OK4RQ — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,341 messages

Active dates

63 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-3 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-15 to +5.6 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 111, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 294, strong (≥ -8 dB) 936.

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 OK4RQ 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 OK4RQ

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

JN69 · 880 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

634 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-07 18:28 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
135745  +1 1399  LA2W/P OK4RQ R-10 (x3)
135915  -1 1397  <HF100PKP> OK4RQ JN69
135930  -8 1547  OK4RQ HF100PKP -19
135945  +2 1396  HF100PKP OK4RQ R-07
140000 -17 1547  OK4RQ RR73; DL1NEO <...> -06
151015  -1 1717  R4HLO/P OK4RQ JN69 (x5)
182845  -4 1523  3Z100PKP OK4RQ JN69
182930  -1 1488  OK4RQ SN31ROT -13
182945  -1 1522  3Z100PKP OK4RQ R-02

UTC    dB Audio  Message
194930  +3  743  SP100PKP OK4RQ JN69 (x4)
195130  +2  414  LZ936BA OK4RQ JN69
195900  -3 1194  SN40KZE OK4RQ JN69 (x3)
200100  -4 1194  <Z335MK> OK4RQ JN69
200115  -9  436  OK4RQ R9CS/P -14
200130  +0 1194  <Z335MK> OK4RQ JN69
200145  -2  436  OK4RQ R9CS/P -15
200200  -1 1194  <Z335MK> OK4RQ JN69
200215  -4  436  OK4RQ R9CS/P -13
200230  -4 1194  SN40KZE OK4RQ R-13

UTC    dB Audio  Message
184545  -6 1268  <...> OK4RQ JN69 (x2)
192815  -6 1694  EG1PDA OK4RQ JN69 (x5)
193045  -7 1694  ER3UA OK4RQ JN69
193100  +1 2135  OK4RQ ER3UA -07
193115  -8 1694  ER3UA OK4RQ R-10
193130  -2 2135  OK4RQ ER3UA RR73
193145 -11 1695  ER3UA OK4RQ 73
210330  -8 1457  <...> OK4RQ JN69 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
084245 -19 1923  <...> OK4RQ JN69
084830 -15 2221  OK4RQ II7MGBR +03
132745 +12 1209  <...> OK4RQ JN69 (x8)
135945  +6 2101  II7MGXX OK4RQ JN69
144330 -16 2152  OK4RQ MM7FTH +07 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
071815 -17 1272  OK4RQ LZ1ZF +10 (x2)
080830 -14 1029  OK4RQ EN35UKR -10
071700 -14 1195  OK4RQ DN9DSP +01 (x2)
071900 -15 1796  OK4RQ PA3EVY RR73
072600 -19 2092  OK4RQ DN9JGL RR73
072630 -16 2377  OK4RQ DN9CHV JO31 (x3)
075500 -15 1235  OK4RQ DH7ZP R-14 (x2)
082930  -1 1252  OK4RQ II7MGXX +18
083000  -3 1252  OK4RQ RR73; IU3WNP <...> -08
101900 -18 1285  <...> OK4RQ R-05

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.