F5AKY — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: France Most frequent locator attributed to this token: IN98

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving F5AKY, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 70 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, 40m, 20m, 10m, across 13 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-07 and 2026-09-18.

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 70 FT8 messages attributed to F5AKY as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 13 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 20 m (50%), followed by 40 m (26%) and 80 m (20%). Several six-hour UTC windows tied for the largest share (63%), so no unique busiest interval is claimed. Received S/N was mixed across SO8OO's weak, moderate and strong ranges; the estimated median was -10 dB.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-10 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

80m · 14 40m · 18 20m · 35 10m · 3

First attributed message: 2026-06-07
Last attributed message: 2026-09-18 18:17 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 70 messages
Active dates: 13 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -10 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -15 to +2 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 5, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 40, strong (≥ -8 dB) 25.

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 F5AKY in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

BU2GU · Taiwan A61CK · United Arab Emirates BU2FW · Taiwan ER3CT · Moldova ES2DR · Estonia IU2HUQ · Italy OH6IH · Finland R1QF · European Russia RN6MA · European Russia SP1JQJ · Poland UN8DSW · Kazakhstan DG2EBG · 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 F5AKY

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: IN98 · 14 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 1,657 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-18 18:16 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	F5AKY S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-18 18:17	40m	- / -	PA3AGN	-9 / -	2	Partial capture
09-18 18:15	40m	0 / -	DG2EBG	-9 / -12	3	✓ Closing observed
09-18 18:12	80m	- / -9	DO1MDO	-2 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
09-18 18:12	80m	- / -	HF9D	+15 / -	2	Partial capture
09-12 06:45	40m	-11 / -	ZL3TUX	- / -15	7	Partial capture
09-12 06:41	40m	-13 / -	OA4ENG	- / -12	3	Partial capture
09-04 16:18	40m	- / -	DM2AL	-9 / -	3	Partial capture
09-04 16:16	40m	-8 / +7	SP0YAGI	-16 / -6	2	Partial capture
08-31 17:49	80m	- / -	OK1VKX	+6 / -	5	Partial capture
08-31 17:48	80m	- / -9	DL3MIB	0 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-31 17:48	80m	- / -	OK1UOZ	+20 / -	9	Partial capture
08-29 08:00	20m	-10 / -	ZL2BX	- / -20	3	Partial capture
08-29 07:48	20m	-6 / -	VK3VM	- / -16	2	Partial capture
08-28 19:15	20m	- / -16	TA1BX	-3 / -	7	Partial capture
08-28 19:00	80m	-7 / -	ZS6WAB	- / -10	2	Partial capture
08-28 18:53	80m	-16 / -13	RA2FU	-3 / -16	4	✓ Full exchange observed
08-28 18:50	80m	-14 / -	M8PGT	- / -4	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-28 18:48	80m	-13 / -	DG1ASD	-6 / -5	2	✓ Closing observed
08-28 18:47	80m	-13 / -13	YO4NT	+6 / -5	3	✓ Full exchange observed
08-22 10:46	20m	- / -	DL1YS	-9 / -	2	Partial capture
08-17 17:14	20m	+6 / -	IU2HUQ	- / -16	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-17 17:10	20m	-3 / -	BU2FW	- / -18	5	✓ Closing fragment
08-16 09:13	20m	-2 / -	OH6IH	- / -24	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-16 07:23	40m	- / -12	SP9UPH	-6 / -	3	Partial capture
08-16 07:16	40m	- / -	UT4PA	-4 / -	2	Partial capture
07-08 16:12	20m	- / -	DL3MIB	-12 / -	2	Partial capture
07-08 16:07	20m	-13 / -8	SP1JQJ	+1 / -11	5	✓ Full exchange observed
07-08 16:02	20m	-14 / -16	RN6MA	-14 / -7	4	✓ Full exchange observed
07-08 16:00	20m	- / -	SP6AXW	-10 / -	2	Partial capture
07-08 15:59	20m	-13 / -9	JY5IB	-19 / -7	2	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
064515 -14 1535  ZL3TUX F5AKY IN98 (x5)
064900  -8  777  CT2HEX F5AKY IN98
064945 -11  777  ZL3TUX F5AKY IN98 (x2)
181545  -9  899  F5AKY DG2EBG JO31
181600  -2  898  CQ F5AKY IN98
181630  +2  898  DG2EBG F5AKY -12 (x2)
181715 -11 1141  F5AKY PA3AGN JO22
181730  +0  898  2E0UMK F5AKY -16
181745  -7 1142  F5AKY PA3AGN JO22

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
175115  +9  547  F5AKY OK1VKX JN69
175115 +25 2819  F5AKY OK1UOZ JO70 (x4)
180945 -22 1571  EA6ET F5AKY -03
181045 -14 2706  CQ F5AKY IN98 (x3)
181200 +15 2457  F5AKY HF9D JO90
181200  -6 2014  F5AKY DO1MDO JO50
181230 +15 2457  F5AKY HF9D JO90
181230  -1 2013  F5AKY DO1MDO JO50 (x3)

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
104645 -11  646  F5AKY DL1YS JO40 (x2)
170215  +3 1604  RI1FJL F5AKY -01
191500  -7 1153  F5AKY TA1BX R-16 (x7)
074830  -8 1128  VK3VM F5AKY -16 (x2)
080000 -11 1197  ZL2BX F5AKY -20 (x3)

10m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
075645 -23 1358  BU2GU F5AKY RR73

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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