SQ8B — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

226 messages

Active dates

20 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

+5 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-5 to +15 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 2, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 7, strong (≥ -8 dB) 217.

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 SQ8B 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 SQ8B

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

KO10 · 157 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

106 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-21 17:14 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
170200  +2 2716  SQ8B UA6LND LN08
170215 +12 2120  KH8WW SQ8B R-25 (x14)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
170845  -7 2061  KH8WW SQ8B KO10 (x15)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
174015  +6 1991  VK4AJJ SQ8B KO10 (x2)
171115  -1 1722  KH8WW SQ8B KO10 (x8)
192315 +12 1722  RI1FJZ SQ8B KO10 (x5)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
190015  -9 2197  4X5EF SQ8B KO10
191015  -9 2202  Z68PX SQ8B KO10 (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.