What grid square is Africa operating area?

KG03 is the live DXRadar reference square for Africa operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of KG03 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 KG03 right now?

KG03 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 KG03 Band Conditions — Africa

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator KG03. Coordinating at -26.50°, 21.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

KG03 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

1.33 Kp

Center Coords

-26.5, 21.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 04:27 UTC

Sunset 16:33 UTC from KG03

From Africa operating area, work the 04:27 UTC and 16:33 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses KG03.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

Africa operating area

This square sits in Africa 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: 04:27 UTC / 16:33 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Africa operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for KG03, 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 KG03 — Africa operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from KG03 to each DX region at SFI 105 / Kp 1.33, 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
South Asia	5,075 mi	54°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	5,093 mi	261°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	5,329 mi	353°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Oceania	7,279 mi	136°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	8,721 mi	63°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	8,856 mi	300°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for KG03

A planning heuristic for the local day at KG03, built from sunrise 04:27 UTC, sunset 16:33 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 1.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 04:27 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 04:27 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 16:33 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 16:33 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching KG03 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in KG03, KG04, KG02, KG13, JG93. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate KG03 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 KG03, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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