[Dxspider-support] CQWW Self Spotting - spoofing

[g4piq at btinternet.com]

Hi Mike

 

We had the same at M6T. Our two both had the same source IP pointing to a domain owned by aruba.it which apparently operates Italy, Czech Republic and Slovakia – but it was the same source IP as were used to spoof your spots – but faked as coming from different clusters... Not that the locations confirms much other than probably one person / group – could just be a VPN end point if someone was trying to be properly obscure – but looks co-ordinated.

 

BTW – thanks for 4 bands at the weekend – sorry we missed you on 160 and 10.

 

73,

 

Andy, G4PIQ

 

From: Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces at tobit.co.uk> On Behalf Of Michael Walker via Dxspider-support
Sent: 02 November 2021 02:02
To: The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support at tobit.co.uk>
Cc: Michael Walker <mike at portcredit.net>
Subject: [Dxspider-support] CQWW Self Spotting - spoofing

 

Hi All

 

Apparently, someone has been having fun in the cluster network by faking self spots.

 

In the 2 with my callsign on them, I was running unassisted in this contest.    These are not automated search and pounce spots that N1MM can produce.  

 

The concern is that self spotting will get you tossed out of a contest and someone is having fun spoofing these.  

 

Others are reporting similar on the CQCW reflector.

 

I thought I would share part of what is being discovered.  

 

Mike va3mw

 


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