SP5ELA — reception at SO8OO

Signals decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. FT8 and CW have separate histories; all times are UTC.

FT8 activity

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: Poland Most frequent locator attributed to this token: KO02

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving SP5ELA, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 93 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 160m, 80m, 60m, 40m, across 11 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-22 and 2026-10-31.

These are automated observations at the SO8OO receiver, not an official contact log. Times are UTC. Attribution follows decoded FT8 message structure: CQ uses the first token and directed-looking messages use the second. Free text that resembles a directed message can be attributed imperfectly. Summary S/N reflects propagation plus SO8OO receiver, antenna and local-noise conditions. Counts are not adjusted for monitoring outages; transmissions that were not decoded are absent. Inferred entity and location data may be inaccurate for portable, remote or special-event operation.

SO8OO decoded 93 FT8 messages attributed to SP5ELA as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 11 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 160 m (48%), followed by 80 m (41%) and 40 m (9%). Most decodes (81%) fell within the six-hour window 21:00-03:00 UTC. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's strong S/N range (96%); the estimated median was +7 dB.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

+7 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

160m · 45 80m · 38 60m · 2 40m · 8

First attributed message: 2026-06-22
Last attributed message: 2026-10-31 17:46 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 93 messages
Active dates: 11 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: +7 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -2 to +16 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 4, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 0, strong (≥ -8 dB) 89.

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 SP5ELA in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

RI1FJL · Franz Josef Land ×2 OH0Z · Aland Islands VK6IR · Australia J38DX · Grenada EA6ET · Balearic Islands ES2IPA · Estonia SP3EPK · Poland OY1HJ · Faroe Islands V51WH · Namibia XX9TXN · Macao

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 SP5ELA

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: KO02 · 67 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 290 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-10-28 22:36 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.

Time UTC	Band	SP5ELA S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
10-31 21:56	60m	- / -	IU5HIU	-4 / -	3	Partial capture
10-31 20:04	60m	- / -	F1HFP	-6 / -	4	Partial capture
10-31 17:45	60m	-20 / -10	EA6ET	-3 / -2	5	✓ Full exchange observed
10-31 17:41	60m	- / -11	SP3EPK	-2 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
10-31 17:31	60m	- / -	ES2IPA	-14 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-28 22:34	80m	+7 / -	XX9TXN	- / -21	8	✓ Closing fragment
10-28 04:55	80m	-1 / -	9H4JX	- / -	4	Partial capture
10-27 23:43	160m	+3 / +9	DL1FLW	-12 / -15	7	Partial capture
10-27 23:40	160m	+5 / -	W1CDO	- / -	4	Partial capture
10-27 23:07	160m	+6 / +7	OH0Z	+2 / -10	7	✓ Full exchange observed
10-24 22:50	80m	- / -	9A7BB	-4 / -	4	Partial capture
10-24 22:48	80m	+8 / -	OY1HJ	- / -13	4	✓ Closing fragment
10-12 22:22	80m	+13 / -	YB5QZ	- / -	4	Partial capture
10-11 16:38	40m	+7 / -	UB0SMX/P	- / -	6	Partial capture
09-08 02:57	40m	- / -6	IK4TVP	-18 / -	3	Partial capture
09-08 02:14	40m	-22 / -	D44TWO	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-03 22:07	160m	+7 / -17	VK6IR	-11 / -14	5	✓ Full exchange observed
09-03 22:05	160m	- / -	OK1DXR	+5 / -	4	Partial capture
09-03 21:51	160m	+4 / -	RI1FJL	- / -12	27	✓ Closing fragment
09-03 21:51	160m	- / -	EA1CQ	-21 / -	2	Partial capture
09-01 19:05	80m	+11 / -	RI1FJL	- / -22	6	✓ Closing fragment
08-31 21:21	80m	+19 / -	V51WH	- / -17	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-31 21:17	80m	+15 / -	V51WH	- / -	3	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

Frequency values are decoder audio offsets in hertz, not RF frequencies.

60m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
174100  +0 2067  SP5ELA SP3EPK -11 (x3)
174515  -7 1617  SP5ELA EA6ET -10
174530 -18 1617  EA6ET SP5ELA R-02
174545  -1 1617  SP5ELA EA6ET RRR
174600 -23 1616  EA6ET SP5ELA 73
174615  -2 1617  SP5ELA EA6ET 73
200400  +1 1277  SP5ELA F1HFP JN28 (x4)
215600  -3  670  SP5ELA IU5HIU JN53 (x3)

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
225145  +1 1965  SP5ELA 9A7BB JN75 (x2)
045545  +3 1783  9H4JX SP5ELA KO02 (x4)
052700 -24 2230  SP5ELA DO5AX JO52
223445  +2 1017  XX9TXN SP5ELA KO02 (x8)

160m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
231100 +12 1551  OH0Z SP5ELA R-10 (x2)
232345  +9  677  4O7CC SP5ELA KO02
234015  +5 1305  W1CDO SP5ELA KO02 (x4)
234315  +2 1384  CQ DX SP5ELA KO02
234330 -10 1384  SP5ELA DL1FLW JO61 (x3)
234615  +3 1438  DL1FLW SP5ELA -15
234630  -7 1384  SP5ELA DL1FLW R+09 (x3)

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
021445 -22 1740  D44TWO SP5ELA KO02 (x2)
025645  -8 2933  SP5ELA J38DX RR73
025715 -19 2035  SP5ELA IK4TVP -06 (x3)
034045 -10 2630  SP5ELA VP5/K5UR -12
163830  +3  385  UB0SMX/P SP5ELA KO02 (x4)
164115 -20 1386  SP5ELA ZA/OG2T +04
164130 +10  385  UB0SMX/P SP5ELA KO02 (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.

CW

No CW receptions recorded for this callsign in the last 30 days.

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