What grid square is the MQ11 operating area?

MQ11 is the live DXRadar reference square for the MQ11 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of MQ11 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 MQ11 right now?

MQ11 is currently rated FAIR. The best bands right now are 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

Grid MQ11 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator MQ11. Coordinating at 71.50°, 63.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

MQ11 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 104.

Regional Radar

SFI

104

K-Index

0 Kp

Center Coords

71.5, 63.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 01:26 UTC

Sunset 13:58 UTC from MQ11

From the MQ11 operating area, work the 01:26 UTC and 13:58 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses MQ11.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the MQ11 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: 01:26 UTC / 13:58 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the MQ11 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for MQ11, 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 MQ11 — the MQ11 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from MQ11 to each DX region at SFI 104 / Kp 0, 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	2,202 mi	256°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	3,472 mi	162°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	3,552 mi	91°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	4,745 mi	344°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	6,967 mi	213°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South America	7,862 mi	295°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	8,110 mi	103°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for MQ11

A planning heuristic for the local day at MQ11, built from sunrise 01:26 UTC, sunset 13:58 UTC, SFI 104, and Kp 0. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 01:26 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 01:26 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 13:58 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 13:58 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching MQ11 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in MQ11, MQ12, MQ10, MQ21, MQ01. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate MQ11 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 MQ11: 10m EXCELLENT, 15m EXCELLENT, 20m GOOD. Current solar conditions (SFI 104, K 0) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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