VU3OIP — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

31 messages

Active dates

2 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-20 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-23 to -14 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 26, 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 VU3OIP in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to VU3OIP

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

NL56 · 23 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

6,328 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-08-22 15:32 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
164945  -8 1439  VU3OIP PD0MJC JO32 (x2)
165315 -11  640  VU3OIP R2AL KO85 (x7)
165645  +0  917  VU3OIP 2E0TLF IO84 (x2)
165845  +2 2246  VU3OIP IQ4JO JN63
165945  -6 1768  VU3OIP IK4RUX JN54
170245  +8  917  VU3OIP 2E0TLF IO84 (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.