R2BIN — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

365 messages

Active dates

23 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-5 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-17 to +6 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 47, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 81, strong (≥ -8 dB) 237.

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 R2BIN 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 R2BIN

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

KO85 · 86 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,193 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-10-16 19:04 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
191115  +0 1329  R2BIN YO8CRU 73
190730  +6  269  R2BIN RA6OY KN88
190745  +2  270  RA6OY R2BIN +02
190800 +11  270  R2BIN RA6OY R-01
190815  +6  270  RA6OY R2BIN RR73
190830  +9  270  R2BIN RA6OY 73
191245  +1 2745  RK0SK R2BIN -20 (x2)
191500  +4 1442  UA4NCX R2BIN -08 (x2)
191615  -5 1796  R2BIN R5KH KO91
191700  +3 1796  R5KH R2BIN +01 (x2)
191815  +2 1341  UA9JTJ/9 R2BIN -05
191830  -8 1340  R2BIN UA9JTJ/9 R+00

UTC    dB Audio  Message
190300  +0 2335  R2BIN IK2ZJR JN45
190315  +0 2334  IK2ZJR R2BIN -11
190330  +1 2335  R2BIN IK2ZJR R+05
190345  +5 2335  IK2ZJR R2BIN RR73
190400  +6 2335  R2BIN IK2ZJR 73
190415  -3 2334  CQ R2BIN KO85 (x2)
190500  +6  800  R2BIN HB9ELE JN47
190515  -8  800  HB9ELE R2BIN -11
190530 +13  800  R2BIN HB9ELE R+00
190545 -14  800  HB9ELE R2BIN RR73
190600 +11  800  R2BIN HB9ELE 73
190800  +7 1541  R2BIN ON6LEO JO21 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
182745  +5 1275  R2BIN RA4Y LO35 (x3)
190115 -14 2077  CQ R2BIN KO85
190300  -3 2078  R2BIN R5AV -10
190315 -11 2078  R5AV R2BIN R-13
190330  -3 2077  R2BIN R5AV RR73
190545 -12 2077  CQ R2BIN KO85
190930  -7 2078  K2TQC R2BIN -17 (x2)
191145  -9 2077  VK5GR R2BIN -12 (x2)
180500 -17 1995  HA7TM/P R2BIN -02
180600 -16 1994  DL5MKR R2BIN -18 (x2)

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.