What grid square is the AQ99 operating area?

AQ99 is the live DXRadar reference square for the AQ99 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of AQ99 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 AQ99 right now?

AQ99 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 AQ99 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator AQ99. Coordinating at 79.50°, -161.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

AQ99 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

0.33 Kp

Center Coords

79.5, -161.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 16:15 UTC

Sunset 05:00 UTC from AQ99

From the AQ99 operating area, work the 16:15 UTC and 05:00 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses AQ99.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the AQ99 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: 16:15 UTC / 05:00 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the AQ99 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for AQ99, 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 AQ99 — the AQ99 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from AQ99 to each DX region at SFI 105 / Kp 0.33, 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
North America	3,242 mi	109°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	3,420 mi	249°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	3,482 mi	7°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	5,090 mi	304°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	7,400 mi	80°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	7,796 mi	225°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	8,734 mi	352°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for AQ99

A planning heuristic for the local day at AQ99, built from sunrise 16:15 UTC, sunset 05:00 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 0.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 16:15 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 16:15 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 05:00 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 05:00 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching AQ99 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in AQ99, AR90, AQ98, BQ09, AQ89. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate AQ99 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 AQ99, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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