What grid square is the BE80 operating area?

BE80 is the live DXRadar reference square for the BE80 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of BE80 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 BE80 right now?

BE80 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 BE80 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator BE80. Coordinating at -49.50°, -143.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

BE80 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 118.

Regional Radar

SFI

118

K-Index

0.67 Kp

Center Coords

-49.5, -143.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 15:21 UTC

Sunset 03:30 UTC from BE80

From the BE80 operating area, work the 15:21 UTC and 03:30 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses BE80.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the BE80 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: upper mid-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 15:21 UTC / 03:30 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the BE80 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for BE80, 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 BE80 — the BE80 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from BE80 to each DX region at SFI 118 / 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	3,671 mi	265°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	5,212 mi	96°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	6,701 mi	34°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	7,177 mi	170°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	7,620 mi	302°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	9,512 mi	245°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	11,238 mi	78°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for BE80

A planning heuristic for the local day at BE80, built from sunrise 15:21 UTC, sunset 03:30 UTC, SFI 118, and Kp 0.67. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 15:21 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 15:21 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 03:30 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 03:30 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching BE80 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in BE80, BE81, BD89, BE90, BE70. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate BE80 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 BE80, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

Open contest calendar

Nearby grids