VK5BU — FT8 station from Australia

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Amateur radio station VK5BU operating from Australia. 330 FT8 spots received at SO8OO WebSDR, 9 CQ calls, active on 20m, over 20 days, best SNR +19 dB. Heard between 2026-05-02 and 2026-06-25.

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Overview

330
Total spots
9
CQ calls
20
Days active
-3 dB
Avg SNR

Bands

20m
First seen: 2026-05-02
Last seen: 2026-06-25 06:39 UTC

Frequent QSO partners observed at SO8OO

Stations VK5BU worked most often, as logged from our receiver:

Activity Heatmap

Location

QSO Logbook (as observed from SO8OO)

Format: our rx / partner reports

TimeBandVK5BUPartnerPartner SNRMsgs
06-25 08:39 20m 0 / - ON8ON - / -15 2 Partial
06-25 08:38 20m -16 / - F5IXN - / - 3 Partial
06-25 04:12 20m -7 / - OK1UOZ - / -9 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-25 04:01 20m -1 / - IU5TUG - / - 3 Partial
06-17 03:36 20m - / -12 SP5KG -10 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 03:31 20m -18 / -10 R5DT -9 / - 3 ✓ Verified
06-17 03:28 20m - / -9 ER3DX -10 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 03:26 20m +13 / -15 UN0GY -10 / -18 7 ✓ Complete
06-17 03:23 20m - / -14 SP6AXW -10 / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 03:18 20m - / -16 RW1AI -12 / - 3 Partial
06-17 03:16 20m - / -11 SQ9CXH -12 / - 3 Partial
06-17 03:15 20m - / -8 IK4LZH -13 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 03:13 20m - / -20 OK4FX -11 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 03:12 20m - / -14 F4FWT -14 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 03:10 20m - / -12 R2BRD -12 / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-17 02:58 20m - / - A61CK -13 / - 3 Partial
06-14 07:55 20m -9 / - EA4IXE - / -4 4 ✓ Confirmed
06-14 07:52 20m -6 / - IN3BJS - / -17 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-14 07:44 20m -3 / - EA5RR - / -19 3 ✓ Confirmed
06-14 07:43 20m -14 / - CT1BFP - / -1 4 ✓ Confirmed
06-12 07:34 20m +8 / - OE8PCK - / - 5 Partial
06-12 07:29 20m 0 / - IW9HPG - / - 9 Partial
06-12 07:29 20m -13 / - EA7AK - / -13 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-12 07:28 20m -5 / - F6GGA - / -9 3 ✓ Confirmed
06-12 07:28 20m -13 / - PD0HLA - / -14 2 Partial
06-12 07:24 20m 0 / - PD4SN - / -11 9 Partial
06-12 07:23 20m -10 / - EA7AK - / -13 4 Partial
06-12 07:21 20m -11 / - EA3AYQ - / - 3 ✓ Confirmed
06-12 07:21 20m -7 / - MI7RDK - / - 4 Partial
06-12 07:09 20m -3 / - DH1PS - / -5 6 Partial
06-11 03:18 20m +4 / -4 4L1FL -18 / -15 7 ✓ Complete
06-11 03:16 20m 0 / - RK4H - / - 2 Partial
06-11 03:15 20m +16 / -7 UY5QJ -18 / -15 7 ✓ Complete
06-11 03:13 20m -20 / -10 RN3GJ -22 / -5 3 ✓ Complete
06-09 08:14 20m +14 / - HB9CTU - / - 5 Partial
06-09 08:02 20m -2 / - F1IQH - / - 2 Partial
06-09 07:56 20m 0 / - F5URG - / -20 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-09 03:56 20m +1 / - R3OZ - / -9 3 ✓ Confirmed
06-09 03:56 20m -3 / - LZ2VM - / - 6 Partial
06-09 03:51 20m +14 / - RC6OG -21 / -9 4 ✓ Verified
06-09 03:47 20m -7 / - KP2B - / -23 2 Partial
06-09 03:40 20m +4 / -1 RN3DN -16 / - 5 Partial
06-09 03:39 20m -4 / - R3XBS - / -18 2 Partial
06-09 03:38 20m +14 / -6 R2EC -17 / -5 5 ✓ Complete
06-09 03:38 20m +8 / -7 R5AV -17 / -9 4 ✓ Complete
06-09 03:32 20m -2 / - OH1LXF - / -7 3 Partial
06-09 03:28 20m -15 / - RN3DKT - / -17 5 Partial
06-09 03:24 20m +12 / - RA6ABC - / -8 2 Partial
06-09 03:22 20m -16 / - LZ1KU - / -10 2 ✓ Confirmed
06-08 08:27 20m -11 / - EA1AHP - / -20 2 ✓ Confirmed

Station Log

20m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
033600 -10  297  SP5KG VK5BU -12 (x2)
040100  +2  529  VK5BU IU5TUG JN53 (x3)
040200  -1 2582  VK5BU PA3BUD JO21
040330 -14 1575  VK5BU UT7UJ RR73
040715  +5 2781  VK5BU E75AA -09
041230  -6 2523  VK5BU OK1UOZ R-09 (x2)
083815 -15 1270  VK5BU F5IXN JN23 (x2)
083915  +1 2578  VK5BU ON8ON JO10
083945 -17 1270  VK5BU F5IXN JN23
083945  +0 2578  VK5BU ON8ON R-15

SNR History by Band