Be explicit about can_submit_spot methods

providers/spot/aprsis.py

@@ -83,3 +83,7 @@ class APRSIS(SpotProvider):
 
         except Exception:
             logger.exception("Exception handling APRS-IS packet")
+
+    # Sending spots to APRS-IS from Spothole doesn't really make sense
+    def can_submit_spot(self, activity):
+        return False

providers/spot/llota.py

@@ -50,3 +50,7 @@ class LLOTA(HTTPSpotProvider):
             # that for us.
             new_spots.append(spot)
         return new_spots
+
+    # As far as I know as of September 2026, there is no spot submission API for LLOTA.
+    def can_submit_spot(self, activity):
+        return False

providers/spot/rbn.py

@@ -52,3 +52,8 @@ class RBN(TelnetSpotProvider):
             comment=match.group(4).strip(),
             time=spot_datetime.timestamp(),
         )
+
+    # Sending spots to RBN from Spothole doesn't really make sense
+    def can_submit_spot(self, activity):
+        return False
+

providers/spot/towers.py

@@ -47,3 +47,7 @@ class Towers(HTTPSpotProvider):
             # that for us.
             new_spots.append(spot)
         return new_spots
+
+    # As far as I know as of September 2026, there is no spot submission API for Towers on the Air.
+    def can_submit_spot(self, activity):
+        return False

providers/spot/ukpacketnet.py

@@ -104,3 +104,7 @@ class UKPacketNet(HTTPSpotProvider):
                 spot.dx_longitude = nodes[spot.dx_call]["location"]["coords"]["lon"]
 
         return new_spots
+
+    # Sending spots to UK Packet Network from Spothole doesn't really make sense
+    def can_submit_spot(self, activity):
+        return False

providers/spot/xota.py

@@ -58,3 +58,9 @@ class XOTA(WebsocketSpotProvider):
             qrt=source_spot["state"] != "active",
         )
         return spot
+
+    # I haven't investigated whether xOTA has a spot submission API, but as we only use it for
+    # Toilets on the air currently, and realistically no-one is entering their Toilet spots using
+    # Spothole, this is very low priority.
+    def can_submit_spot(self, activity):
+        return False