IW8PQ — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,893 messages

Active dates

57 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-16.4 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-22 to -3.2 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 1,062, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 477, 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 · 1,200 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,381 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-16 03:58 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
034930 -10 1187  CQ IW8PQ JM78 (x4)
035230 -16 1187  EW2RA IW8PQ JM78
035245  +2 1630  IW8PQ EW2RA -10
035300  -8 1187  EW2RA IW8PQ R-08
035315  -5 1630  IW8PQ EW2RA RR73
035330  -9 1187  EW2RA IW8PQ 73
035445 -17 1187  W1IE IW8PQ JM78
035745 -17 1187  F6ICX IW8PQ JM78 (x3)
040100  +4  427  IW8PQ F6ICX -19 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
024500 -21 2092  SP5DUJ IW8PQ 73
024530 -22 2091  CQ IW8PQ JM78 (x10)
025445 -20 2091  IW8PQ F4FPR IN88 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
091000 -16  996  CQ IW8PQ JM78
091200 -17  996  DN9KL IW8PQ 73
091230 -16  996  CQ IW8PQ JM78 (x4)
091600 -13  996  R2FEA IW8PQ R+08
091800 -12  996  SQ5WBW IW8PQ RR73
091900 -15  996  CQ IW8PQ JM78 (x7)

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

UTC    dB Audio  Message
031845 +13 2529  IW8PQ 9A2AJ -07
032215  +6 2509  IW8PQ IQ4JO JN63 (x3)

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.