K2GAV — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States Most frequent locator attributed to this token: FM06

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving K2GAV, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 101 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, 40m, 20m, across 16 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-06 and 2026-09-06.

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 101 FT8 messages attributed to K2GAV as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 16 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 40 m (85%), followed by 20 m (13%) and 80 m (2%). Most decodes (98%) fell within the six-hour window 20:00-02:00 UTC. Received S/N was mixed across SO8OO's weak, moderate and strong ranges; the estimated median was -8 dB.

Overview

101

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-8 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

80m · 2 40m · 86 20m · 13

First attributed message: 2026-06-06
Last attributed message: 2026-09-06 00:30 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 101 messages
Active dates: 16 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -8 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -20 to -1 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 25, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 20, strong (≥ -8 dB) 56.

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 K2GAV in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

DL9KM · Fed. Rep. of Germany ×2 4L7T · Georgia 9K2OK · Kuwait GJ0KYZ · Jersey M6BLV · England TJ1GD · Cameroon TN8GD · Republic of the Congo 5B4AMM · Cyprus 8P6PD · Barbados 9K2GR · Kuwait EA7ALL · Spain EA9ABC · Ceuta & Melilla

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 K2GAV

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: FM06 · 39 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 7,672 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-06 00:29 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.

Time UTC	Band	K2GAV S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-18 00:57	160m	- / -	RA3DA	+17 / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 00:29	40m	0 / -8	T77NC	+6 / -22	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-06 00:28	40m	- / -	UB3BDJ	-12 / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 00:11	40m	- / -26	IW2MYH	-7 / -	3	Partial capture
09-06 00:09	40m	-1 / -	OU7K/P	-11 / +1	4	✓ Closing observed
09-06 00:07	40m	- / -	IU6UBV	-14 / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 00:07	40m	-4 / -	OZ3FYN/P	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-06 00:04	40m	-6 / +5	OZ7KJ/P	+10 / -8	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-06 00:01	40m	-2 / -12	EX7CQ	+6 / -17	6	✓ Full exchange observed
09-02 00:22	40m	-10 / -3	4X1UF	-8 / -	20	Partial capture
09-02 00:21	40m	- / -	UR9QQ	-13 / -	3	Partial capture
09-02 00:20	40m	-8 / +8	EA9ABC	-14 / +1	3	✓ Full exchange observed
09-02 00:17	40m	-8 / -	8P6PD	- / -12	3	✓ Closing fragment
09-02 00:16	40m	- / -13	EK/RX3DPK	+1 / -	2	Partial capture
09-02 00:10	40m	-4 / -	SP9YGD	- / -17	3	✓ Closing fragment
09-02 00:08	40m	-4 / -3	DL9KM	-12 / -16	6	✓ Full exchange observed
09-02 00:08	40m	- / -11	R2BQM	+1 / -	5	Partial capture
09-02 00:07	40m	-4 / -	<...>	- / -14	2	Partial capture
08-30 22:44	20m	-10 / +6	TJ1GD	-6 / +4	4	✓ Full exchange observed
08-29 00:00	80m	- / -17	IR7MGGC	-2 / -	2	Partial capture
08-28 01:09	80m	- / -7	MI7XHT	-7 / -	5	Partial capture
08-28 01:05	80m	- / -11	MM0KQC	-13 / -	3	Partial capture
08-28 01:05	80m	- / -21	DL1RWN	+17 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-28 00:36	80m	- / -15	SM6EHY	+15 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-28 00:28	80m	- / -12	LZ1KU	+16 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-26 23:42	40m	-11 / -17	MW7IDN	-20 / -	3	Partial capture
08-26 23:41	40m	-8 / -	EI9KF	- / -10	2	Partial capture
08-26 23:38	40m	-3 / -	SV9ANC	- / -	3	Partial capture
08-26 23:35	40m	+1 / 0	LB6NK	-14 / -24	6	✓ Full exchange observed
08-26 23:32	40m	-6 / -	HB9EFK	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-26 23:32	40m	- / -10	R2BQM	+3 / -	5	Partial capture
08-26 23:31	40m	-6 / -	SP9TBT	- / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-26 00:17	40m	- / -	UA6LIK	+8 / -	2	Partial capture
08-26 00:15	40m	-6 / -12	R6ZEJ	+8 / -9	9	✓ Full exchange observed
08-26 00:12	40m	-7 / +10	OS4K	-17 / -	5	✓ Closing observed
08-07 23:51	40m	-18 / -	RV3SBS/P	- / -18	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-07 23:48	40m	-16 / -	9K2GR	-23 / -	4	✓ Closing observed
08-07 23:42	40m	-20 / -	SA3LEN	- / -9	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-05 23:51	40m	-24 / -	UK8OM	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-05 23:35	40m	- / -10	R2RCQ	-16 / -	5	✓ Closing fragment
08-05 23:26	40m	- / +2	R4ZZ	-11 / -	3	Partial capture
08-04 23:26	40m	- / -	RV6LN	-16 / -	2	Partial capture
08-01 00:43	20m	-12 / -	4L7T	- / -5	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-01 00:42	20m	-11 / -10	TN8GD	-14 / -2	7	✓ Full exchange observed
07-28 23:57	40m	- / -5	RN3YN	-11 / -	7	Partial capture
07-28 23:56	40m	-20 / -5	IK6DLK	-1 / -15	5	✓ Full exchange observed
07-28 23:51	40m	-20 / +1	R4ZZ	-18 / -25	6	✓ Full exchange observed
07-28 23:38	40m	- / -7	LZ1SJ	-16 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-21 23:33	40m	- / -6	EA7ALL	-17 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
07-21 23:26	40m	- / -18	UA4FKT	-9 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

