RA0AB — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

37 messages

Active dates

2 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-18 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-22 to -14 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 29, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 8, strong (≥ -8 dB) 0.

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. The sample does not meet the threshold for a recurring time or signal-pattern claim (20 attributed messages, three UTC dates and five distinct 15-minute windows).

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with RA0AB 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 RA0AB

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

NO65 · 23 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

4,622 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-13 21:43 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
143200  +3 2599  RA0AB RY3D KO95
143230 -20 1388  RA0AB R2HB R-12 (x2)
143400  +3 2599  RA0AB RY3D KO95 (x3)
143700 -21 2096  RA0AB RD9FC -07 (x3)
144000 -14 1689  RA0AB R6ZB -07 (x2)
144230 -20 2096  RA0AB RV9ABE R-17
144330 -11 1572  RA0AB UB4CGR -15 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
161230  +0 1725  RA0AB YO4BXX KN44 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
081830 -21 1441  RA0AB IZ0AEZ JN62 (x3)

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.