What grid square is the IM17 operating area?

IM17 is the live DXRadar reference square for the IM17 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of IM17 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 IM17 right now?

IM17 is currently rated POOR. The best bands right now are 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

Grid IM17 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator IM17. Coordinating at 37.50°, -17.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

IM17 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

2 Kp

Center Coords

37.5, -17.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 06:56 UTC

Sunset 19:07 UTC from IM17

From the IM17 operating area, work the 06:56 UTC and 19:07 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses IM17.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the IM17 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: mid-latitude
Local phase: Darkness
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 06:56 UTC / 19:07 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the IM17 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for IM17, 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 IM17 — the IM17 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from IM17 to each DX region at SFI 105 / Kp 2, 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	1,587 mi	48°	40m, 80m, 20m	Open now
North America	4,238 mi	299°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	4,499 mi	224°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	5,199 mi	141°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	5,567 mi	69°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	7,112 mi	21°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	11,529 mi	59°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for IM17

A planning heuristic for the local day at IM17, built from sunrise 06:56 UTC, sunset 19:07 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 2. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 06:56 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 06:56 UTC

20m · 15m

Modest SFI — 20m is the daytime workhorse here.

Midday

local noon

15m · 20m

20m and 15m carry the daytime load at this SFI.

Dusk grayline

around 19:07 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 19:07 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching IM17 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in IM17, IM18, IM16, IM27, IM07. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate IM17 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 IM17, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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