From d78fcba4fbcf7962dbe775c1b010628bc69e5ca4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: DJ2LS <75909252+DJ2LS@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Dec 2022 10:37:34 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] catching explorer type error

---
 tnc/explorer.py | 11 +++++++----
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tnc/explorer.py b/tnc/explorer.py
index 3bb135b5..f84b69f5 100644
--- a/tnc/explorer.py
+++ b/tnc/explorer.py
@@ -46,10 +46,13 @@ class explorer():
         station_data = {'callsign': callsign, 'gridsquare': gridsquare, 'frequency': frequency, 'band': band, 'version': version, 'bandwidth': bandwidth, 'beacon': beacon, "lastheard": []}
 
         for i in static.HEARD_STATIONS:
-            callsign = str(i[0], "UTF-8")
-            grid = str(i[1], "UTF-8")
-            snr = i[4].split("/")[1]
-            station_data["lastheard"].append({"callsign": callsign, "grid": grid, "snr": snr})
+            try:
+                callsign = str(i[0], "UTF-8")
+                grid = str(i[1], "UTF-8")
+                snr = i[4].split("/")[1]
+                station_data["lastheard"].append({"callsign": callsign, "grid": grid, "snr": snr})
+            except Exception as e:
+                log.debug("[EXPLORER] not publishing station", e=e)
 
         station_data = json.dumps(station_data)
         try: