VK6BAD — FT8 station from Australia

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Amateur radio station VK6BAD operating from Australia. 316 FT8 spots received at SO8OO WebSDR, active on 40m, 20m, over 20 days, best SNR +20 dB. Heard between 2026-04-21 and 2026-05-14.

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Overview

316
Total spots
0
CQ calls
20
Days active
-5 dB
Avg SNR

Bands

20m 40m
First seen: 2026-04-21
Last seen: 2026-05-14 09:14 UTC

Frequent QSO partners observed at SO8OO

Stations VK6BAD worked most often, as logged from our receiver:

Activity Heatmap

Location

QSO Logbook (as observed from SO8OO)

Format: our rx / partner reports

TimeBandVK6BADPartnerPartner SNRMsgs
05-14 09:26 20m -21 / - F4FLF - / - 2 Partial
05-13 23:50 20m -1 / - WP4U - / -17 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-13 23:37 20m -18 / - EA8AR - / -17 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-13 09:43 20m -13 / - UN8DSW - / -16 2 Partial
05-13 08:13 20m -6 / - F4JQH - / - 2 Partial
05-13 07:19 20m +8 / - EA3AYQ - / -17 4 ✓ Confirmed
05-13 07:17 20m -8 / - EA3KI - / -20 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-13 07:08 20m -3 / - PA3CNI - / - 2 Partial
05-13 07:00 20m +16 / - ON7SD - / -25 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 21:50 40m 0 / - DF8RU - / -23 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 20:04 40m -1 / - SP9JMD - / -16 5 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 08:25 20m +4 / - F1RHS - / -16 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-12 08:12 20m -13 / - F4JQH - / - 3 Partial
05-11 09:01 20m -18 / - CT1BFP - / - 2 Partial
05-09 23:24 20m -8 / - HC5RF - / -23 4 ✓ Confirmed
05-09 07:16 20m -4 / - OZ1FHU - / -18 14 Partial
05-09 07:11 20m 0 / - <...> - / -20 2 Partial
05-08 19:33 40m -3 / - R5DT - / -18 3 ✓ Confirmed
05-08 09:55 20m 0 / - SV7BAY - / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-08 09:37 20m -8 / - SV7BAY - / -24 4 Partial
05-03 21:34 40m +8 / - 4O7DX - / - 2 Partial
05-03 07:41 20m -2 / - PA5WK - / -16 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-03 07:38 20m -8 / - EA3NG - / -14 2 Partial
05-03 06:28 20m -7 / - G1EYY - / - 2 Partial
05-01 21:09 20m +8 / - DJ0CL - / - 2 ✓ Confirmed
05-01 21:02 20m -5 / - F4BYA - / - 3 Partial
05-01 08:42 20m -1 / - IW2JBB - / - 5 Partial
05-01 08:35 20m -9 / - IW2JBB - / - 7 Partial
05-01 08:28 20m -13 / - EA7LOU - / - 2 Partial
05-01 07:48 20m +5 / - EA3RR - / -14 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-30 21:53 40m -14 / - ZS6NL - / -14 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-30 21:45 40m +1 / - LB8MG - / -20 4 ✓ Confirmed
04-30 20:15 40m +8 / - HA8DX - / - 2 Partial
04-29 21:31 40m -11 / - ZS1J - / -17 2 Partial
04-29 21:08 40m -14 / - BI4KYT - / -18 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-29 08:17 20m -4 / - HB9BWE - / - 6 Partial
04-29 07:50 20m -6 / - EA7L - / -11 2 Partial
04-29 06:52 20m -1 / - IS0AWZ - / -19 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-29 06:43 20m +12 / - IS0AWZ - / -18 3 Partial
04-28 23:52 20m +3 / - A71UN - / -18 3 ✓ Confirmed
04-28 23:41 20m +7 / - A71UN - / -22 3 Partial
04-28 21:16 40m -6 / - TF4M - / - 2 Partial
04-28 21:01 40m -16 / - TF4M - / -15 4 Partial
04-28 08:55 20m -12 / - LA4GHA - / -22 6 ✓ Confirmed
04-28 08:51 20m -20 / - G0CUZ - / -25 2 ✓ Confirmed
04-27 21:12 40m -3 / - IT9SVJ - / -5 7 ✓ Confirmed
04-27 20:23 40m +16 / - YT6AAA - / - 3 Partial
04-27 07:25 20m -8 / - EB5AK - / - 10 Partial
04-27 06:54 20m -18 / - G0BLS - / -19 2 Partial
04-27 06:36 20m -4 / - F4EBT - / -20 2 ✓ Confirmed

Station Log

20m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
081345  -6 2177  VK6BAD F4JQH JN12 (x2)
094315 -11 1759  VK6BAD UN8DSW -16 (x2)
233715 -15 1822  VK6BAD EA8AR IL18 (x3)
235045  -4 1266  VK6BAD WP4U FK68 (x3)
043400 -19  582  VK6BAD VK4ARL RR73
092645 -24 2074  VK6BAD F4FLF JN18 (x2)
095945  -5 2888  VK6BAD RA0SCA OO06
111445 -21 2322  VK6BAD W2PA -04
40m 
UTC    dB  Freq  Message
051100  -8 1991  VK6BAD DL2MIJ JN58
213415  +5 2130  VK6BAD 4O7DX JN92 (x2)
193315  -1  620  VK6BAD R5DT -18 (x3)
202545  +5 1345  VK6BAD IS0ZOD RR73
200445  +2 2058  VK6BAD SP9JMD JN99 (x5)
215045  -1 2138  VK6BAD DF8RU -23 (x3)

SNR History by Band