GI7LOU — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,026 messages

Active dates

49 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-2 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-10 to +6 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 17, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 142, strong (≥ -8 dB) 867.

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 GI7LOU in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

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 GI7LOU

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

IO64 · 688 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

2,010 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-12 19:04 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.

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

UTC    dB Audio  Message
192045  -8 2904  V51WH GI7LOU IO64
223445 -11  914  Z62NS GI7LOU IO64
223500 +19  914  GI7LOU Z62NS -12
223515  -5  914  Z62NS GI7LOU R-04
223530 +14  913  GI7LOU Z62NS RR73
223530  +8 2479  GI7LOU IZ0BVU JN63
223545  -9  914  Z62NS GI7LOU 73
223600  +8 2479  GI7LOU IZ0BVU JN63
223600 -23 1675  GI7LOU CT2HEX IM58 (x2)
185645 -13 2903  V51WH GI7LOU -10 (x5)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
072715  -7 2940  VK3TZ GI7LOU RR73
072915  -6 2940  CQ VKZL GI7LOU IO64
072930  -1 2982  GI7LOU F4BYA JN19
072945  -5 2940  VK4DAD GI7LOU IO64
073000  -2 2981  GI7LOU F4BYA JN19
073015  -6 2940  VK4DAD GI7LOU R-18
073030  -3 2981  GI7LOU F4BYA JN19
073115  -7 2940  VK4DAD GI7LOU 73
163530  -3  615  GI7LOU R1BNJ KO59
163530  -4 2495  GI7LOU F1PBZ -16
163545  +0 2939  CQ ZS GI7LOU IO64 (x2)
181130  -9 1337  GI7LOU ON1DGN -07 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
211630 -11 1611  GI7LOU ER1CW -10
211645  -6  534  ER1CW GI7LOU R-17
211700 -13 1611  GI7LOU ER1CW RR73
211715  -7  534  ER1CW GI7LOU 73
211800 +17  637  GI7LOU LZ1GC KN22 (x3)
051845 -11  334  SN40KZE GI7LOU R-18
052045  -2  334  W4KWS GI7LOU -12
061345  -8  435  GI7LOU F1UFX -07 (x5)
212115  -5  433  4U1A GI7LOU IO64

UTC    dB Audio  Message
065130  -9 2858  KL7TC GI7LOU IO64
190045  -8 2863  YY0MJA GI7LOU IO64
062145  +3 2360  EP2AES GI7LOU IO64 (x4)
192215  -3 2861  CQ DX GI7LOU IO64
192230  -6 2859  GI7LOU DJ0MAB JN49
192315  -2 2861  CQ DX GI7LOU IO64
192330  -9 2473  GI7LOU F5PEG JN28 (x5)
192615  -6 2861  ON1DGN GI7LOU 73

UTC    dB Audio  Message
203900 -10  570  GI7LOU TK5K 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.