"Roger Barker" wrote in message
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Callsign substitution when using RELAY and WIDE is probably not the
norm.

Though not yet universal, callsign substitution is _quite_ common in my
area, where many are using Kantronics or PacComm TNCs.

K6HG-9*WIDE2-1S7RURP:'2]1l sk/]"3q}
K6HG-9WIDE2*S7RURP:'2]1l sk/]"3q}

What station is repeating this packet? I can't tell. What's supposed
to happen here?

These two packets were sent by a couple of high-elevation WIDEn-N
digipeaters on mountaintops ringing the SF Bay area.

There are two implementations of WIDEn-N -
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Mixing the two can result in misleading information.

NOID is far better for determining network topology, and is recommended.
This recommendation is by, not least of all, the Father of APRS, Bob WB4APR,
who worked with Kantronics to enable the WIDEn-N protocol in the first
place, and the guy whose idea WIDEn-N was.
http://www.dididahdahdidit.com/text/digis.txt (explanation)
http://www.dididahdahdidit.com/ (general APRS info)
Hope this helps.
73, Cap KE6AFE