SQ5BPF — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

91 messages

Active dates

2 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

+8 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-15 to +14 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 9, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 7, strong (≥ -8 dB) 75.

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. The sample does not meet the threshold for a recurring time or signal-pattern claim (20 attributed messages, three UTC dates and five distinct 15-minute windows).

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with SQ5BPF 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 SQ5BPF

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 · 57 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

290 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-17 19:07 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
223115 -15 2555  EX7DY SQ5BPF KO02 (x3)
190700 -12 1752  SQ5BPF SP100PKP +07
190730 -13 1752  SQ5BPF RR73; OK1VKX <...> -12
190745 -11 2423  CQ SQ5BPF KO02

UTC    dB Audio  Message
115545 -19 1641  <SP100PKP> SQ5BPF R+12
115600 +13 2420  SQ5BPF RR73; ES6RMR <...> +04
115615 -18 1642  CQ SQ5BPF KO02
115800  -9  342  SQ5BPF OE8PIT JN66
115815 -20 1641  OE8PIT SQ5BPF -07
115845 -12 1641  SQ4GXN SQ5BPF -14 (x3)
120000 -13 1638  SQ5BPF 9A4ZM JN86 (x2)
120445 -16 1641  OE8PIT SQ5BPF RR73 (x2)
120600 -11 1638  SQ5BPF 9A4ZM JN86
120615  -9  342  SQ5BPF OE8PIT 73
120630  -6 1638  SQ5BPF 9A4ZM JN86

UTC    dB Audio  Message
223400  -5 2423  SQ5BPF IQ4JO JN63
223415 +14 2667  CQ SQ5BPF KO02
223430 -15  872  SQ5BPF GX3RAF/P IO91
223445 +17 2667  CQ SQ5BPF KO02
223515 +21 2667  IQ4JO SQ5BPF -02 (x2)
223615  +7 2667  CQ SQ5BPF KO02
223630 -12 1454  SQ5BPF DL9KM JN68 (x2)
223745 +12 2667  DL9KM SQ5BPF -05
223800  -6 1454  SQ5BPF DL9KM R-02
223815 -18 2647  SQ5BPF F5OYA/P JN13
223830 -11 1454  SQ5BPF DL9KM R-02 (x3)

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.