It's also true that the spot comment is deliberately formatted to obfuscate some strings and bypass the cluster's deduplication mechanism. And this is not a good practice IMHO. Andrea iz2lsc --> Il giorno mar 17 feb 2026 alle ore 12:00 Mike G3YPP via Dxspider-support < dxspider-support@dxcluster.org> ha scritto:
No, these spots should not be added to any badlist. It is not up to us to censor GENUINE spots. This can be left to individual sysops to decide what traffic to display on their nodes. Take for example the spot with FT4 in the comment field. That would already be consigned to the bin at my node which is ‘data free’ unless users turn on their RBN feed.
Mike Sysop for MX0NCA-2
*From:* Kin via Dxspider-support [mailto:dxspider-support@dxcluster.org] *Sent:* 16 February 2026 17:08 *To:* DXSpider support mailing list *Cc:* Kin *Subject:* [Dxspider-support] Ionotest string
Hi,
What do you think of this type of traffic? Does it contribute anything? Should it be blocked? Added to the badlist?
DX de IW3HWC: 7138.0 IQ6KX Carnevale CRT Ionotest-- 1708Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX/6 ++I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)++ 1707Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7093.0 IU2EZO -I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)--- 1706Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX ++I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)++ 1704Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX/6 /I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)\ 1702Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX/6 +I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)* 1700Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX/6 +I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TERZA)++++++ 1658Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7154.0 IU0ICQ IONOTEST 1656Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX +I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)+ 1654Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX/6 *I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE)* 1653Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7138.0 IQ6KX I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT_(TRE) 1652Z
DX de IZ5EBD: 7138.0 IQ6KX IONOTEST 1651Z
DX de IZ5EBD: 7138.0 IQ6KX IONOTEST 1645Z
DX de IZ6WRI: 7082.0 IU1HGO IONOTEST 1643Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7138.0 IQ6KX IONOTEST 1640Z
DX de IW6ATQ: 7138.0 IQ6KX/6 CARNEVALE + IONOTEST 3+3PT 1638Z
DX de IU3IIZ: 7082.0 IU1HGO awd ionotest 1634Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7093.0 IU2EZO IONOTEST 1632Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7082.0 IU1HGO IONOTEST 1632Z
DX de IK0FFU: 7150.0 IZ0PAP award ionotest 1617Z
DX de IK0FFU: 7150.0 IZ0PAP ionotest 1608Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7126.0 IU2JKK IONOTEST 1600Z
DX de IU4BCO: 7126.0 IU2JKK Ionotest - Carnevale C.R.T. 1547Z
DX de IK4ABC: 7096.5 IQ6KX/6 +++I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT-TER+++ 1137Z
DX de IK5ABC: 7096.5 IQ6KX **I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT-TER** 1134Z
DX de IU2SJV: 70965.0 IQ6KX/6 St,/Iono Test eQsl Carnevale 1132Z
DX de IU2SJV: 70965.0 IQ6KX ST* Iono Test carnevale eqsl 1131Z
DX de IK5ABC: 7096.5 IQ6KX/6 I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT-TER----- 1130Z
DX de IZ2LUS: 7096.5 IQ6KX -- Aw, Ionotest 2026 1128Z
DX de IK5ABC: 7096.5 IQ6KX/6 +I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT-TER+ 1123Z
DX de IK5ABC: 7096.5 IQ6KX/QRO *I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT-TER* 1122Z
DX de IK5ABC: 7096.5 IQ6KX/6 I0N0TEST-CARNEVALE-CRT-TER 1120Z
DX de IU2EZO: 7100.0 IZ0CVT AWARD IONOTEST 1040Z
DX de IK5UII: 7100.0 IU5FPO SSB 59 from JN54 ionotest 0627Z
DX de DL4PY: 7081.0 IQ6KX IONOTEST 2026 JO30ND> 1725Z
DX de DL4PY: 7197.0 IU2TFN IONOTEST 2026 JO30ND> 1722Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7181.0 IQ6KX IONOTEST CARNEVALE 1714Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7197.0 IU2TFN IONOTEST 1714Z
DX de IW6ATQ: 7081.0 IQ6KX/6 CARNEVALE + IONOTEST 1710Z
DX de IZ1KPU: 7141.0 IU0ICQ Ionotest 2026 1644Z
DX de IU4BCO: 7121.0 IU1HGO Ionotest - Carnevale C.R.T. 1631Z
DX de IU4BCO: 7141.0 IU0ICQ Ionotest - Carnevale C.R.T. 1619Z
DX de IU2SJV: 7080.0 IQ6KX st*IONOTEST eQsl CARNEVALE 1114Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7080.0 IQ6KX IONOTEST CARNEVALE 1110Z
DX de IW3HWC: 7121.0 IQ1OEM IONOTEST CARNEVALE 1108Z
DX de SV4IMN: 21140.0 W1AW/1 FT4 +6 dB 1800 Hz 1703Z
Kin EA3CV
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