IK2VFQ — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Italy Most frequent locator attributed to this token: JN45

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving IK2VFQ, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 886 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 160m, 80m, 60m, 40m, 20m, 10m, across 20 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-07-10 and 2026-09-12.

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 886 FT8 messages attributed to IK2VFQ as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 20 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 40 m (62%), followed by 80 m (26%) and 20 m (7%). Most decodes (84%) fell within the six-hour window 16:00-22:00 UTC. Received S/N was mixed across SO8OO's weak, moderate and strong ranges; the estimated median was -14.4 dB.

Overview

886

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

103

Active 15-min windows

-14.4 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

160m · 38 80m · 229 60m · 3 40m · 549 20m · 66 10m · 1

First attributed message: 2026-07-10
Last attributed message: 2026-09-12 19:21 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 886 messages
Active dates: 20 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -14.4 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -20 to -1 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 379, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 261, strong (≥ -8 dB) 246.

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 IK2VFQ in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

DK5WL · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 IQ2AAH · Italy ×2 OM1AN · Slovak Republic ×2 R7CD · European Russia ×2 E70SZ · Bosnia-Herzegovina ×2 F1PBZ · France ×2 HA3GX · Hungary ×2 OK2WMC · Czech Republic ×2 4Z5AV · Israel ×2 DO2XYZ · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 EA2DDG · Spain OK9DMR · Czech Republic

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 IK2VFQ

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: JN45 · 621 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 1,075 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-12 19:21 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	IK2VFQ S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-12 19:15	40m	-14 / -	II8IHBC	- / -3	2	Partial capture
09-12 07:09	40m	-8 / -	G3YPP/P	- / -13	2	Partial capture
09-11 21:26	80m	-11 / -	II7IAME	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-11 18:51	80m	+3 / -	EM70WWW	- / -	3	Partial capture
09-11 18:37	40m	-2 / -	II4IANT	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-11 18:35	40m	0 / -	II9IAGM	- / 0	2	Partial capture
08-31 11:47	20m	-11 / -12	II7MGBT	0 / +10	2	Partial capture
08-30 14:56	40m	-10 / -12	II7MGXX	-14 / -11	5	Partial capture
08-30 12:11	20m	-12 / +7	II7MGBT	-12 / -	4	Partial capture
08-28 20:20	40m	-10 / -	<...>	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-28 20:03	80m	-6 / -9	II7MGBA	-8 / +1	6	Partial capture
08-28 16:54	40m	-8 / -	II7MGLE	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-28 16:51	40m	-8 / -3	II7MGXX	-5 / -10	4	Partial capture
08-28 08:58	20m	-11 / -	II7MGBT	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-27 14:57	40m	-24 / -	<...>	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-27 10:22	20m	-10 / -	IT9GKD/P	- / -	4	Partial capture
08-27 10:17	20m	+7 / -	II7MGBT	- / -	4	Partial capture
08-26 21:03	80m	- / +3	IR7MGGC	0 / -	2	Partial capture
08-26 19:23	40m	-2 / -11	IR7MGGC	-12 / -6	3	Partial capture
08-26 19:20	40m	-2 / -15	II7MGMU	-12 / -11	3	Partial capture
08-26 19:09	80m	+5 / -	II7MGML	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-26 16:44	20m	- / -15	IR7MGGC	-4 / -	3	Partial capture
08-26 16:39	40m	-6 / -	II7MGXX	- / -	3	Partial capture
08-26 08:26	20m	+3 / -9	II7MGBT	+11 / -	5	Partial capture
08-26 08:22	40m	- / -	SP7ROM	-3 / -	3	Partial capture
08-26 08:21	40m	-20 / -	II7MGBT	- / -9	3	Partial capture
08-25 20:49	40m	-2 / -	II7MGXX	- / -10	2	Partial capture
08-21 22:09	80m	-15 / +6	II7MGBT	-7 / -	4	Partial capture
08-21 21:52	80m	+2 / -	II7MGXX	- / +7	2	Partial capture
08-21 15:25	20m	-9 / -23	<...>	-8 / -5	5	Partial capture
08-20 05:37	40m	-12 / -	IK2UCL	- / -	3	Partial capture
08-20 05:35	40m	-12 / -	EU1BO	-7 / -20	2	Partial capture
08-20 05:33	40m	- / -2	ES2AJ	-9 / -	3	Partial capture
08-20 05:32	40m	-5 / -	OK2PKT	- / 0	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-20 05:31	40m	- / -	G0BLB	-5 / -	4	Partial capture
08-20 05:30	40m	0 / -	WD4OBP	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-15 17:26	20m	- / -7	EW3DK	-14 / -	2	Partial capture
08-15 17:11	20m	- / -	UN7GBX	-14 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-15 16:36	20m	-22 / -	R9JAU	- / -12	2	Partial capture
08-15 16:20	20m	-22 / -	UB4CLL	-20 / -	2	✓ Closing observed
08-12 20:16	80m	-14 / -9	SV9MBH	-6 / -12	4	✓ Full exchange observed
07-26 19:42	40m	-21 / +3	IK2MMM	-13 / -10	5	✓ Full exchange observed
07-26 19:38	40m	-20 / -	G0MSE	- / -14	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-26 19:33	40m	-18 / -	RU6FK	-16 / -8	3	✓ Closing observed
07-26 19:32	40m	-20 / -7	R5AV	-15 / -6	4	✓ Full exchange observed
07-26 19:18	40m	-19 / -4	R3DAJ	+3 / -	5	✓ Full exchange observed
07-26 19:15	40m	-18 / -10	PD3FR	-20 / -4	5	✓ Full exchange observed
07-26 19:10	40m	-14 / -	PD4CAR	- / -5	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-26 18:52	40m	-17 / -5	SP9MOA	-17 / -10	5	✓ Full exchange observed
07-26 18:49	40m	- / -6	R9CS	-6 / -	4	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

