What grid square is Sydney / New South Wales?

QF22 is the live DXRadar reference square for Sydney / New South Wales. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of QF22 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 QF22 right now?

QF22 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 QF22 Band Conditions — Melbourne

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator QF22. Coordinating at -37.50°, 145.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

QF22 conditions are POOR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 104.

Regional Radar

SFI

104

K-Index

0 Kp

Center Coords

-37.5, 145.0

Local Phase

Daylight

Grayline window

Sunrise 20:11 UTC

Sunset 08:16 UTC from QF22

From Sydney / New South Wales, work the 20:11 UTC and 08:16 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses QF22.

Best band now

10m

10m is the first place to check for long-haul openings from this region, with 15m close behind.

Closest operating hub

Sydney / New South Wales

This square sits in Australia footprint and is best used as a planning center for portable, field-day, and home-station band decisions.

Latitude zone: mid-latitude
Local phase: Daylight
Aurora exposure: low at this latitude
Grayline: 20:11 UTC / 08:16 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: Sydney / New South Wales

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for QF22, 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 QF22 — Sydney / New South Wales

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from QF22 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
East Asia / Japan	5,098 mi	354°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	5,983 mi	301°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Southern Africa	6,531 mi	232°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	8,514 mi	153°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
North America	9,088 mi	68°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Europe	10,073 mi	306°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for QF22

A planning heuristic for the local day at QF22, built from sunrise 20:11 UTC, sunset 08:16 UTC, SFI 104, and Kp 0. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 20:11 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 20:11 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 08:16 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 08:16 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching QF22 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in QF22, QF23, QF21, QF32, QF12. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate QF22 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.

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Next major contest outlook

CQ World Wide DX Contest - SSB starts Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 GMT. Current forecast from QF22: 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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