BG5DRB — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: China

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving BG5DRB, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 23 indexed activity records, involving 40m, 20m. Heard between 2026-06-28 and 2026-09-07.

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.

Overview

Indexed activity rows

CQ messages

Indexed UTC dates

Directional S/N pending

Bands

40m 20m

First indexed activity: 2026-06-28
Last indexed activity: 2026-09-07 13:58 UTC

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with BG5DRB in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

IQ6PE · Italy RA3TRR · European Russia RY7G · European Russia S59A · Slovenia UR5TL · Ukraine YO4DW · Romania

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 UTC	Band	BG5DRB S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
07-27 14:32	20m	- / -22	RA3TRR	-5 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-26 18:55	20m	- / -14	S59A	+10 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-26 18:40	20m	- / -25	IZ4VVL	+3 / -	2	Partial capture
06-28 20:42	20m	- / -19	IZ5WTV	+4 / -	6	Partial capture
06-28 20:41	20m	- / -11	YO4DW	-10 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
06-28 18:47	20m	- / -11	UR5TL	+10 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
06-28 18:16	20m	- / -15	IQ6PE	-11 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
155845 +19  663  BG5DRB UR1CCT KN69

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
204215  -9 2219  BG5DRB YO4DW RR73
204245  +5 2160  BG5DRB IZ5WTV JN53 (x6)
184045  +4 2507  BG5DRB IZ4VVL -25 (x2)
185530 +11 1513  BG5DRB S59A -14 (x2)
134645  -6 2983  BG5DRB RY7G RR73
143200  -8 1175  BG5DRB RA3TRR -22 (x2)
150430 -17 2326  BG5DRB ES2AJ -15

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