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CQ Desk

Starting up — map and space weather…

Ham radio news loads in the background.

Tip: Landscape gives a wider map and panels; portrait still works.

Desktop: Full layout shines on a wide monitor; small screens stay usable.

Create a free HamLike account to set your callsign and home grid (DE on the map), refresh ham-radio news on demand, sync preferences across visits, and use the full CQ Desk experience. Guests can browse; members unlock the dashboard.

Map, live spots, space weather, and ham news — processed in your browser.

Your station

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No grid

Space weather

Kp — · X-ray —

Local weather @ DE

Open-Meteo · grid / default center

Local

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UTC

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Date

GEO —
HF bands

You are browsing as a guest. Register (free) or log in to save callsign & grid, on-demand news refresh, local weather tied to your QTH, and the full CQ Desk toolset.

Map

Hover: grid, coords, distance from DE. Paths & pins are toggled under Live spots → Map.

PSK band & mode filters
Bands
Modes

ISS live

Select ISS under Live spots → Map to draw the ground track and position (SGP4 in your browser; TLE from CelesTrak).

Lat
Lon
Grid
km from DE

Ham radio news

Aggregated feeds · refreshed about every 20 minutes