EA5BY — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Spain

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving EA5BY, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 9 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 60m, 10m, across 2 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-08-11 and 2026-08-27.

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 9 FT8 messages attributed to EA5BY as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 2 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 60 m (78%), followed by 10 m (22%). In this small sample, the estimated median decoder S/N was -16 dB; no usual signal pattern is inferred.

Overview

9
Messages attributed
2
UTC dates decoded
3
Active 15-min windows
-16 dB
Estimated median S/N

Bands

First attributed message: 2026-08-11
Last attributed message: 2026-08-27 18:53 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample
9 messages
Active dates
2 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N
-16 dB
S/N percentile sample
Too small
Recurring-pattern threshold
Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 5, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 0, strong (≥ -8 dB) 4.

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 EA5BY 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 UTCBandEA5BY S/NCounterpartCounterpart S/NMsgsCapture
08-27 18:52 60m -16 / -7 SP8AWL +10 / -8 6 ✓ Full exchange observed
08-27 18:52 60m -19 / -11 YO5QDI +8 / -13 5 Partial capture
08-27 18:50 60m - / - IK4CBO -10 / - 4 Partial capture
08-27 18:50 60m -17 / -7 YO6LM +2 / - 5 ✓ Closing observed
08-27 18:49 60m -19 / +1 ER1CW -15 / - 3 ✓ Closing observed
08-11 22:38 60m -3 / - 9J2FI - / -20 2 ✓ Closing fragment
08-11 22:16 10m -4 / - F5MYK - / -7 2 ✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

60m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
185145  +3 2286  EA5BY YO6LM 73
185145  -8 2031  EA5BY IK4CBO JN54
185215 -19 2230  YO5QDI EA5BY -13
185215 +12 2446  EA5BY SP8AWL KO11
185215  -9 2031  EA5BY IK4CBO JN54
185245  +8 2446  EA5BY SP8AWL KO11
185300 +10 2969  EA5BY YO5QDI R-11
185300 -16 2231  SP8AWL EA5BY -08
185315  +7 2446  EA5BY SP8AWL R-07
185330  +5 2969  EA5BY YO5QDI R-11
185330 -16 2231  SP8AWL EA5BY RR73
185345 -18 1776  EA5BY YO4FRF KN44
185345 +11 2446  EA5BY SP8AWL 73
185400 +11 2969  EA5BY YO5QDI R-11 (x2)
10m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
221630  -7 2690  F5MYK EA5BY -07 (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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