RA3QUA — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

311 messages

Active dates

18 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

+2 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-13 to +10 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 21, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 41, strong (≥ -8 dB) 249.

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 RA3QUA 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 RA3QUA

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

KO90 · 100 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,223 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-20 18:11 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
212945  +0 1661  RM5F RA3QUA -05
213000  +3 2644  RA3QUA RV6ARZ KN84
213000 -13 1339  RA3QUA RM5F R-04
213015  +2 1660  RM5F RA3QUA RR73
213030  +7 2644  RA3QUA RV6ARZ KN84 (x2)
181115  -5 1814  RI1FJZ RA3QUA KO90 (x3)
181245  -5 1816  R3ICU RA3QUA -18 (x2)
181400  +2 2108  RA3QUA RL7Z KN98
181415  -3 1815  RL7Z RA3QUA -11
181430  +4 2109  RA3QUA RL7Z R+02 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
170815  +8  403  EX7DY RA3QUA R-15 (x2)
170930  -3 1659  RA3QUA RA3LCX KO65 (x4)
171315 +11 1456  5W1SA RA3QUA KO90 (x5)
173530  +6 1235  ZL2NU RA3QUA -18 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
033230 +12 2385  5N0YEN RA3QUA KO90 (x2)
033415 -14  983  RA3QUA RA6FC LN13
033445 +10 2292  TN8GD RA3QUA KO90 (x3)
033630 +13 2976  RA3QUA R3WDW KO81
162945  -7 2188  RA3QUA RC9WC -07
163100  -7 2417  UA1AEL RA3QUA 73
163130 -10 2417  RC9WC RA3QUA R-03
163145  -8 2188  RA3QUA RC9WC RR73
163200  -8 2417  RC9WC RA3QUA 73
163215 -10 2130  RA3QUA UB4HVA LO53
163215  -4  837  RA3QUA RU3DNN KO96 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
034415 -11 2228  CQ NA RA3QUA KO90 (x2)
034545  -9 2228  KN7K RA3QUA -10
034615 -13 2228  W3FOX RA3QUA -01
034745 -18 2227  KN7K RA3QUA -10
035045 -16 2228  N8RY RA3QUA -10
035115  -9 2227  KD2YCK RA3QUA -13 (x4)
035345 -17 2227  WC9I RA3QUA -15
040615 -11 1737  W9ML RA3QUA KO90 (x3)
040815 -22 1736  N5ATR RA3QUA R-20

UTC    dB Audio  Message
142100  -9 2699  RA3QUA 9J2FI R-03

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.