ZS6WAB — reception at SO8OO

Observed FT8 message patterns

Attributed sample

756 messages

Active dates

21 UTC dates

Estimated median S/N

-14 dB

Estimated 10th-90th percentile

-21.9 to -7 dB

Recurring-pattern threshold

Met

SO8OO display ranges among successful decodes: weak (≤ -16 dB) 272, moderate (-15 to -9 dB) 368, strong (≥ -8 dB) 116.

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.

Frequent counterpart tokens observed at SO8OO

Tokens most often paired with ZS6WAB in decoded directed-looking exchanges:

Attributed messages by UTC hour

Rolling 90-day UTC chart window. Counts follow decoded message structure: the first token for CQ, or the second token in a directed-looking message.

Most frequent locator attributed to ZS6WAB

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

KG46 · 388 decoded messages

SO8OO receiver locator

KN09VW

Locator-centre separation

8,197 km (approx.)

Last such locator decoded

2026-09-04 23:45 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
195000  -6 2171  ZS6WAB 9A3MA -13 (x15)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
214200  -9 1439  ZS6WAB EA3AAY JN11
214230  -6 2104  ZS6WAB WP4U FK68 (x2)
214300 -15 1439  ZS6WAB EA3AAY JN11
214430  -3 2104  ZS6WAB WP4U R-08 (x4)
214600 -10 2270  ZS6WAB G1CEC IO83 (x2)
214700 -12 2029  ZS6WAB UR6QV KN77
214700  +0 1095  ZS6WAB HB9ELE JN47
214700  -6 2270  ZS6WAB G1CEC IO83 (x2)
214830  -7 2029  ZS6WAB UR6QV KN77

UTC    dB Audio  Message
233530  -6 2725  ZS6WAB LX1JX JO30

UTC    dB Audio  Message
195345 -20 1782  ZS6WAB SP2BZ JO83
195345  +4  454  ZS6WAB PA3FPQ JO32
195345  -9 1225  ZS6WAB DL2VN JO51
195415 -15 1782  ZS6WAB SP2BZ JO83
195415  +1  454  ZS6WAB PA3FPQ JO32
195415  -6 1225  ZS6WAB DL2VN JO51
195445  +3  454  ZS6WAB PA3FPQ JO32
195515  -4 1225  ZS6WAB DL2VN JO51
195545  -3 1430  ZS6WAB DD6ZV JO62 (x3)
221615 -16 1038  ZS6WAB IW9CTR JM77 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
184030 +13 2657  ZS6WAB DL1R JN58 (x2)
184115  +0  918  ZS6WAB F4MSA IN97
184115  +0 2813  ZS6WAB 9A3TGY -07
184130 +14 2657  ZS6WAB DL1R JN58
184145  +4  918  ZS6WAB F4MSA IN97
184200 +16 2657  ZS6WAB DL1R JN58
184215  +5  918  ZS6WAB F4MSA IN97
184230 +14 2657  ZS6WAB DL1R JN58
184245  +1  918  ZS6WAB F4MSA IN97
184300  +8 2656  ZS6WAB DL1R JN58
184445  -8 2534  ZS6WAB YO4NF -12 (x4)

UTC    dB Audio  Message
060930 -10 2555  ZS6WAB IZ7BAS JN81 (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.