What grid square is the AB15 operating area?

AB15 is the live DXRadar reference square for the AB15 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of AB15 for planning propagation.

How do I find my grid square?

Use a Maidenhead grid lookup from your GPS coordinates or street address, then compare that grid with the nearby squares linked on this page. A 4-character grid is enough for most HF planning.

What bands are open in AB15 right now?

AB15 is currently rated FAIR. The best bands right now are 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

Grid AB15 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator AB15. Coordinating at -74.50°, -177.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

AB15 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 115.

Regional Radar

SFI

115

K-Index

0.67 Kp

Center Coords

-74.5, -177.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 17:32 UTC

Sunset 05:51 UTC from AB15

From the AB15 operating area, work the 17:32 UTC and 05:51 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses AB15.

Best band now

10m

10m is the headline band right now, with 20m as the dependable fallback if conditions soften.

Closest operating hub

the AB15 operating area

This square sits in a mixed-region footprint and is best used as a planning center for portable, field-day, and home-station band decisions.

Latitude zone: high-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: watch during geomagnetic storms
Grayline: 17:32 UTC / 05:51 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the AB15 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for AB15, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

EXCELLENT

15m

EXCELLENT

20m

GOOD

40m

POOR

80m

POOR

● Best DX Windows from AB15 — the AB15 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from AB15 to each DX region at SFI 115 / Kp 0.67, and a current verdict. "Open now" means a suitable band is scoring well on that path; "Try ~HH:MM" points at the next far-end grayline. Band picks and status are a planning heuristic, not a measurement.

Target	Distance	Beam	Bands to try	Status
Oceania	3,280 mi	320°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	5,416 mi	201°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	5,725 mi	122°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	7,906 mi	321°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	7,957 mi	262°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	8,604 mi	68°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	10,732 mi	191°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for AB15

A planning heuristic for the local day at AB15, built from sunrise 17:32 UTC, sunset 05:51 UTC, SFI 115, and Kp 0.67. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 17:32 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

Grayline enhancement — low bands reach long distances as the terminator passes.

Morning

after 17:32 UTC

20m · 15m · 10m

High bands rising with the sun; check 10m for DX.

Midday

local noon

10m · 15m · 20m

Peak high-band window — 10m and 15m open widest.

Dusk grayline

around 05:51 UTC

20m · 40m

Second grayline peak — 20m holds, then hands off to 40m.

Night

after 05:51 UTC

40m · 80m

Low bands own the darkness — 40m for DX, 80m regional.

Recent local activity

Spots touching AB15 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in AB15, AB16, AB14, AB25, AB05. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate AB15 footprint right now. That usually means you should widen the search to the nearest regional hubs below or fall back to 20m/40m for the next operating window.

Top DX targets

Where this grid is reaching right now

No outbound targets were strong enough to rank from the current cache. Check back after the next PSKReporter refresh or switch to the regional grids below.

Contest preview

Next major contest outlook

No contest event is currently loaded. For planning from AB15, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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