What grid square is the QP15 operating area?

QP15 is the live DXRadar reference square for the QP15 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of QP15 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 QP15 right now?

QP15 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 QP15 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator QP15. Coordinating at 65.50°, 143.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

QP15 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, 143.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 20:12 UTC

Sunset 08:31 UTC from QP15

From the QP15 operating area, work the 20:12 UTC and 08:31 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses QP15.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the QP15 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: 20:12 UTC / 08:31 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the QP15 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for QP15, 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 QP15 — the QP15 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from QP15 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	2,049 mi	188°	40m, 80m, 20m	Open now
Europe	4,075 mi	327°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South Asia	4,130 mi	257°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	4,518 mi	48°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	6,609 mi	174°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	8,610 mi	283°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	8,813 mi	26°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for QP15

A planning heuristic for the local day at QP15, built from sunrise 20:12 UTC, sunset 08:31 UTC, SFI 105, and Kp 0.33. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 20:12 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 20:12 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 08:31 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 08:31 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching QP15 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in QP15, QP16, QP14, QP25, QP05. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate QP15 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 QP15: 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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