HC5F — FT8 station from Ecuador

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Amateur radio station HC5F operating from Ecuador. 432 FT8 spots received at SO8OO WebSDR, 84 CQ calls, active on 60m, 40m, 20m, over 21 days, best SNR +22 dB. Heard between 2026-04-21 and 2026-06-20.

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Overview

432
Total spots
84
CQ calls
21
Days active
-5 dB
Avg SNR

Bands

20m 40m 60m
First seen: 2026-04-21
Last seen: 2026-06-20 02:00 UTC

Frequent QSO partners observed at SO8OO

Stations HC5F worked most often, as logged from our receiver:

Activity Heatmap

Location

QSO Logbook (as observed from SO8OO)

Format: our rx / partner reports

TimeBandHC5FPartnerPartner SNRMsgs
06-20 03:59 20m -7 / - EA5JFO - / -18 2 Partial
06-20 03:49 20m -9 / - KB8LJL - / -19 12 ✓ Confirmed
06-20 03:32 20m -15 / - EA7ICA - / - 9 Partial
06-20 03:30 20m +11 / - RA3TKS - / -13 4 Partial
06-17 03:18 20m -19 / - AC4YD - / - 4 Partial
06-17 03:17 20m 0 / - W1CCO - / - 2 Partial
06-11 04:18 20m -4 / - UA3SAO - / -15 3 Partial
06-05 04:06 20m - / -11 DD1OO -13 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-05 04:03 20m +6 / - UB8CPH - / -15 3 Partial
06-05 03:58 20m -8 / -16 RZ9A -18 / -22 10 ✓ Complete
06-05 03:51 20m - / -11 LX1TI -16 / - 6 Partial
06-05 03:15 20m +1 / - UN6LN - / - 3 Partial
06-05 03:12 20m +8 / - R9SAP - / - 2 Partial
06-05 03:12 20m -9 / - R6UA - / - 2 Partial
06-05 03:11 20m - / -4 WB3JUV -17 / - 2 Partial
05-31 05:42 40m -17 / - EI8IU - / - 2 Partial
05-31 05:25 40m -13 / - F5LQ - / -18 3 Partial
05-31 05:21 40m +6 / - F5JSQ - / - 2 Partial
05-31 05:12 40m +10 / - DG8NCO - / -18 11 Partial
05-31 05:12 40m +1 / - IK6HSM - / - 4 Partial
05-31 05:12 40m +4 / - IW4EGX - / - 2 Partial
05-31 04:53 40m -5 / - ON6AO - / - 3 Partial
05-31 04:52 40m -14 / - SV1ENM - / - 2 Partial
05-31 04:42 40m +6 / - DL9FCY - / -21 9 ✓ Confirmed
05-31 04:10 60m +12 / - S56P - / - 6 Partial
05-31 03:53 60m -2 / - LZ2HN - / - 3 Partial
05-28 04:36 20m +4 / - UF8C - / -13 8 ✓ Confirmed
05-26 05:16 20m -10 / - EA2BUW - / - 5 Partial
05-25 04:25 20m -20 / - SP7IIT - / -11 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-25 04:24 20m - / -10 AA2BJ -15 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-25 04:08 20m -12 / - UA3SAO - / -15 2 Partial
05-25 04:02 20m +2 / - RX6ABW - / - 2 Partial
05-25 04:02 20m +14 / - R3MW - / - 7 Partial
05-25 03:59 20m +16 / - RC6OG -16 / -13 4 ✓ Verified
05-17 04:02 20m -5 / - VK7AC - / -11 4 Partial
05-17 03:56 20m -6 / - RO3R - / - 2 Partial
05-17 03:55 20m 0 / - R3DCM - / -17 4 Partial
05-17 03:47 20m 0 / - RC8SC - / - 2 Partial
05-11 04:56 40m -4 / - IK2JBY - / - 4 Partial
05-11 04:55 40m -10 / - F4IVZ - / - 8 Partial
05-11 04:46 40m -6 / - HB9IRO - / - 4 Partial
05-11 04:30 40m -8 / - SV1ENM - / - 14 Partial
05-11 04:27 40m -7 / - SV1ENM - / - 3 Partial
05-08 06:32 20m +3 / -12 F4EBT -21 / - 2 ✓ Verified
05-08 06:32 20m -13 / -19 M0IOW -23 / - 6 Partial
05-08 06:28 20m +6 / - F6FLU - / - 3 Partial
05-08 06:26 20m -1 / - F6EYB - / +2 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-08 06:16 20m -3 / - F4ISO - / - 8 Partial
05-08 06:06 20m -8 / - SV1DKR - / - 8 Partial
05-08 06:04 20m - / -10 TN8GD -9 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed

Station Log

20m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
034930 -13  631  HC5F KB8LJL EM89 (x9)
035430 -18 1150  HC5F R3DOF R-23
035430 -11  632  HC5F KB8LJL R-19 (x3)
035930 -13 1643  HC5F EA5JFO -18 (x2)
40m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
051330  -2  547  HC5F IK6HSM JN63
051400 +10  948  HC5F DG8NCO JO50 (x7)
052100  +6  620  HC5F F5JSQ JN29 (x2)
052530 -12 1622  HC5F F5LQ IN94 (x3)
054230 -16 1404  HC5F EI8IU IO63 (x2)
60m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
043400  -5 1564  HC5F SM5MRW JP80 (x2)
035330  -1 1401  HC5F LZ2HN KN23 (x3)
041045  -1 1008  HC5F PI4DX RR73
041045 +11 2672  HC5F S56P JN76 (x6)

SNR History by Band