filter out problematic spots instead of breaking completely

owrx/pskreporter.py

@@ -115,6 +115,8 @@ class Uploader(object):
 
     def getPackets(self, spots):
         encoded = [self.encodeSpot(spot) for spot in spots]
+        # filter out any erroneous encodes
+        encoded = [e for e in encoded if e is not None]
 
         def chunks(l, n):
             """Yield successive n-sized chunks from l."""
@@ -150,6 +152,7 @@ class Uploader(object):
         return [len(s)] + list(s.encode("utf-8"))
 
     def encodeSpot(self, spot):
+        try:
             return bytes(
                 self.encodeString(spot["callsign"])
                 + list(int(spot["freq"]).to_bytes(4, "big"))
@@ -160,6 +163,9 @@ class Uploader(object):
                 + [0x01]
                 + list(int(spot["timestamp"] / 1000).to_bytes(4, "big"))
             )
+        except Exception:
+            logger.exception("Error while encoding spot for pskreporter")
+            return None
 
     def getReceiverInformationHeader(self):
         return bytes(