What grid square is the PP85 operating area?

PP85 is the live DXRadar reference square for the PP85 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of PP85 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 PP85 right now?

PP85 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 PP85 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator PP85. Coordinating at 65.50°, 137.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

PP85 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 105.

Regional Radar

SFI

105

K-Index

0.33 Kp

Center Coords

65.5, 137.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 20:36 UTC

Sunset 08:55 UTC from PP85

From the PP85 operating area, work the 20:36 UTC and 08:55 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses PP85.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the PP85 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: Darkness
Aurora exposure: watch during geomagnetic storms
Grayline: 20:36 UTC / 08:55 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the PP85 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for PP85, 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 PP85 — the PP85 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from PP85 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
East Asia / Japan	2,039 mi	178°	40m, 80m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	3,965 mi	251°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Europe	3,976 mi	323°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	4,642 mi	44°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	6,635 mi	169°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	8,441 mi	278°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	8,878 mi	19°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for PP85

A planning heuristic for the local day at PP85, built from sunrise 20:36 UTC, sunset 08:55 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 0.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 20:36 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 20:36 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 08:55 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 08:55 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching PP85 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in PP85, PP86, PP84, PP95, PP75. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate PP85 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 PP85: 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR. Current solar conditions (SFI 105, K 0.33) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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