NQ3N — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

310 messages

Active dates

9 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-9 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-15 to -4 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 22, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 167, strong (≥ -8 dB) 121.

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 NQ3N 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 NQ3N

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

FM14 · 40 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

7,713 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-11-03 23:20 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
231400 -20 3028  KQ4VXC NQ3N +09
231600 -13 3028  WA8EFK NQ3N +12
231700 -15 3028  CQ NQ3N FM14                          a1
231900 -13 3028  VE3DZ NQ3N +12
231930 -13 3028  DO5HOK NQ3N -13
232000 -17 3026  CQ NQ3N FM14                          a1
232530 -23 3027  K9GTA NQ3N +07
232615 -13 2513  NQ3N UN7JX NN19 (x5)
232845  +4 1721  NQ3N OM2WQ JN88 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
193545  -8 2732  NQ3N F1PBZ RR73
200045 -13 2302  NQ3N IT9ACJ 73
162230 -20 1555  NQ3N CR7CDR R-22 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
221015  -9 2580  KA4DQJ NQ3N -17
221045 -10 2580  KR4NJ NQ3N -05 (x2)
221145  -9 2580  SP7QJF NQ3N -10 (x2)
221230 -13 2574  NQ3N EA7LGN IM67
221245 -11 2580  EA7LGN NQ3N -08
221300 -12 2573  NQ3N EA7LGN R-12
221315 -10 2581  EA7LGN NQ3N RR73
221330 -11 2573  NQ3N EA7LGN 73
221545  -9 2580  F4CQS NQ3N -18
221615 -10 2580  K2UO NQ3N +06 (x2)
221745 -10 2581  W4SGL NQ3N -11 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
195500 -17 2060  NQ3N M0GQC R-19 (x2)
200815  +5 2917  NQ3N F1PBZ +07 (x3)
200945  -5 2101  NQ3N IK1RQX JN44
200945  +3 2917  NQ3N F1PBZ RR73
201015  -5 2101  NQ3N IK1RQX JN44 (x3)
041945 -12 1459  NQ3N SV9AUP R-16 (x3)

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.