IK4BQX — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Italy Most frequent locator attributed to this token: JN64

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving IK4BQX, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 131 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 160m, 80m, 40m, 20m, across 13 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-07-22 and 2026-09-14.

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 131 FT8 messages attributed to IK4BQX 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 (66%), followed by 40 m (19%) and 80 m (8%). Most decodes (69%) fell within the six-hour window 16:00-22:00 UTC. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's strong S/N range (77%); the estimated median was -4 dB.

Overview

131

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-4 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

160m · 8 80m · 11 40m · 25 20m · 87

First attributed message: 2026-07-22
Last attributed message: 2026-09-14 20:19 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 131 messages
Active dates: 13 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -4 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -12 to +3 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 4, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 26, strong (≥ -8 dB) 101.

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 IK4BQX in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Z31PM · North Macedonia BA5AN · China BG7BMG · China BI4JJO · China HC7AE · Ecuador HG8LXL · Hungary HK3C · Colombia HS0ZOY · Thailand PD1PSR · Netherlands XU7O · Cambodia XV9T · Vietnam XW4KV · Laos

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 IK4BQX

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: JN64 · 98 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 897 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-14 20:19 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	IK4BQX S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-14 20:17	160m	-6 / -22	Z31PM	-7 / -7	8	✓ Full exchange observed
09-11 21:27	40m	-6 / -	D44TWO	- / -	3	Partial capture
09-11 21:20	40m	-6 / -	D44TWO	- / -	6	Partial capture
09-11 21:02	40m	-5 / -	PY8WW	- / -	5	Partial capture
08-31 21:59	40m	- / -24	RL3K	-3 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-31 20:52	40m	-11 / -	RI1FJL	- / -	4	Partial capture
08-31 18:39	40m	-13 / -	EA6ZS	-5 / -	2	✓ Closing observed
08-20 18:47	20m	-9 / -	D2IM	- / -	6	Partial capture
08-20 18:39	40m	-16 / -15	GW4HZA	-11 / -12	2	Partial capture
08-14 22:08	20m	-5 / -	CE7VP	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-12 19:31	20m	-3 / -	BU2FW	- / -15	4	Partial capture
08-11 16:21	20m	+2 / -	<...>	- / -15	4	Partial capture
08-11 16:18	20m	-4 / -	8B81JB	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-11 16:15	20m	+8 / -	BI4JJO	- / -8	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-11 16:13	20m	+1 / -	XU7O	- / -11	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-11 09:34	20m	-4 / -	PE9JAN	-8 / -3	3	Partial capture
08-11 09:33	20m	-4 / -14	PD1PSR	-9 / -	4	✓ Closing observed
08-11 09:32	20m	0 / -	EK1KE	- / -7	2	Partial capture
08-09 17:44	20m	+3 / -	BU2FW	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-08 20:50	20m	-5 / -	XW4KV	- / -9	11	✓ Closing fragment
08-08 20:48	20m	-1 / -	HS0ZOY	- / -4	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-08 20:46	20m	-2 / -	BG7BMG	- / -7	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-08 20:45	20m	+3 / -	BA5AN	- / -13	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-08 20:43	20m	-3 / -	XV9T	- / -3	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-07 18:39	80m	-10 / -	UA4FKT	+18 / -7	4	Partial capture
08-07 18:37	80m	-7 / -21	LZ2INP	+10 / -10	5	✓ Full exchange observed
08-07 18:35	80m	-2 / -	SV9MBH	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-07 06:24	20m	-6 / -	OH0ERF	- / -	5	Partial capture
08-04 21:05	80m	-1 / -	TN8GD	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-04 18:15	40m	- / -15	S57AM	-12 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-04 07:54	40m	- / -9	OK1VM	+2 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-03 18:24	40m	- / -12	F5RRS	-17 / -	2	Partial capture
07-22 08:18	20m	+2 / -	HZ1TT	- / -	3	Partial capture
07-22 08:08	20m	-7 / -	YV5ULO	- / -	12	Partial capture
07-22 08:06	20m	0 / -	HG8LXL	- / -2	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-22 08:01	20m	+2 / -	HC7AE	- / -20	10	✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

160m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
200230  -9 2524  OK1DXR IK4BQX JN64 (x2)
201715  -9 2722  Z31PM IK4BQX JN64 (x5)
201930  -6 2413  IK4BQX Z31PM -22
201945 -11 2722  Z31PM IK4BQX R-07
202000  -8 2414  IK4BQX Z31PM RR73

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
210345  -9 2909  PY8WW IK4BQX JN64 (x4)
210815  -8 2910  D44TWO IK4BQX JN64 (x10)
200045  -6 3046  TN8GD IK4BQX JN64

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
162315  -2 2993  <...> IK4BQX R-15
193130  +4 2988  BU2FW IK4BQX JN64 (x4)
220415  -5 2817  HK3C IK4BQX 73
220800  -4 2725  CE7VP IK4BQX JN64 (x2)
184715 -18 3201  D2IM IK4BQX JN64 (x7)

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
210545  +1 2691  TN8GD IK4BQX JN64 (x2)
183315 -17 2816  IK4BQX DO1RW JO31
183330  +3 2816  UB8A IK4BQX JN64
183530  -4 2816  SV9MBH IK4BQX JN64 (x2)
183715  -9 2816  LZ2INP IK4BQX JN64
183730  +9  460  IK4BQX LZ2INP -21
183745  -5 2816  LZ2INP IK4BQX R-10
183800 +12  460  IK4BQX LZ2INP RR73
183815  -8 2816  LZ2INP IK4BQX 73
183900 +16 2816  IK4BQX UA4FKT LO23 (x2)
183945  -9 2817  UA4FKT IK4BQX -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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