What grid square is the QR76 operating area?

QR76 is the live DXRadar reference square for the QR76 operating area. The exact portable or home QTH may vary within the square, but this page tracks the center of QR76 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 QR76 right now?

QR76 is currently rated FAIR. The best bands right now are 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m, with 10m as the main band to watch first.

Grid QR76 Band Conditions

Localized HF conditions for Maidenhead locator QR76. Coordinating at 86.50°, 155.00°. Updated with real-time telemetry from NOAA and DX cluster reports.

QR76 conditions are FAIR. Best bands: 10m, 20m, 30m, 40m, 60m. SFI: 118.

Regional Radar

SFI

118

K-Index

0.67 Kp

Center Coords

86.5, 155.0

Local Phase

Night

Grayline window

Sunrise 18:53 UTC

Sunset 08:13 UTC from QR76

From the QR76 operating area, work the 18:53 UTC and 08:13 UTC grayline windows: probe 20m, 30m, and 40m in the 15 minutes either side while the terminator crosses QR76.

Best band now

10m

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

Closest operating hub

the QR76 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: 18:53 UTC / 08:13 UTC
Best high band: 10m
Nearest city: the QR76 operating area

● Local Band Quality Scorings

Use this local score for QR76, 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 QR76 — the QR76 operating area

Great-circle distance, short-path beam heading, the bands most likely open right now from QR76 to each DX region at SFI 118 / Kp 0.67, 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
Europe	2,965 mi	327°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
East Asia / Japan	3,500 mi	198°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
North America	3,600 mi	70°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
South Asia	4,647 mi	258°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
South America	7,457 mi	34°	10m, 15m, 20m	Open now
Oceania	8,050 mi	185°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now
Southern Africa	8,165 mi	308°	40m, 20m, 80m	Open now

● Band-by-Time Plan for QR76

A planning heuristic for the local day at QR76, built from sunrise 18:53 UTC, sunset 08:13 UTC, SFI 118, and Kp 0.67. Not a measurement — a starting point for where to listen as the day turns.

Dawn grayline

around 18:53 UTC

40m · 30m · 20m

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

Morning

after 18:53 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 08:13 UTC

20m · 40m

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

Night

after 08:13 UTC

40m · 80m

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

Recent local activity

Spots touching QR76 and the adjacent squares

These are the newest 10m, 15m, and 20m reports where one side of the path sits in QR76, QR77, QR75, QR86, QR66. This gives the page unique, local context instead of a generic solar snapshot.

No fresh PSKReporter paths are cached for the immediate QR76 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 QR76: 10m POOR, 15m POOR, 20m FAIR. Current solar conditions (SFI 118, K 0.67) favor 10m, 15m, 20m for this contest weekend.

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