W8BBQ — reception at SO8OO

Signals decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. FT8 and CW have separate histories; all times are UTC.

FT8 activity

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States Most frequent locator attributed to this token: EN91

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving W8BBQ, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 21 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, 40m, 10m, across 7 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-09-14 and 2026-10-31.

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 21 FT8 messages attributed to W8BBQ as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 7 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 10 m (52%), followed by 40 m (29%) and 80 m (19%). Several six-hour UTC windows tied for the largest share (52%), so no unique busiest interval is claimed. Most successfully decoded messages attributed to this token fell in SO8OO's weak S/N range (95%); the estimated median was -21 dB.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-21 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

80m · 4 40m · 6 10m · 11

First attributed message: 2026-09-14
Last attributed message: 2026-10-31 02:58 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 21 messages
Active dates: 7 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -21 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -24 to -18 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 20, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 1, 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.

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with W8BBQ in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

CS7BPG · Portugal DL4JTH · Fed. Rep. of Germany OK1WCF · Czech Republic OM3DX · Slovak Republic T77BL · San Marino G3VCQ · England SV9QWC · Crete TA2VUZ · Asiatic Turkey EA1AUO · Spain EI2GLB · Ireland IZ8VYU · Italy OK1UOZ · Czech Republic

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 W8BBQ

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: EN91 · 9 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 7,383 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-10-31 02:58 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	W8BBQ S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
11-05 01:52	80m	- / -17	OK1UOZ	+14 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
11-05 01:49	80m	- / -	RU3DX	+4 / -	2	Partial capture
11-05 01:49	80m	- / -13	SV5BYP	-18 / -	2	Partial capture
11-05 01:48	80m	- / -	UX7UU	+6 / -	2	Partial capture
11-05 01:47	80m	- / -15	EA1AUO	-19 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
11-05 01:46	80m	- / -8	UT5EL	+16 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-31 13:26	10m	- / -12	EA5JHD	0 / -	2	Partial capture
10-29 22:13	40m	- / -14	EX7CQ	-15 / -	3	Partial capture
10-27 00:19	80m	- / -10	LZ1KU	+4 / -	2	Partial capture
10-26 02:47	80m	- / -26	YO6LM	-3 / -	2	Partial capture
10-26 02:46	80m	- / -5	IZ8VYU	-2 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-26 02:05	40m	- / -8	TA2VUZ	-17 / -	6	✓ Closing fragment
10-25 22:58	40m	- / -13	EA7L	-19 / -	2	Partial capture
10-25 22:14	80m	- / -12	EI2GLB	0 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-17 13:27	10m	- / -	DN9SGE	-14 / -	3	Partial capture
10-17 12:56	10m	-19 / -	A41ED	- / -12	4	Partial capture
10-17 12:55	10m	-21 / -	DL4JTH	- / +4	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-17 12:53	10m	-18 / -	T77BL	- / -10	2	✓ Closing fragment
10-17 12:26	10m	- / -5	CS7BPG	-18 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
09-30 00:21	40m	- / -	G3VCQ	-6 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
09-29 23:59	80m	- / -	EC3A	-14 / -	2	Partial capture
09-25 02:39	80m	-20 / -20	S57TW	0 / -	5	Partial capture
09-16 00:08	40m	-23 / -12	SV9QWC	-12 / -10	6	✓ Full exchange observed
09-15 23:38	40m	-21 / -6	SV9QWC	-7 / -	4	Partial capture
09-14 01:46	40m	-18 / -	SV9QWC	- / -	2	Partial capture
09-14 00:32	80m	- / -11	GX4RAF/P	+12 / -	2	Partial capture
09-08 02:42	80m	- / -13	ON1JP	-14 / -	6	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

80m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
014700 +15 2396  W8BBQ UT5EL RR73
014700 -16 2006  W8BBQ EA1AUO -15 (x2)
014800 +10  947  W8BBQ UX7UU KO50
014800 -17 2007  W8BBQ EA1AUO -15
014830  +1  947  W8BBQ UX7UU KO50
014830 -24 2007  W8BBQ EA1AUO RR73
014900 -17 1546  W8BBQ SV5BYP -13
014930  +1 1743  W8BBQ RU3DX KO86
015000 -20 1486  W8BBQ SV5BYP -13
015000  +7 1743  W8BBQ RU3DX KO86
015000  +8  333  W8BBQ OK4FX JO70
015200 +16 2607  W8BBQ OK1UOZ -17 (x3)

160m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
231915  +4 2290  W8BBQ EA1FCH -16

10m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
125345 -19 1862  T77BL W8BBQ R-10 (x2)
125515 -22 1862  DL4JTH W8BBQ +04 (x2)
125615 -14 1862  A41ED W8BBQ EN91 (x4)
132730 -13 1202  W8BBQ DN9SGE JO42 (x3)
142830 -24 1864  OK1WCF W8BBQ RR73
143115 -21 1803  OM3DX W8BBQ 73
132600  +2 1810  W8BBQ EA5JHD -12 (x2)

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
002100  -8 1220  W8BBQ G3VCQ RR73 (x2)
210730 -14 1390  W8BBQ CT1EEX -16
225800 -16 2005  W8BBQ EA7L -13 (x2)
020515 -17 1683  W8BBQ TA2VUZ -08 (x6)
023900 -19 1190  W8BBQ F8MRQ R+01
221330 -15 1897  W8BBQ EX7CQ -14 (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.

CW

No CW receptions recorded for this callsign in the last 30 days.

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