WA3KCP — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States Most frequent locator attributed to this token: FN10

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving WA3KCP, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 12 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 40m, 20m, across 3 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-07-31 and 2026-09-15.

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 12 FT8 messages attributed to WA3KCP as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 3 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 20 m (58%), followed by 40 m (42%). In this small sample, the estimated median decoder S/N was -18 dB; no usual signal pattern is inferred.

Overview

Messages attributed

UTC dates decoded

Active 15-min windows

-18 dB

Estimated median S/N

Bands

40m · 5 20m · 7

First attributed message: 2026-07-31
Last attributed message: 2026-09-15 00:30 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample: 12 messages
Active dates: 3 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N: -18 dB
S/N percentile sample: Too small
Recurring-pattern threshold: Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 7, 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 WA3KCP in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

TJ1GD · Cameroon ×2 A71UN · Qatar DL7GAL · Fed. Rep. of Germany GJ0KYZ · Jersey LZ1KU · Bulgaria MI0JZZ · Northern Ireland PD1EN · Netherlands PI4DX · Netherlands R9CB · Asiatic Russia TN8GD · Republic of the Congo HG8LXL · Hungary US2YW · Ukraine

Most frequent locator attributed to WA3KCP

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: FN10 · 5 decoded messages
SO8OO receiver locator: KN09VW
Locator-centre separation: 7,230 km (approx.)
Last such locator decoded: 2026-09-15 00:28 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	WA3KCP S/N	Counterpart	Counterpart S/N	Msgs	Capture
09-15 00:29	40m	-18 / -	HG8LXL	- / -13	2	✓ Closing fragment
09-15 00:22	40m	- / -	PC2J	+4 / -	3	Partial capture
08-30 04:39	40m	- / -	IZ0MIO	+4 / -	3	Partial capture
08-30 04:06	40m	- / -	EA5HM	-16 / -	4	Partial capture
08-27 12:34	20m	- / -	F6ARS	-4 / -	2	Partial capture
08-26 19:39	20m	- / -	M9KTM	-6 / -	2	Partial capture
08-25 23:55	20m	- / -10	TJ1GD	-10 / -	3	✓ Closing fragment
08-25 23:05	20m	-10 / -7	TJ1GD	-5 / +4	7	✓ Full exchange observed
08-25 11:54	20m	- / -16	ON1JP	-15 / -	2	Partial capture
08-24 20:45	20m	- / -16	F1PBZ	+6 / -	2	Partial capture
08-24 20:42	20m	- / -	DK9ZQ	-8 / -	4	Partial capture
08-21 18:34	20m	- / -1	DL7GAL	+1 / -	4	✓ Closing fragment
08-21 18:33	20m	- / -	DL1R	+12 / -	9	Partial capture
08-21 18:24	20m	- / -	IU5HIU	-7 / -	2	Partial capture
08-04 18:56	20m	- / -23	MI0JZZ	-6 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
08-01 11:04	20m	- / -	EI1DG	-16 / -	2	Partial capture
08-01 11:04	20m	- / -16	GJ0KYZ	-8 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-31 22:42	20m	-10 / -	TN8GD	-8 / -4	4	✓ Closing observed
07-31 22:33	20m	-19 / -	SV1EAG	- / -	2	Partial capture
07-31 20:54	20m	- / -13	A71UN	-10 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-22 21:49	20m	- / -	DL1UDO	-4 / -	2	Partial capture
07-22 12:06	20m	- / -19	PD0HLA	-11 / -	2	Partial capture
07-22 12:00	20m	- / -18	PD5FL	-12 / -	3	Partial capture
07-22 11:46	20m	- / -	DK9ZQ	-8 / -	5	Partial capture
07-22 11:33	20m	- / -19	R6LQU	-14 / -	2	Partial capture
07-18 10:51	20m	- / -	F1PSX	-21 / -	2	Partial capture
07-18 10:45	20m	- / -7	F4HRM	-15 / -	2	Partial capture
07-18 10:45	20m	- / -	SP4BP	-18 / -	3	Partial capture
07-17 23:18	20m	- / -11	9K2YM	-2 / -	2	Partial capture
07-08 00:55	40m	- / -19	<...>	-18 / -	2	Partial capture
07-07 21:21	20m	- / -3	PI4DX	-22 / -	2	✓ Closing fragment
07-07 21:16	20m	- / -16	OE8DDX	-9 / -	4	Partial capture
07-07 21:08	20m	- / -11	IK4LZH	-7 / -	2	Partial capture

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

40m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
043900  +3 2955  WA3KCP IZ0MIO JN61 (x3)
002200  +0 1287  WA3KCP PC2J JO22 (x3)
002330  -3 1285  WA3KCP F1IQH JN27
002645 -20 1286  US2YW WA3KCP RR73
002815 -20 1287  CQ WA3KCP FN10 (x2)
002900  +5 1287  WA3KCP PC2J JO22
002930 -20 1101  WA3KCP RA6OY KN88
002945 -18 1287  HG8LXL WA3KCP -13 (x2)
003030 -11 2652  WA3KCP MI7XHT IO64

20m

UTC    dB Audio  Message
115515  -8 1396  WA3KCP F1PPH JN07
230500  -6  544  WA3KCP TJ1GD -07 (x3)
230615 -12 1584  TJ1GD WA3KCP R+04
230700  -5  544  WA3KCP TJ1GD RR73
230715  -9 1584  TJ1GD WA3KCP R+04
230800  -5  545  WA3KCP TJ1GD RR73 (x4)
193930  -6  965  WA3KCP M9KTM IO91 (x2)
123430  +2  808  WA3KCP F6ARS JN38 (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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