R6SS — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,080 messages

Active dates

44 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-8.3 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-18 to +4 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 213, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 323, strong (≥ -8 dB) 544.

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 R6SS 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 R6SS

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

KN86 · 6 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,187 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-06-08 10:17 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
200030  -5  594  R6SS UB3FBD KO85 (x2)
200115  +9  640  TN8GD R6SS RR73
200130  +3  641  R6SS UB3FBD KO85
200130  +0  742  R6SS I1RJP JN45
200200  +0  640  R6SS UB3FBD KO85
200200  -3  742  R6SS I1RJP JN45
200215  +4  640  YB2TTM R6SS R-11
200230  -1  742  R6SS I1RJP JN45 (x2)
200315  +7  640  YB2TTM R6SS 73
200400  -1  640  R6SS UB3FBD KO85
200530  +9  641  EA8BS R6SS RR73
200645  +6 2895  R6SS I1RJP JN45 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
150200 -20 1555  <...> R6SS -12
184445 -19 2034  <8B81KB> R6SS -10
185145 -13  587  <...> R6SS -09
185415 -10  580  RK1AS R6SS -16
175315 -13  958  HZ1YJ R6SS -11 (x2)
175615 -14  951  UN8PC R6SS RR73
175730 -14  950  R6SS F5IXN JN23
175945 -22 1978  EA8DRW R6SS -17 (x3)
200545  -9  588  <...> R6SS -10 (x2)
200915  -4 2662  KE4EB R6SS -08 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
082800  +0 2254  R6SS SV2JAO R-01 (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.