VK3EW — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

12 messages

Active dates

2 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-17 dB

S/N percentile sample

Too small

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 7, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 5, 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 VK3EW in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to VK3EW

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

QF21 · 2 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

15,433 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-08-28 17:26 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
200000 -10  629  VK3EW M6XZD -22 (x2)
200100  +7 2870  VK3EW R6OD KN87
200115 +12 1108  VK3EW UF3T LO16
200130  +7 2870  VK3EW R6OD KN87
200130  -4  629  VK3EW M6XZD -22
200145  +9 1108  VK3EW UF3T LO16
200200  +8 2870  VK3EW R6OD KN87
200200  -6  629  VK3EW M6XZD RR73
200230  +9 2870  VK3EW R6OD KN87
163530  -7  660  VK3EW IZ3ATX JN55
163600  -9 1945  VK3EW RA3OR KO90
163600  -5  660  VK3EW IZ3ATX JN55
163630  +0 1945  VK3EW RA3OR KO90 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
061230 -20 1915  VK3EW G0FWX IO82 (x3)
061630 -18 1178  VK3EW SV5ADM KM46 (x5)
071600 -24  793  VK3EW DA1VID JO31 (x3)
072000 -19 1635  VK3EW IK1JUS JN35 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
184930  +9 2655  VK3EW DL1RWN -17 (x3)
193215  -1  306  VK3EW SP7VTQ KO00 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
075830 -21 2129  VK3EW ON6LR +02
075830  -8  977  VK3EW ON4AZR JO21
075930 -13  983  VK3EW F4DUZ JN19 (x4)
075100  -8 2672  VK3EW DL1R JN58 (x8)
075730 -10 2387  VK3EW F1PBZ -14

UTC    dB Audio  Message
061530  -6 1924  VK3EW DH9DR JO31 (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.