60m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
191345 -15 2505  II7MGXX IK2VFQ JN45
184300 -13  870  II0IHMG IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
145730 -13 1473  II7MGXX IK2VFQ JN45
145745 -12 1474  IK2VFQ II7MGXX -12 (x2)
145830 -12 1473  II7MGXX IK2VFQ R-11
183515  -1 1838  II9IAGM IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
183600  -1 1838  IK2VFQ RR73; EA4IBF <...> -14
183715  -3 1306  II4IANT IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
070015 -12 1051  SN100PKP IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
070945 -10  933  G3YPP/P IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
191515 -15 1767  II8IHBC IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
200500  -5 1003  II7MGBA IK2VFQ JN45 (x3)
200615  -8 1003  IK2VFQ II7MGBA -09
200630  -8 1003  II7MGBA IK2VFQ R+01
204045  -9 1223  IK2VFQ II7MGXX -14
184915  +0 1242  IQ2AAH IK2VFQ R+07
185100  +3 1208  EM70WWW IK2VFQ JN45 (x3)
185330  +1 1207  <II7IAME> IK2VFQ JN45
205845  -5 1637  II8IHBC IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
212600  -9 1297  II7IAME IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
101815  +6 2104  II7MGBT IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
102230 -11 1748  IT9GKD/P IK2VFQ JN45 (x4)
085845 -13 2104  II7MGBT IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
121100 -10 2105  IK2VFQ II7MGBT +07
121115  -9 2105  II7MGBT IK2VFQ R+13
121130 -13 2104  IK2VFQ II7MGBT +07
121245 -14 2105  II7MGBT IK2VFQ R+12
114415  -8 1092  II7MGXX IK2VFQ R+07
114730  +0 2103  IK2VFQ II7MGBT -12
114745 -11 2102  II7MGBT IK2VFQ R+10

10m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
143130 -19 1442  CQ IK2VFQ JN45

160m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
203830 -16 1345  CQ IK2VFQ JN45 (x2)
203930 -16 1345  OK9DMR IK2VFQ RR73
204030 -18 1344  CQ IK2VFQ JN45                        a1 (x2)
204145  +1 1235  IK2VFQ R7CD KN94 (x2)
204230 -17 1345  R7CD IK2VFQ RR73
204245  +3 1235  IK2VFQ R7CD 73
204300 -15 1345  CQ IK2VFQ JN45                        a1 (x2)
204415 -10 2084  IK2VFQ ON8DM JO10 (x2)
204600 -18 1344  CQ IK2VFQ JN45 (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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