What grid square is the FR47 operating area?

FR47 is the live DXRadar reference square for the FR47 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of FR47 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 FR47 right now?

FR47 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 FR47 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator FR47. Coordinating at 87.50°, -71.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

FR47 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 118.

Regional Radar

SFI

118

K-Index

0.33 Kp

Center Coords

87.5, -71.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 09:28 UTC

Sunset 23:47 UTC from FR47

From the FR47 operating area, work the 09:28 UTC and 23:47 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses FR47.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the FR47 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 / 23:47 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the FR47 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for FR47, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

POOR

15m

POOR

20m

FAIR

40m

EXCELLENT

80m

EXCELLENT

● Best DX Windows from FR47 — the FR47 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from FR47 to each DX region at SFI 118 / Kp 0.33, 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
Europe	2,741 mi	96°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	3,371 mi	208°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	3,883 mi	332°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	4,847 mi	31°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	7,087 mi	167°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	8,034 mi	84°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	8,421 mi	318°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for FR47

A planning heuristic for the local day at FR47, built from sunrise 09:28 UTC, sunset 23:47 UTC, SFI 118, and Kp 0.33. 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 23:47 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 23:47 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching FR47 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in FR47, FR48, FR46, FR57, FR37. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate FR47 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 FR47, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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