DF1BN — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Fed. Rep. of Germany Most frequent locator attributed to this token: JN68

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving DF1BN, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 1,701 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, 60m, 40m, 20m, 10m, across 69 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-08 and 2026-09-15.

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 1,701 FT8 messages attributed to DF1BN as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 69 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 40 m (39%), followed by 80 m (35%) and 60 m (18%). Most decodes (65%) fell within the six-hour window 18:00-00:00 UTC. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's strong S/N range (70%); the estimated median was -4.5 dB.

Overview

1,701

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

277

Active 15-min windows

-4.5 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

80m · 588 60m · 306 40m · 655 20m · 142 10m · 10

First attributed message: 2026-06-08
Last attributed message: 2026-09-15 11:28 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 1,701 messages
Active dates: 69 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -4.5 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -15 to +6 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 150, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 367, strong (≥ -8 dB) 1,184.

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 DF1BN in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

IQ7KM · Italy ×3 IQ9USG · Sicily ×2 IQ0OS · Italy ×2 IQ3UCY · Italy ×2 DG0OIK · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 DL0CG · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 DL0NS · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 DL7APJ · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 IQ0VT · Italy ×2 IQ3GO · Italy ×2 LA1HU · Norway ×2 DL8NW · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2

Attributed messages by UTC hour

Rolling 90-day UTC chart window. Counts follow decoded message structure: the first token for CQ, or the second token in a directed-looking message.

Most frequent locator attributed to DF1BN

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: JN68 · 1,043 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 658 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-15 11:27 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.

Time UTC	Band	DF1BN S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-15 11:27	40m	-7 / 0	ON3MOH/P	-22 / +2	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-14 05:22	60m	-6 / +3	DL4HTK	-15 / -4	7	✓ Full exchange observed
09-14 05:21	60m	0 / -1	F5OZC	-14 / -	5	✓ Closing observed
09-14 05:19	60m	0 / -	N8OQ	- / -18	2	✓ Closing fragment
09-14 05:17	60m	+7 / -23	SV8/F2VX	-8 / -6	4	Partial capture
09-13 11:30	40m	-8 / -	DL6BCZ	- / -2	5	✓ Closing fragment
09-13 11:28	40m	-7 / -	R6HV/P	- / -	3	Partial capture
09-13 11:27	40m	-9 / -	IR0IADU	- / -	3	Partial capture
09-13 11:03	40m	-1 / -	DG0OIK	-12 / -4	12	✓ Closing observed
09-13 11:00	40m	-4 / -	DB5BO	- / -13	9	✓ Closing fragment
09-13 10:57	40m	-2 / -	IZ8PPI	- / -11	2	✓ Closing fragment
09-13 10:55	40m	-4 / -	DL1FUG	- / +9	4	✓ Closing fragment
09-13 10:53	40m	-5 / -	DH1TO	- / -6	4	✓ Closing fragment
09-11 10:36	40m	-2 / -	DJ1NE	- / -2	3	✓ Closing fragment
09-11 10:23	40m	-3 / -6	DM2DS/P	-18 / +1	26	✓ Full exchange observed
09-09 21:45	60m	-1 / -	M0EBM	- / -	6	✓ Closing fragment
09-09 21:41	60m	+6 / -	9A60CBM	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-07 22:06	60m	-4 / -	ER1CW	-20 / -3	4	✓ Closing observed
09-07 22:04	60m	-3 / -	DL1MST	- / +3	4	✓ Closing fragment
09-07 22:00	60m	+4 / -12	DL1KYF/P	-6 / -4	11	✓ Full exchange observed
09-07 21:57	60m	+2 / -	OR0A	- / -	6	Partial capture
09-07 21:55	60m	-3 / -	ER1CW	- / +1	4	Partial capture
09-07 21:48	60m	-4 / -	4Z5KU	-14 / -11	4	✓ Closing observed
09-07 21:45	80m	- / -	RV9CD	-4 / -	4	Partial capture
09-07 21:44	80m	+10 / -1	DO8JB	+2 / -1	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-07 21:42	80m	+14 / +9	DL9GCG	+9 / -	7	✓ Full exchange observed
09-07 21:40	80m	+1 / -	IZ5IMD	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-07 21:39	80m	-6 / -	DO8JB	- / -	3	Partial capture
09-07 21:15	80m	+11 / -2	DO8PAT	+13 / -	9	✓ Full exchange observed
09-07 19:13	80m	0 / -	OZ/KD0NDU	- / -	5	Partial capture
09-06 15:00	40m	+2 / -	F8BOG/P	- / -	10	Partial capture
09-06 14:59	40m	0 / -	DJ9KM	- / -12	3	✓ Closing fragment
09-06 14:56	40m	-12 / -	DL8NCV	- / -	6	Partial capture
09-06 14:05	40m	-8 / -	DL50IPARC	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 14:04	40m	-4 / -	VA2MKT/W1	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 14:03	40m	-2 / -	UA3UBV/1	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 08:30	40m	+6 / -	SP7FID	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 08:28	40m	+2 / -	DL3KCQ	- / +7	5	✓ Closing fragment
09-06 08:09	40m	-5 / -	OE7RJV	- / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
09-06 08:03	40m	+2 / -2	DK2SW	-6 / -	5	✓ Closing observed
09-06 08:02	40m	+2 / -	DL9MG	- / +4	12	✓ Closing fragment
09-06 07:52	40m	-2 / +5	DL7OI	-14 / -	12	✓ Full exchange observed
09-06 07:49	40m	-4 / -	IU2SMN	- / -	4	Partial capture
09-06 07:48	40m	+1 / -	4O7CC	- / 0	2	Partial capture
09-04 23:26	80m	+6 / -	N1TQP	- / -	6	Partial capture
09-04 23:24	80m	0 / +1	OE3IGU	-10 / +3	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-04 23:23	80m	-2 / -	ZS6WAB	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-04 23:19	80m	0 / -	OM/DL7AU/P	+15 / +8	6	Partial capture
09-04 23:18	80m	+10 / -	DL6FC	-6 / -6	3	✓ Closing observed
09-04 23:17	80m	+6 / -	OK/DL3JJ/P	- / +10	4	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
112900  -7 1775  R6HV/P DF1BN JN68 (x2)
113045 -11 1809  DL6BCZ DF1BN JN68 (x5)
205745  -6  697  UB0SMX/P DF1BN JN68
205815  -4  697  <SX48JM> DF1BN JN68
205845  +5  529  II6IGTO DF1BN R-05
112715  -9 1399  ON3MOH/P DF1BN JN68 (x2)
112800 -22 1561  DF1BN ON3MOH/P +00
112815  -7 1562  ON3MOH/P DF1BN R+02 (x2)

