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Re: [CQ-Contest] Spoofed Self spots

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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Spoofed Self spots
From: Pete Smith N4ZR <pete.n4zr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 16:54:25 -0400
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IIRC, maybe 20 years ago Dave, K1TTT did some pioneering work in identifying self-spotters, I think through the use of IP addresses  It may be that the same techniques can be used today - or maybe they can at least demonstrate that these were *not* self-spots. Dave?

73, Pete N4ZR
Check out the new Reverse Beacon Network
web server at<http://beta.reversebeacon.net>.
For spots, please use your favorite
"retail" DX cluster.

On 11/1/2021 2:46 PM, Michael Walker wrote:
Wow, what a surprise.  I just went and looked at my cluster and sure
enough.

I was running unassisted and I see that I spotted myself twice.

This is not good and the only reason is for someone to ensure that the
cluster logging can't be trusted.

Mike va3mw


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On Mon, Nov 1, 2021 at 1:39 PM Dave K2XR via CQ-Contest <
cq-contest@contesting.com> wrote:

GM contesters.  Hope you all are resting well.

In the FRC chat room we have been discussing the abundance of apparent
self spots during the contest.  Many of our participants who run had
their callsigns spoofed and spots of themselves made. It seems to have
happened to enough of us that the question was posed...   'Was it just
FRC that was targeted, or was it all contesters? "

Looking on this reflector as well as the 3830 reflector, it didn't take
long to see that it wasn't just FRC.

http://lists.contesting.com/archives//html/3830/2021-11/msg00174.html

Curious to know who else out there was targeted.  The were about 10
cases in the chat room I was in this AM, and suspect it might have been
a huge problem.

Is there a way for the sysops to track down the origin ?     I would
think so, but am not positive.

It would be great to nail the perpetrator, and some of us are demanding
it if it is all possible.  Kind of ruins everything for some.

      Dave   K2XR      Frankford Radio Club

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