SM5ACQ — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

1,637 messages

Active dates

63 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-12 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-21 to +1 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 510, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 574, strong (≥ -8 dB) 553.

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 SM5ACQ 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 SM5ACQ

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

JO89 · 1,251 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

1,106 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-11-05 15:32 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
101545  -4 2721  SM5ACQ EA2BHE IN83 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
092445 -17 1168  SM5ACQ PC40EUDXF +00
092945  -5 1470  SM5ACQ DB2HA JO52
093015  -5 1470  SM5ACQ OE8PIT R+07 (x2)
103615 -12 2364  SM5ACQ PH7KLM JO32
103745 -16 1827  SM5ACQ YL3ANM +08 (x2)
104015 -17 2364  SM5ACQ PH7KLM R+07
112900  -5 1596  SM5ACQ OE3RWR JN88 (x3)
121515 -24 1471  GM6URC SM5ACQ R-26
153230  -8 2659  CQ SM5ACQ JO89
153300  -8 2659  F4NJU SM5ACQ -05 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
063515 -21 1433  KD0BTO SM5ACQ JO89
063530  -7  500  SM5ACQ DK5OPA JO30
063545 -17 1434  KD0BTO SM5ACQ JO89 (x13)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
182130 -22 1432  OK1VKX SM5ACQ JO89 (x2)
182315  -7 1433  SM5ACQ OK1VKX -19 (x3)
213300 -11 1433  S56P SM5ACQ JO89 (x2)
213345 +15 2202  SM5ACQ S56P -09
213400 -17 1433  S56P SM5ACQ R+00
213415 +17 2202  SM5ACQ S56P RR73
213430 -17 1433  S56P SM5ACQ 73
213445  +2 2322  SM5ACQ RU3GF -15
213500 -15 1432  RU3GF SM5ACQ R-05
213515  +1 2322  SM5ACQ RU3GF RR73
213530 -11 1432  RU3GF SM5ACQ 73

UTC    dB Audio  Message
212430 -14 1478  VE1YX SM5ACQ JO89 (x2)
212600  -9 1478  C31KC SM5ACQ JO89 (x10)
213915  +4 1082  SM5ACQ DJ1OJ +11 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
070930 -12  684  SM5ACQ F5NNN IN94
080700 -13 2102  SM5ACQ <...> -01
080830 -13 2102  SM5ACQ RR73; R8CC <...> +10
080930 -14 1332  SM5ACQ DK3HV JO31
080700 -21 1633  SM5ACQ ON1DGN -07

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.