Many of these scammers are at their radio. Once in a while you see them transmitting the wrong thing :-) A bot won't do that.

But, yes, there have been documented cases of robo operator software that work every new dxcc entity they find. I know that in Finland one guy got busted for doing this. But that is slightly different topic.

Jussi (aa6kj)

Feb 7, 2026 9:25:26 AM EJ Jones <[email protected]>:

I suspect a lot of these stations have absent operators.
EJ


From: [email protected] <[email protected]> on behalf of Jussi Eloranta <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, February 7, 2026 8:34:13 AM
To: [email protected] <[email protected]>; [email protected] <[email protected]>
Subject: Re: [ADXA] mshv issue
 
Hi Joel,

On 2/7/26 3:54 AM, [email protected] wrote:
> Happens on 6 meters as well.

6m propagation goes sometimes in one direction only and this same
approach can be used :-(

> Its unfortunate, and is a sad indicator of how the integrity of operators
> has declined.

Indeed, this has to stop! I think DX peditions should consider the
following ASAP:

1) Modify the mshv software:
- If R-xx is received from a station that mshv responded to earlier
within e.g. 3 minutes then send back R and log QSO.
- If R-xx is received from a station that mshv responded to earlier
longer than 3 minutes ago, do not log the QSO & reset QSO state.
- If R-xx message is received at any point from a station that mshv did
not respond to within 15 minutes, blacklist the station for 48 hours &
possibly publish the offender information.

2) FT8 QSOs should not use livestream at all or at minimum implement 15
min delay in publishing the data.

3) Do not publish radio control data (like KP5 does). This blind calling
business seemed to start immediately when they saw that the radio is on
a given band.

Jussi (aa6kj)


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