R1BQW — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

310 messages

Active dates

5 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-7 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-13 to +4 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 12, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 98, strong (≥ -8 dB) 200.

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 R1BQW 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 R1BQW

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

KP50 · 121 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,309 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-08 19:08 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
190015  +8 1338  R1BQW E77EA 73
190030  +3 2685  R2UC R1BQW R+04 (x2)
190130  -2 2685  DL6UM R1BQW -07 (x2)
190230  +2 2685  CQ R1BQW KP50 (x3)
190445  +4 2685  RA1QX R1BQW KP50 (x4)
191000 -16 1917  R1BQW RA1QX RR73
191015  -3 2685  RA1QX R1BQW 73
191030 -22 1917  R1BQW RA1QX 73

UTC    dB Audio  Message
164645 -13 2433  UA9LT R1BQW +02
164700  -2 2433  R1BQW UA9LT R-04 (x2)
164815 -10 2433  UA4LDP R1BQW R-01
164845  -1 2433  CQ R1BQW KP50 (x2)
165000 -12 2988  R1BQW HA9OA R-08 (x2)
165045  -4 2433  CQ R1BQW KP50 (x2)
165145  -9 2433  RA6FSV R1BQW +00
165200  -9 1191  R1BQW RA6FSV R-04
165230  -4 1151  R1BQW PA2RO JO22
165315  +2  881  R1BQW RK6MC -06
165315 -11 2433  PA2RO R1BQW RR73

UTC    dB Audio  Message
202700  +1 2610  CQ R1BQW KP50
202715  +1 2366  R1BQW IK0XBX JN63
202715 -15 1655  R1BQW DJ3JD JO52
202730  +0 2610  CQ R1BQW KP50
202745  +0 2366  R1BQW IK0XBX JN63
202745  -4 1655  R1BQW DJ3JD JO52
202800  -9 2610  CQ R1BQW KP50
202815  -2 2366  R1BQW IK0XBX JN63
202815  -5 1655  R1BQW DJ3JD JO52
202830  -4 2610  CQ R1BQW KP50
202845 -15 2611  R1BQW DM2HK JO62
202900  -7 2610  CQ R1BQW KP50
202915 -11 2610  R1BQW DM2HK JO62 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
170530  -9  419  R1BQW RR73; EW1OW <...> -04

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.