What grid square is Eastern Europe operating area?

KP79 is the live DXRadar reference square for Eastern Europe operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of KP79 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 KP79 right now?

KP79 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 KP79 Band Conditions — Eastern Europe

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator KP79. Coordinating at 69.50°, 35.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

KP79 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

0.67 Kp

Center Coords

69.5, 35.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 03:20 UTC

Sunset 15:48 UTC from KP79

From Eastern Europe operating area, work the 03:20 UTC and 15:48 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses KP79.

Best band now

10m

10m and 15m typically deliver the most consistent Europe outbound DX while solar flux remains healthy.

Closest operating hub

Eastern Europe operating area

This square sits in Eastern Europe footprint and is best used as a planning center for portable, field-day, and home-station band decisions.

Latitude zone: high-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: watch during geomagnetic storms
Grayline: 03:20 UTC / 15:48 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Eastern Europe operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for KP79, 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 KP79 — Eastern Europe operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from KP79 to each DX region at SFI 105 / Kp 0.67, 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	1,579 mi	224°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	3,728 mi	129°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	4,206 mi	64°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	4,573 mi	322°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	6,614 mi	188°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	7,260 mi	267°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	8,749 mi	78°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for KP79

A planning heuristic for the local day at KP79, built from sunrise 03:20 UTC, sunset 15:48 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 0.67. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 03:20 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 03:20 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 15:48 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 15:48 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching KP79 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in KP79, KQ70, KP78, KP89, KP69. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate KP79 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

CQ World Wide DX Contest - SSB starts Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT. Current forecast from KP79: 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD. Current solar conditions (SFI 105, K 0.67) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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