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Geographic Coverage

Coverage is measured in unique Maidenhead grid pairs (transmitter grid + receiver grid). A grid pair with at least one spot means we have a measured propagation sample for that path under some set of solar conditions. More spots per pair means better characterization of that path across varying conditions.

Grid squares are 4-character Maidenhead (e.g., EN52), giving approximately 111 km x 111 km resolution. There are 32,400 possible 4-character grid squares globally.


Unique Grid Pairs by Source

Source Unique TX Grids Unique RX Grids Unique Grid Pairs Pct of Possible
WSPR
RBN
PSK Reporter
Contest
Union (all sources)

Coming soon — requires geographic coverage query.


Coverage by Continent

Unique transmitter grid squares with at least 100 spots in the WSPR dataset.

Continent Grid Count Spot-Weighted Density Primary Bands
Europe
North America
Asia
Oceania
South America
Africa
Antarctica

Coming soon — requires continental coverage query.


Top 20 Most-Observed Grid Pairs (WSPR)

Grid pairs with the most total WSPR spots. High spot count means a well-characterized path with solar context across many conditions.

Rank TX Grid RX Grid Distance (km) Total Spots Bands

Coming soon — requires top grid pairs query.


Coverage Density — Spots per Grid Pair

Distribution of how many spots exist per unique grid pair.

Spots per Pair Grid Pairs Pct
1–10
11–100
101–1,000
1,001–10,000
10,001+

Coming soon — requires coverage density histogram query.


Callsign-to-Grid Resolution

Grid assignments are resolved via wspr.callsign_grid — a Rosetta Stone table that maps callsigns to their most-used grid square, built from all four source datasets. 3.89M verified operators, enriched with PSK Reporter data which contributed the majority of grid assignments for callsigns not active on WSPR.

Source Used for Grid Assignment Callsigns Resolved
WSPR (primary)
RBN
PSK Reporter
Contest
Total

Coming soon — requires callsign_grid breakdown query.