BD5CAM — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

4,231 messages

Active dates

13 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-10 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-16 to -3.7 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 517, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 2,000, strong (≥ -8 dB) 1,714.

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.

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with BD5CAM in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to BD5CAM

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

PL09 · 3,127 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

8,151 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-06-30 20:42 UTC

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.

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

UTC    dB Audio  Message
081730  +0 2781  BD5CAM I4SJZ JN64
082200  -7 2781  BD5CAM IU0VOG JN61
092300  +0 2602  BD5CAM OK1FRA JN79 (x3)
092900  +2 1626  BD5CAM LX1NO JN39 (x2)
093330 -10 2781  BD5CAM IU0VOG JN61
094600  -6 1827  BD5CAM LX1NO JN39
100400  -9 2781  BD5CAM F4MTU IN88
130130 -23 1820  BD5CAM EC3A -22
090630  -6  438  BD5CAM R6OG KN87
070200  -6 2787  BD5CAM IK0ZRR 73
133730 -12  727  BD5CAM ON7DMQ -20 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
202300 -13 1486  BD5CAM DL9FFM -12
202330 -17 2031  BD5CAM IU7SEB R+00 (x2)
202615 -10 2770  CQ BD5CAM PL09                        a1 (x6)
203400  +4 2770  BD5CAM EC2AGL IN91 (x3)
203800  -6 1654  BD5CAM G8WVB IO93
204215 -11 2770  CQ BD5CAM PL09                        a1
210930  -9 2773  BD5CAM F4ACR 73

Decoder S/N history by band

Count-weighted daily averages across messages attributed to this profiled token and successfully decoded at SO8OO, limited to the rolling 90-day UTC chart window.