SQ3PA — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

84 messages

Active dates

4 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-9 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-19 to -2 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 17, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 32, strong (≥ -8 dB) 35.

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 SQ3PA 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 SQ3PA

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

JO82 · 42 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

439 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-18 22:45 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
224115  +1 1933  SQ3PA UB3DRL R-16
224145  -4 1436  SQ3PA TA4RC -19
224200  -9 1062  TA4RC SQ3PA R-19 (x2)
224245  -4 1436  SQ3PA TA4RC RR73
224300  -9 1062  RM8T SQ3PA JO82
224500  +2 1062  G7RAU SQ3PA JO82 (x2)
224545  -8 2044  SQ3PA G7RAU -09
224600  -9 1063  G7RAU SQ3PA R-14
224615 -10 2043  SQ3PA G7RAU RR73
224630  -7 1063  G7RAU SQ3PA 73
224645  -2 1063  SQ3PA RY3F -17 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
203330 -10 1535  SQ3PA IU5VLR JN53
205445 -15 1356  SQ3PA LZ2VQ 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.