What grid square is Manila?

PK03 is the live DXRadar reference square for Manila. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of PK03 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 PK03 right now?

PK03 is currently rated FAIR. The best bands right now are 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

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Grid PK03 Band Conditions — Manila

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator PK03. Coordinating at 13.50°, 121.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

PK03 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 12m, 15m, 17m, 20m. SFI: 137.

Regional Radar

SFI

137

K-Index

3 Kp

Center Coords

13.5, 121.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 21:39 UTC

Sunset 10:27 UTC from PK03

From Manila, work the 21:39 UTC and 10:27 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses PK03.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

Manila

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: 21:39 UTC / 10:27 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Manila

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for PK03, then compare the global live ranking oncurrent ham band conditionsbefore changing bands.

10m

POOR

15m

POOR

20m

FAIR

40m

GOOD

80m

GOOD

● Best DX Windows from PK03 — Manila

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from PK03 to each DX region at SFI 137 / 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
East Asia / Japan	1,879 mi	31°	40m, 80m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	2,880 mi	288°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Oceania	3,572 mi	148°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	6,397 mi	323°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	6,929 mi	246°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	8,024 mi	33°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	12,314 mi	213°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for PK03

A planning heuristic for the local day at PK03, built from sunrise 21:39 UTC, sunset 10:27 UTC, SFI 137, and Kp 3. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 21:39 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 21:39 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 10:27 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 10:27 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching PK03 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in PK03, PK04, PK02, PK13, OK93. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate PK03 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 PK03, start with 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR and keep 20m available as the safest all-around fallback.

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