ON8BZ — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,702 messages

Active dates

40 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-8 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-18 to +4 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 320, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 484, strong (≥ -8 dB) 898.

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 ON8BZ 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 ON8BZ

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

JO11 · 1,141 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,331 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-10-20 04:06 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
035945 -10 2261  CQ ON8BZ JO11
040000 -10 2262  ON8BZ RW3SB LO04
040015  -3 2261  RW3SB ON8BZ -16
040030  -8 2262  ON8BZ RW3SB R-04
040045  +1 2261  RW3SB ON8BZ RRR
040100  -9 2262  ON8BZ RW3SB 73
040115  +5 2261  RW3SB ON8BZ 73
040145  +1 2261  CQ ON8BZ JO11 (x2)
040245  -7 2261  UR5XEJ ON8BZ -11
040315  +0 2261  W9HT/VP9 ON8BZ +10 (x4)
040615  -2 2261  CQ ON8BZ JO11

UTC    dB Audio  Message
180630  -4 2262  ON8BZ UX1AA KO70
180645  +2 2208  UX1AA ON8BZ -01
180700  +5 2262  ON8BZ UX1AA R-06
180715  +3 2208  UX1AA ON8BZ RR73
180730  -2 2262  ON8BZ UX1AA 73
180745  +5 2208  CQ ON8BZ JO11 (x10)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
143930 -21 1505  ON8BZ G5JCC IO93
143945  +5 2205  JF1MUE ON8BZ -21
144000 -14 1505  ON8BZ G5JCC IO93
144015  +4 2205  JF1MUE ON8BZ RR73
144045  +2 2205  CQ ON8BZ JO11
144115  -1 2205  EW7NR ON8BZ +05 (x2)
144215  +3 2205  CQ ON8BZ JO11 (x8)

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.