60m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
051815  +6  572  SV8/F2VX DF1BN R-06
051915  +1  772  N8OQ DF1BN -18 (x2)
052100 -13 1683  DF1BN F5OZC -01
052115  +0 1683  F5OZC DF1BN JN68
052130 -11 1683  DF1BN F5OZC +02 (x2)
052215  -1 1683  F5OZC DF1BN 73
052245  -7 1415  DL4HTK DF1BN JN68
052300 -14 1415  DF1BN DL4HTK +03
052315  -5 1415  DL4HTK DF1BN R-04 (x2)
052400 -15 1415  DF1BN DL4HTK RR73
052415  -9 1415  DL4HTK DF1BN 73
052430 -17 1415  DF1BN DL4HTK 73

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
214230 +17  572  DL9GCG DF1BN JN68 (x2)
214315 +11  677  DF1BN DL9GCG +09
214330 +14  572  DL9GCG DF1BN R+11
214345  +7  677  DF1BN DL9GCG RR73
214400 +10  572  DL9GCG DF1BN 73
214415  +3  571  DF1BN DO8JB JO32
214430 +10  572  DO8JB DF1BN -01
214445  +1  572  DF1BN DO8JB R-01
214500 +11  572  DO8JB DF1BN RR73
214515  +2  572  DF1BN DO8JB 73
214545  -5  743  DF1BN RV9CD MO06 (x4)

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
222515 -17 1815  DF1BN RL3K KO91 (x3)
224215 -17 1575  CE1LT DF1BN 73
224245  -8 1789  CE4KM DF1BN JN68 (x2)
224515  -2 1425  VE3NVK DF1BN -10
224615  -7 1819  W1TXT DF1BN JN68
224645 -18 1818  VE3NVK DF1BN RR73
224800  +7 1166  WA4FU DF1BN JN68 (x4)
225100  -8 1424  KY2J DF1BN JN68 (x2)

10m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
144645  -2 1510  3A2MW DF1BN R-02
144700 -16 1454  DF1BN 3A2MW RR73
144715  -6 1510  3A2MW DF1BN 73
091430 -23 1939  DF1BN IQ9BF -02
104130  -8  718  DF1BN <...> -02
123845 -17 1957  DF1BN IQ8PC RR73
162115 -15 2246  <...> DF1BN R-02
162200  -5 2246  DF1BN UT7UJ -07
162215 -11 2247  <...> DF1BN JN68
162230  -6 2246  DF1BN UT7UJ -07
162245 -18 2249  <...> DF1BN R+16
162415 -16 2253  UT7UJ DF1BN R-01
100415  -7  915  DF1BN IQ9USG RR73
114730 -17 2235  D2ACE DF1BN JN68 (x2)

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.

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