RG5G — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

385 messages

Active dates

28 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-4 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-16 to +6 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 48, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 69, strong (≥ -8 dB) 268.

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 RG5G 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 RG5G

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

KO92 · 237 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,229 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-10-15 18:37 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
181745  +0 1454  DL1KYF/P RG5G KO92 (x2)
183515  -4 1791  <...> RG5G KO92 (x2)
183645  +4 1791  RI1FJZ RG5G KO92 (x9)
183745 -12 3078  R9CS/P RG5G KO92
183945 -14 3049  RA3RDN RG5G -06

UTC    dB Audio  Message
145815 -10 1154  KH8WW RG5G KO92 (x5)
150130  -4 1768  RG5G RA6OD KN97 (x2)
150245  -9 1767  RA6OD RG5G +00 (x2)
150400 -20 1488  RG5G R1TET KO78 (x2)
150515  -5 1765  R1TET RG5G RR73
150530 -16 1488  RG5G R1TET 73
150600  -7 2234  RG5G R4UAS R+02 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
181445 -19 1894  RI1FJZ RG5G KO92 (x7)
194230  +0 1655  A41DV RG5G KO92 (x4)
194545  -8 1498  RG5G UB3LBU KO63 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
084415  -5  639  RG5G R6TA R-09
084445  -9 1028  RG5G R6OAG -14
084615 -10  638  RG5G R6TA LN13

UTC    dB Audio  Message
162345  -9  316  <...> RG5G -10
162515  -7  315  BH4ECL RG5G RR73
162715  -3  314  I8/ON8SGA RG5G R-11 (x3)
073445 -17  230  OJ0YL RG5G KO92 (x4)
073730 -18 1803  RG5G OJ0YL +14
073800 -21 1803  RG5G RR73; PD0JOY <EA5IHI> +00
074100 -11  224  KT4ZG RG5G KO92 (x2)
074230 -17  222  OS4K RG5G R-11
074400 -18  219  PA0ARR RG5G 73

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.