160m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
005745 +18 2428  K2GAV RA3DA KO95 (x2)

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
010530 +16 2684  K2GAV DL1RWN -18
010600 -13 1450  K2GAV MM0KQC -11
010600 +16 2683  K2GAV DL1RWN RR73
010630 -13 1450  K2GAV MM0KQC -11
010630 +19 2684  K2GAV DL1RWN 73
010930  -8 2463  K2GAV MI7XHT -07 (x5)
235930 -21 1852  K2GAV SM3ULU JP81
000030  -2 1792  K2GAV IR7MGGC -17 (x2)
000700 -19 1705  K2GAV G7RHF -09
003645 -13  579  K2GAV VP8A -07

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
001030 -11 2386  K2GAV OU7K/P RR73
001045  -2 1739  OU7K/P K2GAV 73
001100  -9 1854  K2GAV IW2MYH JN45 (x2)
001145  -2 1739  OZ7SKB/P K2GAV FM06
001200 -11 1854  K2GAV IW2MYH R-26
002545  -3 1139  OZ8MW/P K2GAV FM06
002615  +0 1140  SQ100PKP K2GAV R-16
002800 -12 1140  K2GAV UB3BDJ KO85 (x2)
002945  +1 1140  T77NC K2GAV FM06
003000  +5  499  K2GAV T77NC -08
003015  +0 1140  T77NC K2GAV R-22
003030  +7  499  K2GAV T77NC RR73
003045  -1 1139  T77NC K2GAV 73

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
004300 -13  949  K2GAV TN8GD -10
004315 -10 1474  4L7T K2GAV FM06 (x2)
004415 -10 1474  TN8GD K2GAV R-02
004430 -14  950  K2GAV TN8GD RR73
004445 -14 1474  4L7T K2GAV 73
004545 -13 1474  TN8GD K2GAV 73
004615 -10 1474  9K2OK K2GAV RR73
173500 -16 1027  K2GAV SM6UQL +00
173530 -20 1674  K2GAV C31HS -08
060315  -4  375  K2GAV M0KSE IO83
224400  -5  516  K2GAV TJ1GD +06
224415 -11 2327  TJ1GD K2GAV R+04
224430  -6  516  K2GAV TJ1GD RR73
224445 -10 2327  TJ1GD K2GAV 73

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.

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