 Dirk Koopman G1TLH wrote:
> 
> > I am curious as to how you are getting the IP address of the spotter
> > from OH8X-11. Apart from the fact that most of these spots are filtered
> > out as unreliable (by many sysops), surely it isn't possible to
> > determine the IP address of the spotter that is connected to the OH8X-11
> > website? And it's sending out PC11, isn't it?
> >
> > Dirk
> 
> Just curious. I have been reading list now for sometime and same time
> monitored here cluster network. I haven't seen oh8x connected in any Finnish
> cluster? Nor haven't seen any badspots either from there. I'm sysop for
> OH1RCF.
> 
> Could it be easy to ask person, if he or someone from qth has badspotted?
> 
> Jarmo

OH8X exists only as a web cluster.  I am the one who is entering DX
Spots from this web cluster under the cluster call of OH8X.  When my
spot sucker was using VE7CC-xx for these spots I was receiving some
complaints about spot content.  Instead of having to redirect these
complainers to DX Summit, I changed the spot suckers call to OH8X.  I
have corresponded with DX Summit and they did not object to this.  I no
longer have to redirect complaints.   I obtain the IP addresses of
spotters from http://www.dxsummit.fi/dxsinput.aspx   

K1TTT also runs a DX Summit spot sucker using the call K1TTT-14. 
Although we both have the same source, we have different rules for
dropping bad spots.  If you want to stop all DX Summit spots, you have
to block both OH8X-xx and K1TTT-14.


Lee