What grid square is the DA92 operating area?

DA92 is the live DXRadar reference square for the DA92 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of DA92 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 DA92 right now?

DA92 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 DA92 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator DA92. Coordinating at -87.50°, -101.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

DA92 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, 10m. SFI: 121.

Regional Radar

SFI

121

K-Index

3 Kp

Center Coords

-87.5, -101.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 10:27 UTC

Sunset 02:47 UTC from DA92

From the DA92 operating area, work the 10:27 UTC and 02:47 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses DA92.

Best band now

20m

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

Closest operating hub

the DA92 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: 10:27 UTC / 02:47 UTC
Best high band: 20m
Nearest city: the DA92 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for DA92, 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 DA92 — the DA92 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from DA92 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	4,204 mi	250°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	4,527 mi	128°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	5,056 mi	43°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	7,911 mi	179°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	8,741 mi	3°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	8,793 mi	241°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	9,731 mi	108°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for DA92

A planning heuristic for the local day at DA92, built from sunrise 10:27 UTC, sunset 02:47 UTC, SFI 121, and Kp 3. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 10:27 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 10:27 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 02:47 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 02:47 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching DA92 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in DA92, DA93, DA91, EA02, DA82. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate DA92 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 DA92: 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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