JF1FAO — FT8 station from Japan

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Amateur radio station JF1FAO operating from Japan. 44 FT8 spots received at SO8OO WebSDR, active on 20m, over 6 days, best SNR +22 dB. Heard between 2026-04-21 and 2026-05-12.

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Overview

44
Total spots
0
CQ calls
6
Days active
+1 dB
Avg SNR

Bands

20m
First seen: 2026-04-21
Last seen: 2026-05-12 21:02 UTC

Frequent QSO partners observed at SO8OO

Stations JF1FAO worked most often, as logged from our receiver:

Activity Heatmap

Location

QSO Logbook (as observed from SO8OO)

Format: our rx / partner reports

TimeBandJF1FAOPartnerPartner SNRMsgs
05-12 23:02 20m -9 / - BI6NYO - / -14 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 22:26 20m +12 / - F6IRA - / -12 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 22:22 20m +6 / - CU2AP - / -20 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 21:46 20m - / - EB5BZM -19 / - 2 Partial
05-12 21:44 20m - / - SP8ADU -21 / - 2 Partial
05-12 21:40 20m +2 / -11 EA5FDA -18 / -15 6 ✓ Complete
05-12 21:39 20m +9 / -13 EA5BLP -18 / -19 3 Partial
05-12 21:37 20m - / - YO6KGS -20 / - 3 Partial
05-12 21:36 20m - / -5 DL3LBK -18 / - 2 Partial
05-12 21:34 20m - / - SP7WIT -20 / - 2 Partial
05-12 21:32 20m - / -11 SP6AXW -19 / - 4 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 21:30 20m +12 / -14 SV9TLU -20 / -21 6 ✓ Complete
05-12 21:28 20m - / - 9H4JX -20 / - 3 Partial
05-12 21:26 20m - / -6 SP4MSY -18 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 21:24 20m - / - OK4PA -20 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 21:23 20m - / - SP7CS -21 / - 2 Partial
05-12 21:21 20m - / - EA5AX -21 / - 3 Partial
05-12 21:19 20m - / -12 DL1EHG -20 / - 2 Partial
05-12 21:09 20m +8 / - 4L3YL - / -17 2 Partial
05-11 21:44 20m -2 / - EA3IDY - / -14 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-10 22:46 20m +14 / - EA8UP - / -19 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-07 22:08 20m +5 / - IU4QQE - / -10 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-07 21:53 20m +8 / - YT3D - / -10 2 Partial
05-07 21:46 20m - / -4 UT5MD -12 / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-07 21:43 20m -12 / - BH5HIE - / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-06 23:02 20m +22 / - EA4ETU - / -16 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-06 22:06 20m -17 / - JT1NQ - / -2 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-06 21:58 20m +2 / - TF4M - / -15 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-21 23:10 20m -10 / - SX8LGT - / -10 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-21 23:06 20m -2 / - SV0TPN - / -13 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-21 22:14 20m 0 / - A61CK - / -15 3 ✓ Confirmed

Station Log

20m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
214215 -17  201  EA5FDA JF1FAO 73
214345 -19  201  PA3R JF1FAO PM96
214415 -20  201  SP8ADU JF1FAO PM96 (x2)
214545 -19  201  EA3FH JF1FAO PM96
214615 -20  201  EB5BZM JF1FAO PM96 (x2)
214900 -23  201  TF8KW JF1FAO PM96
222215  +5 1174  JF1FAO CU2AP -20 (x2)
222615 +13 2026  JF1FAO F6IRA -12 (x2)
223215  -7 2693  JF1FAO CR7BUJ -17
230215  -9 1414  JF1FAO BI6NYO -14 (x2)

SNR History by Band