W1HQL — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States Most frequent locator attributed to this token: EL95

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving W1HQL, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 58 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 40m, 20m, across 5 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-06-07 and 2026-08-23.

These are automated observations at the SO8OO receiver, not an official contact log. Times are UTC. Attribution follows decoded FT8 message structure: CQ uses the first token and directed-looking messages use the second. Free text that resembles a directed message can be attributed imperfectly. Summary S/N reflects propagation plus SO8OO receiver, antenna and local-noise conditions. Counts are not adjusted for monitoring outages; transmissions that were not decoded are absent. Inferred entity and location data may be inaccurate for portable, remote or special-event operation.

SO8OO decoded 58 FT8 messages attributed to W1HQL as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 5 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 20 m (86%), followed by 40 m (14%). Most decodes (93%) fell within the six-hour window 22:00-04:00 UTC. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's weak S/N range (69%); the estimated median was -18 dB.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-18 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

40m · 8 20m · 50

First attributed message: 2026-06-07
Last attributed message: 2026-08-23 22:23 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 58 messages
Active dates: 5 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -18 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -23 to -11 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 40, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 16, strong (≥ -8 dB) 2.

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.

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with W1HQL in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

DL3MIB · Fed. Rep. of Germany F5RAV · France KF8EFV · United States KM4IOA · United States OK4FX · Czech Republic RC6OX · European Russia UR3LM · Ukraine VA3LCE · Canada VA3TBW · Canada VU2SW · India W0CBF · United States YU1LD · Serbia

Most frequent locator attributed to W1HQL

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: EL95 · 13 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 8,719 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-08-23 22:23 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.

Time UTC	Band	W1HQL S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-17 02:45	40m	- / +3	AC9C	-9 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
09-17 02:36	40m	- / -15	EA1AA	-8 / -	4	Partial capture
09-17 02:30	40m	- / -8	SP100PKP	-9 / -	2	Partial capture
09-13 01:36	40m	- / -16	RY7F	+10 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-30 05:49	40m	- / -12	F4CWZ	-10 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-30 05:40	40m	- / -12	F5HNQ	-10 / -	5	✓ Closing fragment
08-30 05:33	40m	- / -	F4DIA	-14 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-30 05:29	40m	- / -	DL1GLO	+4 / -	6	Partial capture
08-29 02:27	60m	- / -11	IK4CBO	-9 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 02:18	60m	- / -17	HA3FMR	-7 / -	9	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 02:17	60m	- / -22	OM5JG	-1 / -	5	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 02:14	60m	- / -16	SP6JOQ	-11 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 02:09	60m	- / -20	ER3UA	-8 / -	3	Partial capture
08-29 02:03	60m	- / -15	DL7ARV	+9 / -	5	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 02:03	60m	- / -15	YO6LM	+2 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 02:02	60m	- / -9	SP2FWC	-4 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-27 09:49	20m	- / -17	M9VHB	-14 / -	2	Partial capture
08-25 05:57	40m	- / -20	SM6JRG	-2 / -	7	Partial capture
08-25 05:56	40m	- / -11	F1MXE	-6 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-23 22:22	20m	-20 / -	F5RAV	- / -8	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-23 22:19	20m	-18 / -	OK4FX	- / -14	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-23 22:02	20m	-19 / -	KM4IOA	- / +4	6	✓ Closing fragment
08-23 22:01	20m	-22 / -	KF8EFV	-9 / +7	3	✓ Closing observed
08-23 22:00	20m	-18 / -	VA3LCE	- / -3	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-23 02:19	60m	- / -22	EC3A	-20 / -	4	Partial capture
08-23 02:12	60m	- / -22	EC3A	-20 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-23 01:57	60m	- / -18	G4ATX	-4 / -	5	✓ Closing fragment
08-22 00:54	20m	-8 / -24	VU2SW	-4 / -16	5	✓ Full exchange observed
08-20 03:21	20m	- / -18	DL3MIB	-5 / -	7	✓ Closing fragment
08-16 05:28	20m	- / -	EA3FYO	-12 / -	2	Partial capture
08-16 05:26	20m	- / -19	RC6OX	-6 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-07 00:45	40m	- / -12	SM3ULU	-17 / -	3	Partial capture
08-07 00:41	40m	- / -	RN6HK	-7 / -	3	Partial capture
08-05 01:44	40m	- / -	SV1MOZ	-17 / -	2	Partial capture
08-05 01:22	40m	- / -	RN6HK	-8 / -	2	Partial capture
07-29 01:49	40m	- / -8	R2AL	-12 / -	2	Partial capture
07-29 01:46	40m	- / -	DK8HC	-10 / -	2	Partial capture
07-29 01:45	40m	- / -18	IK6DLK	+3 / -	5	✓ Closing fragment
07-29 01:45	40m	- / -	R2AL	-8 / -	3	Partial capture
07-28 00:41	40m	- / -	GM7JQK	-21 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
07-19 00:07	20m	- / -	PD1HPB	-23 / -	5	Partial capture
07-18 23:43	20m	- / -21	YU1LD	-8 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

Frequency values are decoder audio offsets in hertz, not RF frequencies.

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
224245  -6 1694  W1HQL F4DVP R-16
013615 +10  599  W1HQL RY7F LN04 (x4)
023000  -8 1418  W1HQL SP100PKP R-08 (x2)
023630  -7 2237  W1HQL EA1AA R-15 (x4)
024500  -9  340  W1HQL AC9C R+03 (x4)

60m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
021815  -7 1603  W1HQL HA3FMR JN97
021845  -1 1200  W1HQL OM5JG R-22
021845  -3 1603  W1HQL HA3FMR JN97
021915  -2 1201  W1HQL OM5JG R-22
021915 -11 1603  W1HQL HA3FMR JN97
021945  -1 1200  W1HQL OM5JG 73
021945  -7 1603  W1HQL HA3FMR JN97 (x6)
022745 -13 1823  W1HQL IK4CBO JN54 (x3)

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
221130 -15 1553  W1HQL VA3TBW RR73
221330  +8 1764  W1HQL RC6OU KN98
221430  +9 2133  W1HQL IQ4JO JN63
221815 -21 1763  W0CBF W1HQL RR73
221845 -21 1763  CQ W1HQL EL95
221900  +6 2133  W1HQL IQ4JO JN63
221915 -18 1763  OK4FX W1HQL -14 (x2)
222045 -24 1763  CQ W1HQL EL95
222215 -19 1763  F5RAV W1HQL -08 (x3)
222345 -23 1763  CQ W1HQL EL95                       ? a1
094915 -17 1866  W1HQL M9VHB -17 (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.

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