What grid square is the DA61 operating area?

DA61 is the live DXRadar reference square for the DA61 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of DA61 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 DA61 right now?

DA61 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 DA61 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator DA61. Coordinating at -88.50°, -107.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

DA61 currently has elevated aurora risk (Kp: 4.33). High-latitude paths may be degraded.

Regional Radar

SFI

121

K-Index

4.33 Kp

Center Coords

-88.5, -107.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 08:45 UTC

Sunset 05:17 UTC from DA61

From the DA61 operating area, work the 08:45 UTC and 05:17 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses DA61.

Best band now

20m

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

Closest operating hub

the DA61 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: elevated — auroral absorption likely (Kp 4.33)
Grayline: 08:45 UTC / 05:17 UTC
Best high band: 20m
Nearest city: the DA61 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for DA61, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

POOR

15m

POOR

20m

POOR

40m

FAIR

80m

FAIR

● Best DX Windows from DA61 — the DA61 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from DA61 to each DX region at SFI 121 / Kp 4.33, 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	4,170 mi	256°	40m, 20m	Marginal now
Southern Africa	4,493 mi	134°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	5,114 mi	49°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	7,842 mi	185°	40m, 20m	Marginal now
East Asia / Japan	8,749 mi	246°	40m, 20m	Marginal now
North America	8,811 mi	9°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	9,719 mi	115°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for DA61

A planning heuristic for the local day at DA61, built from sunrise 08:45 UTC, sunset 05:17 UTC, SFI 121, and Kp 4.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 08:45 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 08:45 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 05:17 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 05:17 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching DA61 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in DA61, DA62, DA60, DA71, DA51. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate DA61 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 DA61, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m POOR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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