What grid square is Canada operating area?

FQ71 is the live DXRadar reference square for Canada operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of FQ71 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 FQ71 right now?

FQ71 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 FQ71 Band Conditions — Canada

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator FQ71. Coordinating at 71.50°, -65.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

FQ71 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 115.

Regional Radar

SFI

115

K-Index

0.67 Kp

Center Coords

71.5, -65.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 09:59 UTC

Sunset 22:28 UTC from FQ71

From Canada operating area, work the 09:59 UTC and 22:28 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses FQ71.

Best band now

10m

10m and 20m are the main daytime rate bands from this part of North America. Watch 10m first if SFI stays elevated.

Closest operating hub

Canada operating area

This square sits in Canada 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: 09:59 UTC / 22:28 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Canada operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for FQ71, 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 FQ71 — Canada operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from FQ71 to each DX region at SFI 115 / 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
North America	2,524 mi	225°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	2,681 mi	82°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	4,924 mi	341°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	5,741 mi	34°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	5,986 mi	173°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	7,937 mi	98°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Oceania	9,284 mi	316°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for FQ71

A planning heuristic for the local day at FQ71, built from sunrise 09:59 UTC, sunset 22:28 UTC, SFI 115, and Kp 0.67. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 09:59 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 09:59 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 22:28 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 22:28 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching FQ71 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in FQ71, FQ72, FQ70, FQ81, FQ61. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate FQ71 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 FQ71, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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