R5FQ — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

438 messages

Active dates

26 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

0 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-13 to +12 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 23, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 77, strong (≥ -8 dB) 338.

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 R5FQ 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 R5FQ

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 · 16 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,193 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-10-16 18:03 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
181900 -14 1033  R5FQ RQ6Z 73
181915 -10 1512  R5FQ RA6OD KN97
181930  -1 1512  RA6OD R5FQ -05
181945  -6 1512  R5FQ RA6OD R-05 (x2)
182030 +11 2728  RU4CK/P R5FQ -12
182315 -16 2728  R5FQ RU4CK/P R+00
183345  -1 1161  R6DVS R5FQ -11
183415  -5 2137  DH5BO R5FQ -12 (x2)
183530 +14 2798  OK1KKI R5FQ -13
183545 +14 2798  R5FQ OK1KKI R+13
183600 +15 2798  OK1KKI R5FQ RR73
183615 +11 2798  R5FQ OK1KKI 73
183945  +7 2857  R5FQ HF50HSP R-13

UTC    dB Audio  Message
181100 +10 2714  R5FQ EG46PPA R+03
181145  +3  689  UD6AUW R5FQ -02 (x2)
181230 -12 1536  R5FQ UD6AUW 73
181245  +1  689  DD3ZZ R5FQ -13
181300  +0 2677  R5FQ DD3ZZ R+09
181400  +3 2789  PA1EDL/J R5FQ -13
181415  +2 2790  R5FQ PA1EDL/J R+11
181515  -7 1676  RA7KW/P R5FQ -18 (x2)
181600 -17 1676  R5FQ RA7KW/P 73
181815  -5 1510  BG0FQU R5FQ -15 (x3)
182100  -9 1690  A41DV R5FQ RR73

UTC    dB Audio  Message
185800 +17 2383  CT1END/P R5FQ -10
185900 +11 3081  2I0WAI R5FQ -04 (x2)
201315  +2 2290  <RV9CX/0> R5FQ KO85 (x12)

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.