IW8PQ — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,962 messages

Active dates

61 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-17 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-22 to -4 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 1,126, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 482, strong (≥ -8 dB) 354.

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 IW8PQ 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 IW8PQ

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

JM78 · 1,261 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,381 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-11-06 09:29 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
091530 -15  996  CQ IW8PQ JM78
091600 -13  996  R2FEA IW8PQ R+08
091800 -12  996  SQ5WBW IW8PQ RR73
091900 -15  996  CQ IW8PQ JM78 (x7)
143115 -19 1175  IW8PQ K2RKJ RRR (x2)
134030 +18 2802  IW8PQ CN8WK RR73
083600 -12  745  IW8PQ 6W/IK2HKT -17
092900 -17 1985  CQ IW8PQ JM78

UTC    dB Audio  Message
045430  -5 1466  IW8PQ HB9DGR 73
050245 -17 1932  IW8PQ F5OWT -09 (x2)
052630  -5 1413  IW8PQ DH3KR -23 (x2)
041800 -10 1692  IW8PQ Z35T -18 (x3)
042700 -11 1617  IW8PQ F1IQH JN27 (x5)
050045  +4  450  IW8PQ PA4PA -11 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
153415 -10 1197  IW8PQ IK2OPW -10 (x2)
153615 -14 2188  IW8PQ S56MLZ JN76 (x3)
154230 -21 1198  F1IQH IW8PQ -17
154315 -15 1198  IW8PQ F1IQH 73
154815  -7 1197  IW8PQ IZ5FSO 73
155145  +9 2362  IW8PQ OM3PC JN88 (x3)
155645  -5 1286  IW8PQ 9A4LT 73
160200 -22 1198  CQ IW8PQ JM78
145630  +0 2256  IW8PQ YO3JW -13 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
162945 -15 2564  IW8PQ OE5DML JN78 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
072145  -2 2135  IW8PQ 2W0YOX 73
074345  -7 2136  IW8PQ F4EDB IN96 (x3)
074730 -18 2138  CQ IW8PQ JM78 (x3)
080000 -17 2137  DL1HEW IW8PQ RR73
080215 -19 1475  IW8PQ IU1DXU -04 (x2)
080500 -22 2135  CQ IW8PQ JM78                         a1 (x2)
080545 -24 1698  IW8PQ OK2CNI JN79 (x2)
081400 -13  367  IW8PQ MI7RDK IO74

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.