What grid square is the LI80 operating area?

LI80 is the live DXRadar reference square for the LI80 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of LI80 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 LI80 right now?

LI80 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 LI80 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator LI80. Coordinating at -9.50°, 57.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

LI80 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

0.33 Kp

Center Coords

-9.5, 57.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 02:03 UTC

Sunset 14:09 UTC from LI80

From the LI80 operating area, work the 02:03 UTC and 14:09 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses LI80.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the LI80 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: tropical
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 02:03 UTC / 14:09 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the LI80 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for LI80, 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 LI80 — the LI80 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from LI80 to each DX region at SFI 105 / Kp 0.33, 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
Southern Africa	2,327 mi	237°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	2,600 mi	33°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	4,988 mi	330°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	6,069 mi	120°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	6,108 mi	53°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	7,676 mi	250°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	9,880 mi	327°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for LI80

A planning heuristic for the local day at LI80, built from sunrise 02:03 UTC, sunset 14:09 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 0.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 02:03 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 02:03 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 14:09 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 14:09 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching LI80 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in LI80, LI81, LH89, LI90, LI70. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate LI80 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 LI80: 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD. Current solar conditions (SFI 105, K 0.33) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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