What grid square is Middle East operating area?

LK88 is the live DXRadar reference square for Middle East operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of LK88 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 LK88 right now?

LK88 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 LK88 Band Conditions — Middle East

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator LK88. Coordinating at 18.50°, 57.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

LK88 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

2 Kp

Center Coords

18.5, 57.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 02:02 UTC

Sunset 14:10 UTC from LK88

From Middle East operating area, work the 02:02 UTC and 14:10 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses LK88.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

Middle East operating area

This square sits in Middle East 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: 02:02 UTC / 14:10 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Middle East operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for LK88, 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 LK88 — Middle East operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from LK88 to each DX region at SFI 105 / 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	1,381 mi	76°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	3,371 mi	321°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	3,713 mi	215°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	4,985 mi	57°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	7,022 mi	118°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	8,148 mi	338°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	8,152 mi	262°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for LK88

A planning heuristic for the local day at LK88, built from sunrise 02:02 UTC, sunset 14:10 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 2. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 02:02 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 02:02 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 14:10 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 14:10 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching LK88 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in LK88, LK89, LK87, LK98, LK78. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate LK88 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 LK88, start with 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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