KA8OAT — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

109 messages

Active dates

9 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-17 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-21 to -12 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 62, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 43, strong (≥ -8 dB) 4.

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 KA8OAT 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 KA8OAT

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

EL97 · 48 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

8,549 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-10-04 00:32 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
002430  -9  977  KA8OAT 7Z1IS RRR (x3)
003045 -19 1446  W4PPC KA8OAT EL97 (x2)
005230 -24 2009  KA8OAT EA1UY -11 (x2)
014430 -20 2037  W2SZ KA8OAT R-09
232430 -11  657  KA8OAT IW9FRA JM68 (x4)
235545 -17 1882  KA8OAT EA9ABC -12 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
012845  +2 1066  KA8OAT PI4DX -06 (x5)
013745  -3 1760  KA8OAT DH1KJ JN48 (x2)
022230 -19  788  KA8OAT W4WHQ -12
022345 -24 2076  N1WI KA8OAT EL97
022400 -21 2077  KA8OAT N1WI -05
022415 -16 2076  N1WI KA8OAT R+05
022530 -10 2623  KA8OAT SQ9DJQ -13 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
223900 -13 1446  KA8OAT IU4PPL JN54 (x4)
224330  -5 1344  KA8OAT HA1BF -17

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.