What grid square is the BB75 operating area?

BB75 is the live DXRadar reference square for the BB75 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of BB75 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 BB75 right now?

BB75 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 BB75 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator BB75. Coordinating at -74.50°, -145.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

BB75 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 118.

Regional Radar

SFI

118

K-Index

0.33 Kp

Center Coords

-74.5, -145.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 15:18 UTC

Sunset 03:48 UTC from BB75

From the BB75 operating area, work the 15:18 UTC and 03:48 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses BB75.

Best band now

10m

Night operation should keep 20m on watch and move to 40m as the path darkens.

Closest operating hub

the BB75 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: Darkness
Aurora exposure: watch during geomagnetic storms
Grayline: 15:18 UTC / 03:48 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the BB75 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for BB75, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

POOR

15m

POOR

20m

FAIR

40m

EXCELLENT

80m

EXCELLENT

● Best DX Windows from BB75 — the BB75 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from BB75 to each DX region at SFI 118 / 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
Oceania	3,771 mi	286°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	5,165 mi	91°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	5,481 mi	172°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	8,132 mi	40°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	8,373 mi	293°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	8,487 mi	229°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	10,596 mi	143°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for BB75

A planning heuristic for the local day at BB75, built from sunrise 15:18 UTC, sunset 03:48 UTC, SFI 118, and Kp 0.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 15:18 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 15:18 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 03:48 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 03:48 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching BB75 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in BB75, BB76, BB74, BB85, BB65. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate BB75 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

CQ World Wide DX Contest - SSB starts Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT. Current forecast from BB75: 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR. Current solar conditions (SFI 118, K 0.33) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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