What grid square is the CC70 operating area?

CC70 is the live DXRadar reference square for the CC70 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of CC70 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 CC70 right now?

CC70 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 CC70 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator CC70. Coordinating at -69.50°, -125.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

CC70 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 118.

Regional Radar

SFI

118

K-Index

1 Kp

Center Coords

-69.5, -125.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 14:02 UTC

Sunset 02:24 UTC from CC70

From the CC70 operating area, work the 14:02 UTC and 02:24 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses CC70.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the CC70 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: 14:02 UTC / 02:24 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the CC70 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for CC70, 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 CC70 — the CC70 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from CC70 to each DX region at SFI 118 / Kp 1, 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	4,170 mi	263°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	4,698 mi	74°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	5,681 mi	154°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	7,621 mi	22°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	8,693 mi	278°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	9,018 mi	208°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	10,450 mi	109°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for CC70

A planning heuristic for the local day at CC70, built from sunrise 14:02 UTC, sunset 02:24 UTC, SFI 118, and Kp 1. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 14:02 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 14:02 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 02:24 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 02:24 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching CC70 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in CC70, CC71, CB79, CC80, CC60. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate CC70 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 CC70, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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