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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72" style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Hi Mike<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>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.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'> BTW – thanks for 4 bands at the weekend – sorry we missed you on 160 and 10.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>73,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'>Andy, G4PIQ<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='mso-fareast-language:EN-US'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US> Dxspider-support <dxspider-support-bounces@tobit.co.uk> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael Walker via Dxspider-support<br><b>Sent:</b> 02 November 2021 02:02<br><b>To:</b> The DXSpider Support list <dxspider-support@tobit.co.uk><br><b>Cc:</b> Michael Walker <mike@portcredit.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Dxspider-support] CQWW Self Spotting - spoofing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Hi All<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Apparently, someone has been having fun in the cluster network by faking self spots.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",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. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>The concern is that self spotting will get you tossed out of a contest and someone is having fun spoofing these. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Others are reporting similar on the CQCW reflector.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I thought I would share part of what is being discovered. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Mike va3mw<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Courier New"'><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></span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div></div></body></html>