What grid square is the JE44 operating area?

JE44 is the live DXRadar reference square for the JE44 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of JE44 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 JE44 right now?

JE44 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 JE44 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator JE44. Coordinating at -45.50°, 9.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

JE44 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 104.

Regional Radar

SFI

104

K-Index

0 Kp

Center Coords

-45.5, 9.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 05:14 UTC

Sunset 17:21 UTC from JE44

From the JE44 operating area, work the 05:14 UTC and 17:21 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses JE44.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the JE44 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: upper mid-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 05:14 UTC / 17:21 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the JE44 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for JE44, 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 JE44 — the JE44 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from JE44 to each DX region at SFI 104 / Kp 0, 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	1,643 mi	41°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	4,374 mi	276°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	6,354 mi	60°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	6,599 mi	1°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	6,675 mi	147°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	8,806 mi	291°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	9,736 mi	86°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for JE44

A planning heuristic for the local day at JE44, built from sunrise 05:14 UTC, sunset 17:21 UTC, SFI 104, and Kp 0. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 05:14 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 05:14 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 17:21 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 17:21 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching JE44 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in JE44, JE45, JE43, JE54, JE34. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate JE44 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 JE44, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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