W3EWL — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

9 messages

Active dates

2 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-16 dB

S/N percentile sample

Too small

Recurring-pattern threshold

Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 6, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 3, 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 W3EWL in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to W3EWL

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

FM19 · 4 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

7,310 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-12 00:38 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
002130 -13 2330  W3EWL UX1VT KN68 (x3)
002945 -19 2331  CQ W3EWL FM19                         a1
003000 -19 1841  W3EWL N1NRL FN41
003045 -20 2331  KF9UG W3EWL RR73
003100 -17 1578  W3EWL UR4QWW KN77
003100 -16 2331  W3EWL PD3HB JO32
003100 -20 1841  W3EWL N1NRL FN41
003130 -14 2331  W3EWL PD3HB JO32 (x4)
003500 -19 1841  W3EWL N1NRL 73
003845 -18 2331  CQ W3EWL FM19

UTC    dB Audio  Message
122545 -24 1476  W3EWL IU1DXU R-21
103000 -13 2612  W3EWL DL3BF R-10 (x2)
055930  +8  783  W3EWL II7MGXX -18 (x12)

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.