AC4JU — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States Most frequent locator attributed to this token: EL98

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving AC4JU, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 111 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 20m, across 2 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-07 and 2026-06-08.

These are automated observations at the SO8OO receiver, not an official contact log. Times are UTC. Attribution follows decoded FT8 message structure: CQ uses the first token and directed-looking messages use the second. Free text that resembles a directed message can be attributed imperfectly. Summary S/N reflects propagation plus SO8OO receiver, antenna and local-noise conditions. Counts are not adjusted for monitoring outages; transmissions that were not decoded are absent. Inferred entity and location data may be inaccurate for portable, remote or special-event operation.

SO8OO decoded 111 FT8 messages attributed to AC4JU as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 2 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 20 m (100%). In this small sample, the estimated median decoder S/N was -15 dB; no usual signal pattern is inferred.

Overview

111
Messages attributed
2
UTC dates decoded
13
Active 15-min windows
-15 dB
Estimated median S/N

Bands

First attributed message: 2026-06-07
Last attributed message: 2026-06-08 02:17 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample
111 messages
Active dates
2 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N
-15 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile
-21 to -10 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold
Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 55, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 54, strong (≥ -8 dB) 2.

WSJT-X defines S/N reports against a 2,500 Hz reference noise bandwidth. The ranges above are SO8OO receiver-side display categories, not official WSJT-X classes, transmitter-power measurements or estimates of how easy the station is to hear elsewhere. Statistics include only successful decodes on SO8OO's monitored FT8 channels; transmissions that were not decoded are absent. The sample does not meet the threshold for a recurring time or signal-pattern claim (20 attributed messages, three UTC dates and five distinct 15-minute windows).

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with AC4JU in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to AC4JU

The map compares the centres and boundaries of the locator field attributed to this token by decoded message structure, 2° × 1° as a Maidenhead square, and SO8OO's six-character receiver square. The separation is not an exact antenna-to-antenna distance or a radio-path length.

Attributed locator
EL98 · 10 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator
KN09VW
Locator-centre separation
8,464 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded
2026-06-08 00:09 UTC

Other locator fields attributed to this token: EL97 (5).

A decoded locator can describe portable, remote or special-event operation and is not proof of a permanent station address or transmitter identity.

Observed FT8 exchanges

S/N cells show: decoded at SO8OO / report transmitted by the counterpart. An observed exchange is not a QSL or an official logbook confirmation.

Time UTCBandAC4JU S/NCounterpartCounterpart S/NMsgsCapture
09-20 02:13 40m - / -15 PD2ET -10 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment
09-20 02:07 40m - / -10 SV2HTW +4 / - 3 ✓ Closing fragment
09-20 02:04 40m - / -13 PA3DTN 0 / - 3 ✓ Closing fragment
09-20 01:55 40m - / -8 PD2ET -6 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment
09-20 01:09 40m - / -16 F5NBU +8 / - 5 Partial capture
08-25 20:42 20m - / - W3HF -17 / - 3 Partial capture
08-25 20:19 20m - / -15 EA2DDG -10 / - 4 ✓ Closing fragment
08-25 20:10 20m - / - PD1ADA +13 / - 6 Partial capture
07-02 22:25 20m - / - IW9HPG -4 / - 2 Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

Frequency values are decoder audio offsets in hertz, not RF frequencies.

40m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
011115  +7 1414  AC4JU F5NBU R-16 (x2)
014215  +1 1415  AC4JU PD9OH JO21
014245 -11  565  AC4JU SN5J KO02
014645 -10 1531  AC4JU OS4K -08
015500  -7 2088  AC4JU PD2ET -08 (x2)
020415  -2  752  AC4JU PA3DTN -13 (x3)
020715  +5  801  AC4JU SV2HTW -10 (x3)
021315  -8  939  AC4JU PD2ET RR73 (x2)
20m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
201015 +14 2036  AC4JU PD1ADA JO21 (x6)
201915  -7 1630  AC4JU EA2DDG IN82 (x4)
202915 -19 1247  AC4JU WA4FU RR73
204245 -11 1219  AC4JU W3HF EL97 (x3)
210845  -1  479  AC4JU N3GTY FN10

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