What grid square is the DA01 operating area?

DA01 is the live DXRadar reference square for the DA01 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of DA01 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 DA01 right now?

DA01 is currently rated POOR. The best bands right now are 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, 10m, with 20m as the main band to watch first.

Grid DA01 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator DA01. Coordinating at -88.50°, -119.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

DA01 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, 10m. SFI: 121.

Regional Radar

SFI

121

K-Index

3 Kp

Center Coords

-88.5, -119.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 09:28 UTC

Sunset 06:09 UTC from DA01

From the DA01 operating area, work the 09:28 UTC and 06:09 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses DA01.

Best band now

20m

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

Closest operating hub

the DA01 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: 09:28 UTC / 06:09 UTC
Best high band: 20m
Nearest city: the DA01 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for DA01, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

POOR

15m

POOR

20m

FAIR

40m

GOOD

80m

GOOD

● Best DX Windows from DA01 — the DA01 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from DA01 to each DX region at SFI 121 / Kp 3, 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	4,148 mi	268°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	4,507 mi	145°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	5,132 mi	61°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	7,838 mi	197°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	8,728 mi	258°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	8,816 mi	21°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	9,737 mi	128°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for DA01

A planning heuristic for the local day at DA01, built from sunrise 09:28 UTC, sunset 06:09 UTC, SFI 121, and Kp 3. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 09:28 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 09:28 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 06:09 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 06:09 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching DA01 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in DA01, DA02, DA00, DA11, CA91. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate DA01 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 DA01: 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR. Current solar conditions (SFI 121, K 3) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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