What grid square is the AE49 operating area?

AE49 is the live DXRadar reference square for the AE49 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of AE49 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 AE49 right now?

AE49 is currently rated POOR. The best bands right now are 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

Grid AE49 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator AE49. Coordinating at -40.50°, -171.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

AE49 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

2 Kp

Center Coords

-40.5, -171.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 17:15 UTC

Sunset 05:20 UTC from AE49

From the AE49 operating area, work the 17:15 UTC and 05:20 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses AE49.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the AE49 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: mid-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 17:15 UTC / 05:20 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the AE49 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for AE49, 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 AE49 — the AE49 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from AE49 to each DX region at SFI 105 / Kp 2, 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	2,296 mi	276°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	6,197 mi	321°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	6,690 mi	116°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	7,161 mi	50°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	7,714 mi	196°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	8,273 mi	275°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	11,779 mi	356°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for AE49

A planning heuristic for the local day at AE49, built from sunrise 17:15 UTC, sunset 05:20 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 2. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 17:15 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 17:15 UTC

20m · 15m

Modest SFI — 20m is the daytime workhorse here.

Midday

local noon

15m · 20m

20m and 15m carry the daytime load at this SFI.

Dusk grayline

around 05:20 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 05:20 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching AE49 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in AE49, AF40, AE48, AE59, AE39. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate AE49 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 AE49, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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