VK6BAD — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

10 messages

Active dates

5 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-22 dB

S/N percentile sample

Too small

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 10, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 0, 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 VK6BAD 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 VK6BAD

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

OF76 · 6 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

12,999 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-07 21:31 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
211330 +10 2260  VK6BAD IK1MNJ JN35 (x3)
211430 +15  740  VK6BAD G0IUS JO01
211500 +11 2260  VK6BAD IK1MNJ JN35 (x2)
211730  -3 2096  VK6BAD IT9PQU JM77 (x3)
213400 -15 1705  VK6BAD CT7ALI IN51 (x2)
213600  +1 2011  VK6BAD M0BEW -01 (x2)
213830 -17 1711  VK6BAD CT7ALI IN51 (x2)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
083645 +20  330  VK6BAD PD0PMF JO32
083715  -1 1316  VK6BAD PD1BW JO22 (x2)
084600 -12 2567  VK6BAD EA5GQB IM97 (x2)
084815  -3 2171  VK6BAD G7VFQ IO83 (x7)
085145 -15 2024  VK6BAD PD4AVT JO21 (x3)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
220145 -18 1842  VK6BAD DG5PW JO30 (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.