WA2COU — 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: FM05

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving WA2COU, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 28 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 40m, across 3 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-08-23 and 2026-09-16.

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 28 FT8 messages attributed to WA2COU as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 3 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 40 m (100%). In this small sample, the estimated median decoder S/N was -15 dB; no usual signal pattern is inferred.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-15 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

40m · 28

First attributed message: 2026-08-23
Last attributed message: 2026-09-16 00:39 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 28 messages
Active dates: 3 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -15 dB
Estimated 10th-90th percentile: -18 to -10 dB
Recurring-pattern threshold: Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 9, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 18, strong (≥ -8 dB) 1.

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 WA2COU in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

DL3MIB · Fed. Rep. of Germany EB3JT · Spain HK3W · Colombia AA4NP · United States CT7AUT · Portugal K1LNF · United States KA3PMW · United States KN4AEV · United States N1SK · United States PA4PA · Netherlands SV9QWC · Crete W1KFR · United States

Most frequent locator attributed to WA2COU

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: FM05 · 10 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 7,754 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-16 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.

Time UTC	Band	WA2COU S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-16 00:38	40m	-9 / -	N9MSG	- / +1	2	Partial capture
09-16 00:35	40m	-18 / -	AA4NP	-12 / -	2	✓ Closing observed
09-16 00:34	40m	-16 / +2	K4CEB	-19 / +3	3	Partial capture
09-16 00:28	40m	-14 / -	SP5LST	- / -19	2	Partial capture
09-16 00:26	40m	-16 / -	WB8NXR	- / +10	2	✓ Closing fragment
09-16 00:13	40m	- / -	EA5HM	-12 / -	5	Partial capture
08-29 21:21	20m	- / -9	HK3W	-6 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 20:40	20m	- / -12	DL3MIB	-11 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 20:39	20m	- / -8	IK4LZH	-6 / -	2	Partial capture
08-29 20:34	20m	- / -14	EB3JT	-14 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 00:36	40m	- / -16	PA4PA	0 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 00:13	40m	-16 / -	KA3PMW	- / -6	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-29 00:06	40m	-16 / -	W1AW	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-29 00:05	40m	-15 / -	KQ4UWH	- / +7	7	Partial capture
08-29 00:00	40m	-16 / -	N6RAM	- / -	2	Partial capture
08-28 23:59	40m	- / -17	SV9QWC	-6 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-28 23:54	40m	- / -19	R3XBS	+9 / -	3	Partial capture
08-24 00:07	40m	- / +6	WV2B	-3 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-22 23:16	40m	- / -10	CT7AUT	-14 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
001500  -9 1535  WA2COU EA5HM IM99
001630 -15  789  KN4AEV WA2COU 73
001900 -13  789  AC9XW WA2COU R-01
002645 -18  790  WB8NXR WA2COU +10 (x2)
002845 -13  789  SP5LST WA2COU -19 (x2)
003230 -14  788  AD9GE WA2COU FM05
003415 -16  788  K4CEB WA2COU FM05
003500 -12 1939  WA2COU AA4NP +13
003530 -19 1816  WA2COU K4CEB +02
003545 -18  789  AA4NP WA2COU 73
003700 -15  789  K4CEB WA2COU R+03
003830 -10  788  N9MSG WA2COU FM05 (x2)

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
203430 -19 1074  WA2COU EB3JT R-14 (x3)
203915  -7  464  WA2COU IK4LZH JN54 (x2)
204015 -11 1110  WA2COU DL3MIB JN57 (x3)
212130  -6 1314  WA2COU HK3W FJ34 (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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