VA3TS — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

8 messages

Active dates

5 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-19 dB

S/N percentile sample

Too small

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 6, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 2, strong (≥ -8 dB) 0.

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 VA3TS 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 VA3TS

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

EN94 · 5 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

7,142 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-08-26 21:56 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
053215  +1 2483  VA3TS DK5UR -25 (x2)
010400 -16 2176  VA3TS KR2C FN20 (x4)
045030 -18 1915  VA3TS F4GYM/P -22
143000 -13 1932  VA3TS DG1SCD JN58 (x3)
054030  +9  701  VA3TS IK5PWQ JN53 (x2)
054300 -17 1977  VA3TS F1LPT/P RR73
054830 +10  685  VA3TS IK5PWQ R-13 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
045930  +6 2078  VA3TS EB5AL IM99
215100  +0 2729  VA3TS EA5BLP JN00 (x5)
223345 -16 2438  W7PCT VA3TS EN94
225015 -13  562  VA3TS K1XHX -01 (x2)
225645 -19 1619  AJ7GF VA3TS EN94 (x2)
005845 -18 1028  KJ7SVM VA3TS EN94
010015 -22 1496  W5ERX VA3TS R-11
215615 -24 1809  N6VMO VA3TS EN94
104100  -6  310  VA3TS G4GSA/P RR73

UTC    dB Audio  Message
023515  +2 1049  VA3TS F4CTJ R-12 (x4)
024045  +3 1553  VA3TS DK2EU JO31 (x4)
024245 +17 2468  VA3TS HB9CXZ JN46 (x5)
034630 -13 2360  VA3TS F5MYK IN97 (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.