JQ7GAD — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Japan Most frequent locator attributed to this token: QN01

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving JQ7GAD, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 2 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 20m, across 1 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Last observed 2026-08-23.

These are automated observations at the SO8OO receiver, not an official contact log. Times are UTC. Attribution follows decoded FT8 message structure: CQ uses the first token and directed-looking messages use the second. Free text that resembles a directed message can be attributed imperfectly. Summary S/N reflects propagation plus SO8OO receiver, antenna and local-noise conditions. Counts are not adjusted for monitoring outages; transmissions that were not decoded are absent. Inferred entity and location data may be inaccurate for portable, remote or special-event operation.

SO8OO decoded 2 FT8 messages attributed to JQ7GAD as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 1 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The available sample contains attributed decodes on 20 m (100%). The sample is too small to infer a recurring UTC-hour or received-S/N pattern.

Overview

2
Messages attributed
1
UTC dates decoded
1
Active 15-min windows
-
S/N pattern not inferred

Bands

First attributed message: 2026-08-23
Last attributed message: 2026-08-23 21:18 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample
2 messages
Active dates
1 UTC dates
S/N summary
Too few decodes
S/N percentile sample
Too small
Recurring-pattern threshold
Not met

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. The sample does not meet the threshold for a recurring time or signal-pattern claim (20 attributed messages, three UTC dates and five distinct 15-minute windows).

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with JQ7GAD in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to JQ7GAD

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
QN01
SO8OO receiver locator
KN09VW
Locator-centre separation
8,253 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded
2026-08-23 21:18 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.

Time UTCBandJQ7GAD S/NCounterpartCounterpart S/NMsgsCapture
09-17 20:37 80m - / -12 UR5EDX +12 / - 4 ✓ Closing fragment
09-03 22:41 40m - / - PE1NPS +1 / - 4 Partial capture
09-03 19:02 40m - / -20 EX7CQ -6 / - 2 Partial capture
08-25 13:20 20m - / - 4L7T -3 / - 3 Partial capture
08-25 13:17 20m - / -8 A61FJ -20 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment
08-24 14:05 20m - / - R7DX -2 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment
08-17 13:05 20m - / -13 RX3ASQ -6 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

80m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
203730 +13 1617  JQ7GAD UR5EDX KN78 (x4)
40m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
141845 +17  544  JQ7GAD UR1CCT KN69
190200  -7 1735  JQ7GAD EX7CQ -20 (x2)
224115  +2 2511  JQ7GAD PE1NPS JO22 (x4)
20m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
130515  -5 1308  JQ7GAD RX3ASQ -13 (x2)
211545 -20 1227  SP8NR JQ7GAD 73
211800 -16 1227  OM7AMA JQ7GAD QN01
140515 -11 1800  JQ7GAD R7DX KN84 (x2)
131715 -20 1855  JQ7GAD A61FJ -08 (x2)
132015  -4  359  JQ7GAD 4L7T LN21 (x3)
222245  -7 1386  JQ7GAD IZ0RDM -09

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