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