DL5WS — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Fed. Rep. of Germany Most frequent locator attributed to this token: JO61

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving DL5WS, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 166 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, 60m, 40m, 20m, across 5 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-17 and 2026-09-17.

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 166 FT8 messages attributed to DL5WS as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 5 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 20 m (35%), followed by 80 m (33%) and 40 m (28%). Most decodes (100%) fell within the six-hour window 16:00-22:00 UTC. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's strong S/N range (96%); the estimated median was +4 dB.

Overview

166

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

+4 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

80m · 55 60m · 6 40m · 47 20m · 58

First attributed message: 2026-06-17
Last attributed message: 2026-09-17 17:58 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 166 messages
Active dates: 5 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: +4 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -6 to +12 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 2, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 5, strong (≥ -8 dB) 159.

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 DL5WS in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

DH1VY · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 K2A · United States K2H · United States K2I · United States K2L · United States KE8UOH · United States TA3XEE · Asiatic Turkey PE9JAN · Netherlands RW9CC · Asiatic Russia UA3POG · European Russia UK8GG · Uzbekistan DA6WA · Fed. Rep. of Germany

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 DL5WS

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: JO61 · 112 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 642 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-17 17:50 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	DL5WS S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-17 17:55	80m	-8 / -	R6FY	- / -6	2	✓ Closing fragment
09-17 17:50	80m	+10 / -	SN40KZE	- / -1	2	Partial capture
09-17 17:47	80m	+13 / -5	DO9SAM	+7 / -	4	✓ Closing observed
09-17 17:39	80m	+11 / -	E70SZ	- / -	18	Partial capture
09-17 17:32	80m	+4 / -	R6FY	- / -	12	Partial capture
09-17 17:30	80m	+3 / -	UA3IDQ	- / -10	3	✓ Closing fragment
09-17 17:28	80m	+5 / -	UB8CQC/P	- / +2	2	Partial capture
09-17 17:25	80m	+10 / -4	ON7USB	+2 / 0	4	✓ Full exchange observed
09-17 17:23	80m	+2 / -17	R7AW	-11 / -15	8	Partial capture
09-01 19:56	40m	+10 / -8	9A170TESLA	-10 / -10	4	Partial capture
09-01 18:42	80m	- / -	DK7TX	-2 / -	2	Partial capture
09-01 18:41	80m	-10 / -	DH1VY	-13 / +1	3	✓ Closing observed
09-01 18:39	80m	-2 / -	RI1FJL	- / -	4	Partial capture
09-01 16:51	40m	+13 / -	UK8GG	-10 / -12	8	✓ Closing observed
09-01 16:39	40m	+10 / -	VJ6X	- / -	12	Partial capture
09-01 16:33	40m	+8 / -	VJ6X	- / -	5	Partial capture
09-01 16:29	40m	+8 / -14	RW9CC	-10 / -12	7	✓ Full exchange observed
09-01 16:27	40m	+10 / -	VJ6X	- / -	4	Partial capture
09-01 16:23	40m	+11 / -	PE9JAN	-12 / -	6	✓ Full exchange observed
09-01 16:23	40m	+8 / -15	UA3POG	-11 / -3	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-01 16:21	40m	+12 / -	DH1VY	-14 / +9	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-01 16:19	40m	+9 / -	UK8GG	- / -	5	Partial capture
08-18 18:32	60m	-2 / -	OJ0YL	- / +3	2	Partial capture
08-18 18:27	60m	0 / -	OJ0YL	- / -	4	Partial capture
07-07 21:06	20m	+2 / -	TA3XEE	- / -24	4	✓ Closing fragment
07-07 21:03	20m	+2 / -	K2L	- / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
07-07 21:01	20m	+4 / -	K2A	- / +2	3	✓ Closing fragment
07-07 20:56	20m	+3 / -	K2A	- / -	5	Partial capture
07-07 20:51	20m	0 / -	K2L	- / -20	7	Partial capture
07-07 20:13	20m	-3 / -	KE8UOH	- / -13	5	✓ Closing fragment
07-07 20:09	20m	- / -	SP6AXW	-1 / -	2	Partial capture
07-07 20:07	20m	-6 / -	<...>	- / -14	2	Partial capture
07-07 20:04	20m	0 / -	K2H	- / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
07-07 20:00	20m	-7 / -	K2I	- / -8	4	✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
174530 +14  782  E70SZ DL5WS JO61 (x5)
174745  +5  782  DL5WS DO9SAM JO61 (x2)
174830 +13  782  DO9SAM DL5WS RR73
174845  +7  781  DL5WS DO9SAM 73
175045 +10  782  SN40KZE DL5WS JO61
175100 +17 1029  DL5WS 3Z100PKP +01
175115  +9  782  SN40KZE DL5WS R-01
175500  -9  782  R6FY DL5WS R-06 (x2)
175830  -4  782  DA6WA DL5WS RR73

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
164500 +12  784  VJ6X DL5WS JO61 (x3)
165130 +13  784  UK8GG DL5WS JO61 (x2)
165215 -12 1392  DL5WS UK8GG RR73
165230 +17  784  UK8GG DL5WS R-12
165245 -11 1392  DL5WS UK8GG RR73
165300 +13  784  UK8GG DL5WS R-12
165315  -7 1392  DL5WS UK8GG RR73
165330 +12  784  UK8GG DL5WS R-12
195645  +7 1897  <9A170TESLA> DL5WS JO61 (x2)
195730 -10 1330  DL5WS 9A170TESLA -08
195745 +11 1898  9A170TESLA DL5WS R-10

60m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
182745  +2 2084  OJ0YL DL5WS JO61 (x6)
183330  -7 1807  DL5WS RR73; PA1CW <...> -06

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
205745  +3 1924  K2A DL5WS JO61 (x3)
210045  +1  978  K2L DL5WS JO61
210145  +7  978  K2A DL5WS JO61 (x3)
210345  +2  978  K2L DL5WS JO61 (x4)
210645  +2  978  TA3XEE DL5WS -24 (x4)

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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