WD4DAN — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

DXCC entity inferred from callsign: United States

Receiver-side FT8 activity involving WD4DAN, decoded by SO8OO in southeastern Poland. 9 FT8 messages attributed to this token as transmitter, on 80m, across 2 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. Observed between 2026-07-06 and 2026-07-08.

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 9 FT8 messages attributed to WD4DAN as the transmitting token by decoded message structure across 2 UTC dates in the available aggregate history. The largest monitored-band total was 80 m (100%). In this small sample, the estimated median decoder S/N was -19 dB; no usual signal pattern is inferred.

Overview

9
Messages attributed
2
UTC dates decoded
3
Active 15-min windows
-19 dB
Estimated median S/N

Bands

First attributed message: 2026-07-06
Last attributed message: 2026-07-08 01:02 UTC

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample
9 messages
Active dates
2 UTC dates
Estimated median S/N
-19 dB
S/N percentile sample
Too small
Recurring-pattern threshold
Not met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 9, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 0, 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 WD4DAN in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

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 UTCBandWD4DAN S/NCounterpartCounterpart S/NMsgsCapture
07-08 01:02 80m -16 / - WA4MB - / -2 2 ✓ Closing fragment
07-08 01:01 80m - / - SP9JMZ +5 / - 6 Partial capture
07-08 01:01 80m -21 / - KC8ZKS - / -12 2 ✓ Closing fragment
07-08 00:58 80m - / - EA5HM -15 / - 4 Partial capture
07-08 00:41 80m - / - EA3HMM -2 / - 4 Partial capture
07-08 00:39 80m -22 / - K2H - / -6 2 ✓ Closing fragment
07-08 00:34 80m - / -19 OH2BVT +7 / - 5 Partial capture
07-08 00:29 80m - / - EA1IOK -4 / - 2 ✓ Closing fragment

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

80m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
005845 -15 1699  WD4DAN EA5HM IM99
005915  -9 1522  WD4DAN EA6SK JM19
005915 -15 1700  WD4DAN EA5HM IM99 (x2)
010030 -16 1604  KE7RTB WD4DAN RR73
010100 -23 1604  KC8ZKS WD4DAN -12 (x2)
010145  +4 1605  WD4DAN SP9JMZ JO90
010200 -16 1604  WA4MB WD4DAN -02 (x2)
010245  +7 1605  WD4DAN SP9JMZ JO90 (x5)
40m
UTC    dB Audio  Message
233530 -19 2039  WD4DAN <...> R-25

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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