What grid square is the PI38 operating area?

PI38 is the live DXRadar reference square for the PI38 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of PI38 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 PI38 right now?

PI38 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 PI38 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator PI38. Coordinating at -1.50°, 127.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

PI38 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

0.33 Kp

Center Coords

-1.5, 127.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 21:23 UTC

Sunset 09:29 UTC from PI38

From the PI38 operating area, work the 21:23 UTC and 09:29 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses PI38.

Best band now

10m

Night operation should keep 20m on watch and move to 40m as the path darkens.

Closest operating hub

the PI38 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: Darkness
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 21:23 UTC / 09:29 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the PI38 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for PI38, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

POOR

15m

POOR

20m

FAIR

40m

EXCELLENT

80m

EXCELLENT

● Best DX Windows from PI38 — the PI38 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from PI38 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
Oceania	2,481 mi	145°	40m, 80m, 20m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	2,686 mi	14°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	3,680 mi	299°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	6,854 mi	243°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	7,474 mi	323°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	8,599 mi	42°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	11,247 mi	163°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for PI38

A planning heuristic for the local day at PI38, built from sunrise 21:23 UTC, sunset 09:29 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 0.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 21:23 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 21:23 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 09:29 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 09:29 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching PI38 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in PI38, PI39, PI37, PI48, PI28. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate PI38 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 PI38, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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