IK5AEQ — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

166 messages

Active dates

6 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

+8 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-3 to +17 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 0, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 8, strong (≥ -8 dB) 158.

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 IK5AEQ 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 IK5AEQ

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

JN53 · 115 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,089 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-10-19 21:21 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.

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

UTC    dB Audio  Message
201830 -17  279  IK5AEQ ON4MAP JO20
201845  +8 2615  CQ DX IK5AEQ JN53 (x6)
202145  +6 2615  DC9GT IK5AEQ -12 (x2)
203015  -7 2517  VU3OSA IK5AEQ JN53 (x2)
203115  -2 2517  JF1KWI IK5AEQ JN53 (x2)
212100 -14 2517  BD3PPH IK5AEQ JN53 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
205330  -6 2479  OH0Z IK5AEQ JN53
214900 -13 2479  EA8BS IK5AEQ JN53 (x3)
215030 -10 2479  CQ DX IK5AEQ JN53
215045 -17 1212  IK5AEQ HB9HRR JN47
215100 -11 2479  CQ DX IK5AEQ JN53

UTC    dB Audio  Message
212400  +8 2480  CQ DX IK5AEQ JN53
212645  +4 2480  IK5AEQ YO3FWL KN24 (x2)
212915 -19 1784  IK5AEQ EA2EWL IN91 (x6)
214430  +2 2480  CQ DX IK5AEQ JN53 (x3)
214630  -2 2480  EA1JVG IK5AEQ -18 (x2)
214730  +1 2480  CQ DX IK5AEQ JN53

UTC    dB Audio  Message
181630 +17 2653  CT1END/P IK5AEQ JN53
181700  +0 1213  IK5AEQ RU3QR -10
181700 +19 2653  CT1END/P IK5AEQ JN53
181730  -9 1213  IK5AEQ RU3QR -10 (x6)
192645 -11 2653  EX7DY IK5AEQ JN53 (x4)
193400  -3 1214  IK5AEQ OK2VCR JN89 (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.