N4KES — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States Most frequent locator attributed to this token: EL98

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving N4KES, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 35 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, 40m, 20m, across 3 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-08-01 and 2026-10-02.

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 35 FT8 messages attributed to N4KES as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 3 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 80 m (40%), followed by 40 m (31%) and 20 m (29%). Several six-hour UTC windows tied for the largest share (100%), so no unique busiest interval is claimed. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's weak S/N range (71%); the estimated median was -20 dB.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-20 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

80m · 14 40m · 11 20m · 10

First attributed message: 2026-08-01
Last attributed message: 2026-10-02 02:47 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 35 messages
Active dates: 3 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -20 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -24 to -11 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 25, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 9, strong (≥ -8 dB) 1.

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 N4KES in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

C5R · The Gambia US2YW · Ukraine F1TXI · France F5RRS · France HB3XGP · Switzerland HB9ALO · Switzerland HI6M · Dominican Republic KK5JY · United States LY5A · Lithuania UX5UO · Ukraine

Most frequent locator attributed to N4KES

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: EL98 · 19 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 8,464 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-10-02 02:47 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	N4KES S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
10-02 02:52	80m	- / -	RA6ZS	-14 / -	2	Partial capture
10-02 02:51	80m	- / -17	UX5UO	+19 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
10-02 02:44	80m	-24 / -	LX2A	- / -	5	Partial capture
10-02 02:36	80m	-24 / -12	HB9ALO	+5 / -	5	✓ Closing observed
10-02 02:35	80m	-22 / -	KK5JY	- / -11	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-02 02:35	80m	- / -11	DK7ZT	+6 / -	4	Partial capture
10-02 02:34	80m	-22 / -	HI6M	-19 / -	3	✓ Closing observed
10-02 02:23	80m	-19 / -16	F5RRS	+8 / -	4	✓ Closing observed
10-02 02:21	80m	-22 / -13	F1TXI	-6 / +1	4	✓ Full exchange observed
10-02 02:20	80m	- / -15	HB3XGP	+2 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
10-02 02:18	80m	-20 / -10	LY5A	+14 / -7	3	✓ Full exchange observed
10-02 01:32	40m	- / -7	EA1IOK	-11 / -	4	Partial capture
10-02 01:31	40m	- / -	IU8RFW	-8 / -	4	Partial capture
10-02 01:30	40m	-16 / -	US2YW	- / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-02 01:23	40m	-14 / -	C5R	- / -9	9	✓ Closing fragment
08-12 22:11	20m	-22 / -	TF3JB	- / -13	4	Partial capture
08-12 22:01	20m	-22 / -13	SV5BYP	-17 / -	2	Partial capture
08-01 00:26	20m	-14 / -	9K2OK	- / -16	5	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
023715  +6 1062  N4KES HB9ALO 73
023730 -24 1554  HB9ALO N4KES 73
023745  +5 1062  N4KES HB9ALO 73
023745 +11 1553  N4KES DK7ZT -14
023945 -13  340  N4KES YV4KWT -06
024400 -24 1490  LX2A N4KES EL98 (x5)
025115 +20  584  N4KES UX5UO -17 (x3)
025215 -12  221  N4KES RA6ZS KN98 (x2)

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
012545 -12  998  C5R N4KES EL98 (x5)
013015 -17 2063  US2YW N4KES +12 (x2)
013130 -10  938  N4KES IU8RFW JN70
013200 -10  729  N4KES EA1IOK IN62
013230 -10  938  N4KES IU8RFW JN70 (x2)
013300 -12  730  N4KES EA1IOK IN62
013330  -5  938  N4KES IU8RFW JN70
013330 -12  729  N4KES EA1IOK IN62 (x2)

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
002615 -20 1333  9K2OK N4KES EL98 (x5)
220145 -22 1740  SV5BYP N4KES EL98
220230 -17 1642  N4KES SV5BYP -13
221130 -22 1880  TF3JB N4KES EL98 (x4)

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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