From 0773ee372aa0209c4df88dc5d32758fccdbb84a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Rossen Georgiev <zoorty@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Dec 2014 17:41:14 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] only check for beacon type, when all else fails

related to #3
---
 aprslib/parse.py | 4 +++-
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/aprslib/parse.py b/aprslib/parse.py
index af76e96..a74fa3e 100644
--- a/aprslib/parse.py
+++ b/aprslib/parse.py
@@ -620,7 +620,9 @@ def parse(raw_sentence):
     # [ - maidenhead locator beacon
     elif packet_type in '%,{?T*_#$);[<':
         raise UnknownFormat("format is not supported", raw_sentence)
-    else:
+
+    # if we fail all attempts to parse, try beacon packet
+    if 'format' not in parsed:
         if not re.match(r"^(AIR.*|ALL.*|AP.*|BEACON|CQ.*|GPS.*|DF.*|DGPS.*|"
                         "DRILL.*|DX.*|ID.*|JAVA.*|MAIL.*|MICE.*|QST.*|QTH.*|"
                         "RTCM.*|SKY.*|SPACE.*|SPC.*|SYM.*|TEL.*|TEST.*|TLM.*|"