What grid square is Helsinki?

KP10 is the live DXRadar reference square for Helsinki. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of KP10 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 KP10 right now?

KP10 is currently rated GOOD. The best bands right now are 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

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Grid KP10 Band Conditions — Helsinki

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator KP10. Coordinating at 60.50°, 23.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

KP10 conditions are GOOD. Best bands: 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m. SFI: 137.

Regional Radar

SFI

137

K-Index

2 Kp

Center Coords

60.5, 23.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 01:40 UTC

Sunset 19:30 UTC from KP10

From Helsinki, work the 01:40 UTC and 19:30 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses KP10.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

Helsinki

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: 01:40 UTC / 19:30 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Helsinki

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for KP10, 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 KP10 — Helsinki

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from KP10 to each DX region at SFI 137 / 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
South Asia	3,730 mi	110°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	4,800 mi	315°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	4,832 mi	51°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	5,979 mi	177°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	6,818 mi	255°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	9,243 mi	73°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for KP10

A planning heuristic for the local day at KP10, built from sunrise 01:40 UTC, sunset 19:30 UTC, SFI 137, and Kp 2. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 01:40 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 01:40 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 19:30 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 19:30 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching KP10 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in KP10, KP11, KO19, KP20, KP00. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate KP10 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 KP10, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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