} else {
# send orf to the users
$ipaddr ||= $main::mycall; # emergency backstop
- my $spot = DXProt::pc61($spotter, $freq, $spotted, $line, $ipaddr);
+ my $spot = DXProt::pc61($spotter, $freq, $spotted, unpad($line), $ipaddr);
$self->dx_spot(undef, undef, @spot);
if ($self->isslugged) {