ZS6BUN — FT8 activity observed at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

19 messages

Active dates

4 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) 17, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 2, 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 ZS6BUN in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Most frequent locator attributed to ZS6BUN

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

KG43 · 8 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

8,529 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-15 17:10 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.

Recent FT8 messages decoded at SO8OO

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

UTC    dB Audio  Message
174645  -7 2610  ZS6BUN SM6VJA JO67
174715 +16 1863  ZS6BUN SP4WRF JO93
174715  -4 2610  ZS6BUN SM6VJA JO67
174745 +13 1863  ZS6BUN SP4WRF R-22 (x2)
174815 -10  212  ZS6BUN SM6VJA JO67 (x9)
181500 -12 2217  ZS6BUN HB9HVG JN36

UTC    dB Audio  Message
180045 +12  835  ZS6BUN UY2RA KO51 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
174730  -9 2067  ZS6BUN 9A3TR JN64

UTC    dB Audio  Message
132815  -5 2692  ZS6BUN F1PBZ -13 (x4)

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.