<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Hi All</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Apparently, someone has been having fun in the cluster network by faking self spots.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">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.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The concern is that self spotting will get you tossed out of a contest and someone is having fun spoofing these.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Others are reporting similar on the CQCW reflector.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">I thought I would share part of what is being discovered.  </div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Mike va3mw</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style=""><font face="monospace"><br>VA3MW-7><br><b> 21203.1  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2351Z                                <K3LR></b><br>  1863.0  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2342Z                               <VE3RZ><br>  3802.2  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2341Z  QSX 3618.00                  <VE3RZ><br>  7129.6  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2334Z                                <N2NI><br>  3802.0  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2319Z  QSX 3621.00 TU CQWW Test     <VA2QR><br>  7135.0  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2257Z                              <VA2XMP><br>  1867.2  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2248Z  lonely LSB                    <WX3B><br>  1867.2  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2239Z  LSB                           <K1RH><br>  1867.2  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2236Z  LSB                           <KU2C><br> 14150.9  K3LR        31-Oct-2021 2224Z                               <WT8WV><br>VA3MW-7><br><b>  7215.1  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2319Z                               <VA3MW></b><br>  7215.1  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2313Z                               <WT8WV><br>  7215.1  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2305Z  LSB                           <N2YO><br>  7214.9  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2252Z  LSB                           <N4SS><br>  7215.0  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2249Z                                <W3MR><br>  7215.0  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2244Z  LSB                           <WU9D><br>  7215.0  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2237Z                                <N3GT><br>  7215.0  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2235Z  LSB                          <AC3LZ><br><b>  7215.1  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2211Z                               <VA3MW></b><br>  7215.1  VA3MW       31-Oct-2021 2205Z                               <KE1IH><br>VA3MW-7><br></font></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div></div>