DL4VAC — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Fed. Rep. of Germany

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving DL4VAC, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 3 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, across 1 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Last observed 2026-07-11.

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 3 FT8 messages attributed to DL4VAC as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 1 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The available sample contains attributed decodes on 80 m (100%). The sample is too small to infer a recurring UTC-hour or received-S/N pattern.

Overview

3
Messages attributed
1
UTC dates decoded
2
Active 15-min windows
-
S/N pattern not inferred

Bands

First attributed message: 2026-07-11
Last attributed message: 2026-07-11 18:48 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample
3 messages
Active dates
1 UTC dates
S/N summary
Too few decodes
S/N percentile sample
Too small
Recurring-pattern threshold
Not met

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 DL4VAC in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

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 UTCBandDL4VAC S/NCounterpartCounterpart S/NMsgsCapture
07-11 18:54 20m - / -12 UD8D -7 / - 2 Partial capture
07-11 18:47 80m -18 / -13 DO1NPM -12 / +10 4 ✓ Full exchange observed
07-11 18:44 80m - / - SP9JMZ +4 / - 3 Partial capture
07-09 14:44 40m - / -9 OE4AHG -17 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

20m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
150445 -11 1172  DL4VAC RX3ASQ -16
185415  -7 1245  DL4VAC UD8D -12 (x2)
80m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
184345 -11  620  DL2026C DL4VAC R-08
184430  +4  621  DL4VAC SP9JMZ JO90 (x3)
184730  -9  988  DL4VAC DO1NPM -13
184745 -20  986  DO1NPM DL4VAC R+10
184800 -14  988  DL4VAC DO1NPM RR73
184815 -17  987  DO1NPM DL4VAC 73
40m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
144430 -14 1278  DL4VAC OE4AHG -09 (x2)
181530 -14 1485  DL4VAC 9A3DVE RR73

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