ZS5KT — FT8 station from South Africa

South Africa Grid: ?

Amateur radio station ZS5KT operating from South Africa. 44 FT8 spots received at SO8OO WebSDR, active on 40m, over 3 days, best SNR +12 dB. Heard between 2026-07-10 and 2026-07-20.

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Overview

Total spots

CQ calls

Days active

-6 dB

Avg SNR

Bands

40m

First seen: 2026-07-10
Last seen: 2026-07-20 20:36 UTC

Frequent QSO partners observed at SO8OO

Stations ZS5KT worked most often, as logged from our receiver:

DF3IS · Fed. Rep. of Germany F4FRC · France R6OI · European Russia IT9SVJ · Sicily OE3JWC · Austria DL3KVR · Fed. Rep. of Germany IQ4JO · Italy IK8PLJ · Italy

Activity Heatmap

Location

QSO Logbook (as observed from SO8OO)

Format: our rx / partner reports

Time	Band	ZS5KT	Partner	Partner SNR	Msgs
07-20 22:34	40m	-16 / -	SV5BYP	- / -22	5	Partial
07-20 22:09	40m	0 / -	IQ4JO	- / -	2	✓ Confirmed
07-20 21:54	40m	-10 / -	IK8PLJ	- / -19	3	✓ Confirmed
07-20 21:38	40m	-15 / -	F4FRC	- / -21	3	✓ Confirmed
07-20 21:19	40m	-4 / -	DF3IS	- / -20	10	✓ Confirmed
07-20 21:16	40m	+8 / -	OE3JWC	- / -18	4	✓ Confirmed
07-12 21:35	40m	-9 / -	DL3KVR	- / -16	3	✓ Confirmed
07-12 20:02	40m	-2 / -	IT9SVJ	- / -18	4	✓ Confirmed
07-12 17:23	40m	-9 / -	UB3YGA	- / -	4	Partial
07-10 20:25	40m	-13 / -	R6OI	- / -20	2	✓ Confirmed
07-10 20:16	40m	+2 / -	R7ZS	- / -24	3	Partial

Station Log

40m

UTC    dB  Freq  Message
212315  -3 1019  ZS5KT DF3IS R-20 (x2)
213815 -15 1020  ZS5KT F4FRC JN25 (x3)
215415 -11  670  ZS5KT IK8PLJ JN70 (x3)
220945  -3 2739  ZS5KT IQ4JO JN63 (x2)
223415 -19 1643  ZS5KT SV5BYP KM46 (x5)