[aprssig] BEACON - APRS or Not?

[Alex Carver]

From: "Keith VE7GDH" 
> Lynn KJ4ERJ wrote...
> 
> > (No, I haven't check out the W4LAW-* stations yet)
> 
> I had a quick peek. W4LAW-3 is a Tennessee digi beaconing
> with a path of 
> TRACE,WIDE,WIDE and claiming to respond to WIDE, RELAY,
> TRACE and TN. 
> Hopefully there are no other digis within earshot of this
> digi that are 
> also using obsolete settings.
> 
> http://aprs.fi/?call=W4LAW-3
> http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=W4LAW-3
> 
> W4LAW-5 is a digi in Georgia.  As near as I can tell,
> it doesn't seem to 
> advertise what it supports.
> 
> http://aprs.fi/?call=W4LAW-5
> http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=W4LAW-5
> 2009-08-10 13:44:27 UTC: W4LAW-5>APRS,qAS,WA4YYM
> :!3444.30NR08501.00W#PHG5630/A=001575/Local Dalton Relay
> 
> Then there is W4LAW-6, also in Georgia. It is using the
> obsolete WIDE.
> http://aprs.fi/?call=W4LAW-6
> http://aprs.fi/?c=raw&call=W4LAW-6

The W4LAW-* digis cover a huge area and have been "broken" for quite some time.  Good luck getting the owner to fix them.