What grid square is Anchorage?

BP61 is the live DXRadar reference square for Anchorage. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of BP61 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 BP61 right now?

BP61 is currently rated GOOD. The best bands right now are 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

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Grid BP61 Band Conditions — Anchorage

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator BP61. Coordinating at 61.50°, -147.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

BP61 conditions are GOOD. Best bands: 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m. SFI: 137.

Regional Radar

SFI

137

K-Index

2 Kp

Center Coords

61.5, -147.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 12:51 UTC

Sunset 06:59 UTC from BP61

From Anchorage, work the 12:51 UTC and 06:59 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses BP61.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

Anchorage

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: 12:51 UTC / 06:59 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Anchorage

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for BP61, 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 BP61 — Anchorage

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from BP61 to each DX region at SFI 137 / 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
North America	2,572 mi	104°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	3,589 mi	277°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	4,629 mi	16°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	6,154 mi	319°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	7,094 mi	98°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	7,226 mi	233°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	9,962 mi	11°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for BP61

A planning heuristic for the local day at BP61, built from sunrise 12:51 UTC, sunset 06:59 UTC, SFI 137, and Kp 2. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 12:51 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 12:51 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 06:59 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 06:59 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching BP61 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in BP61, BP62, BP60, BP71, BP51. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate BP61 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 BP61, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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