IW5AB — FT8 station from Italy

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Amateur radio station IW5AB operating from Italy. 32 FT8 spots received at SO8OO WebSDR, 1 CQ calls, active on 80m, 40m, 20m, 10m, over 9 days, best SNR +9 dB. Heard between 2026-05-16 and 2026-05-27.

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Overview

32
Total spots
1
CQ calls
9
Days active
-6 dB
Avg SNR

Bands

80m 20m 40m 10m
First seen: 2026-05-16
Last seen: 2026-05-27 04:19 UTC

Frequent QSO partners observed at SO8OO

Stations IW5AB worked most often, as logged from our receiver:

Activity Heatmap

Location

QSO Logbook (as observed from SO8OO)

Format: our rx / partner reports

TimeBandIW5ABPartnerPartner SNRMsgs
06-10 06:32 20m - / - VJ2L +1 / - 5 Partial
06-10 06:24 20m - / - VJ2L +1 / - 4 Partial
06-10 06:13 20m - / - VJ2L -2 / - 9 Partial
06-10 06:05 20m - / - VJ2L -2 / - 8 Partial
06-10 05:58 20m - / - VJ2L -6 / - 7 Partial
06-01 12:09 20m - / - OJ0Z +11 / - 7 Partial
05-31 14:25 20m - / - OJ0Z -9 / - 5 Partial
05-28 06:06 20m - / -12 D2UY -8 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-28 06:03 20m - / - CN8NS -7 / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-27 06:25 20m - / +4 EA9ACF -13 / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-27 06:21 20m - / -4 MI7XHT -6 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-27 06:19 20m -8 / - R2SN -8 / -10 2 ✓ Verified
05-27 05:36 20m - / - <...> -2 / - 6 Partial
05-27 05:31 20m - / - Z34K +2 / - 6 Partial
05-26 06:38 40m -16 / +4 4O4DB -6 / - 3 Partial
05-25 16:33 10m -21 / - EA8AQP - / -14 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-21 05:16 40m - / -3 SP5LST -10 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-21 05:12 40m - / +2 EA1IOK -10 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-21 05:12 40m -2 / -17 DL9KM -6 / - 6 ✓ Verified
05-21 05:10 40m -4 / - SX20RCK +1 / - 3 Partial
05-21 05:00 80m +5 / -13 HG8LXL -14 / -13 4 ✓ Complete
05-21 04:53 80m -7 / - G0BLB -16 / -21 3 ✓ Verified
05-21 04:48 80m - / -11 <...> -13 / - 7 Partial
05-20 20:40 80m - / - C31KC -12 / - 2 Partial
05-20 20:32 80m - / - UK8AEA +3 / - 7 Partial
05-20 20:28 20m -8 / - 7Z1FV - / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-20 20:06 80m - / -7 YT6DAV -2 / - 5 ✓ Confirmed
05-20 19:21 80m - / -17 EX7CQ +6 / - 11 ✓ Confirmed
05-20 19:17 80m - / -12 R90UUS +8 / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-20 18:41 40m - / +3 OZ7CL -1 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-20 17:14 40m -16 / - OH6IH -16 / -7 2 ✓ Verified
05-20 17:09 40m -13 / -2 R2FBW -5 / - 3 ✓ Verified
05-19 05:08 80m - / - W3UA -14 / - 4 Partial
05-18 19:02 80m - / - HG8LXL +10 / - 4 Partial
05-18 18:54 80m - / - VU2ADV -6 / - 2 Partial
05-18 05:11 40m -18 / -24 ES6DO -5 / -11 5 ✓ Complete
05-18 05:06 40m -2 / - OE4BHF -3 / +10 5 ✓ Complete
05-18 05:03 40m -1 / - DL9KM - / - 4 Partial
05-18 05:02 40m - / -12 EA2BUW +1 / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-18 05:00 40m - / - OE4BHF +4 / - 3 Partial
05-17 20:02 40m -4 / - IR3ORCO 0 / +6 5 Partial
05-16 16:59 20m - / - 4L3YL +3 / - 3 Partial

Station Log

20m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
061615  -4  733  VJ2L IW5AB JN53 (x15)
40m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
051300  -1 1872  IW5AB DL9KM JN68
051315  -7 2489  EA1IOK IW5AB RR73
051330  -4 1872  IW5AB DL9KM JN68
051415  -5 2490  DL9KM IW5AB -17 (x2)
051545  -7 2489  EB3JT IW5AB RR73
051615 -12 2489  CQ IW5AB JN53
051645 -10 2490  SP5LST IW5AB -03 (x2)
052245  -9 2489  EA5D IW5AB +06
063115  -7 1581  <...> IW5AB JN53
032945  +5 1258  3G0Z IW5AB JN53
063815  -7  860  4O4DB IW5AB JN53
063830 -16 1219  IW5AB 4O4DB +11
063845  -5  860  4O4DB IW5AB R+04
10m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
163315 -23 1687  IW5AB EA8AQP -14 (x2)
80m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
204500  +5 1481  C31KC IW5AB JN53
044845 -11  860  <...> IW5AB JN53 (x7)
045330  -3  607  IW5AB G0BLB R-21
045345 -16  860  G0BLB IW5AB RR73
045400 -11  607  IW5AB G0BLB 73
050015 -14 2434  HG8LXL IW5AB JN53
050100  +3 2435  IW5AB HG8LXL -13
050115 -13 2435  HG8LXL IW5AB R-13
050130  +7 2435  IW5AB HG8LXL RR73

SNR History by Band