What grid square is the LA32 operating area?

LA32 is the live DXRadar reference square for the LA32 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of LA32 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 LA32 right now?

LA32 is currently rated POOR. The best bands right now are 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, 10m, with 20m as the main band to watch first.

Grid LA32 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator LA32. Coordinating at -87.50°, 47.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

LA32 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, 10m. SFI: 121.

Regional Radar

SFI

121

K-Index

3 Kp

Center Coords

-87.5, 47.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 00:52 UTC

Sunset 16:38 UTC from LA32

From the LA32 operating area, work the 00:52 UTC and 16:38 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses LA32.

Best band now

20m

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

Closest operating hub

the LA32 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: high-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: watch during geomagnetic storms
Grayline: 00:52 UTC / 16:38 UTC
Best high band: 20m
Nearest city: the LA32 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for LA32, 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 LA32 — the LA32 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from LA32 to each DX region at SFI 121 / Kp 3, 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
Oceania	4,187 mi	104°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	4,261 mi	339°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	5,228 mi	254°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	7,590 mi	31°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	8,706 mi	89°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	9,054 mi	216°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	9,534 mi	325°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for LA32

A planning heuristic for the local day at LA32, built from sunrise 00:52 UTC, sunset 16:38 UTC, SFI 121, and Kp 3. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 00:52 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 00:52 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 16:38 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 16:38 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching LA32 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in LA32, LA33, LA31, LA42, LA22. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate LA32 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 LA32, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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