What grid square is the FA86 operating area?

FA86 is the live DXRadar reference square for the FA86 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of FA86 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 FA86 right now?

FA86 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 FA86 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator FA86. Coordinating at -83.50°, -63.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

FA86 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 118.

Regional Radar

SFI

118

K-Index

0.67 Kp

Center Coords

-83.5, -63.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 09:33 UTC

Sunset 22:38 UTC from FA86

From the FA86 operating area, work the 09:33 UTC and 22:38 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses FA86.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the FA86 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: Daylight
Aurora exposure: watch during geomagnetic storms
Grayline: 09:33 UTC / 22:38 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the FA86 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for FA86, 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 FA86 — the FA86 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from FA86 to each DX region at SFI 118 / Kp 0.67, 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
Southern Africa	4,427 mi	92°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	4,526 mi	211°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	4,735 mi	5°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	8,083 mi	139°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	8,539 mi	328°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	9,122 mi	203°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	9,516 mi	66°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for FA86

A planning heuristic for the local day at FA86, built from sunrise 09:33 UTC, sunset 22:38 UTC, SFI 118, and Kp 0.67. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 09:33 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 09:33 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 22:38 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 22:38 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching FA86 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in FA86, FA87, FA85, FA96, FA76. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate FA86 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 FA86, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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