Opening on 50 MHz between Western Canada and Europe - 2nd July 2021

2nd July 2021: It was interesting to see that there was an opening on 50 MHz between Europe and the west coast of Canada on the 2nd. While openings on 50 MHz from Europe to say the eastern half of the USA and Canada are nothing special, the paths to the west coast have to go a lot further north and closer to the magnetic north pole.

The map above shows the paths from VE7SL near Vancouver on the west coast of Canada. Notice how the paths to Poland go way up over the north of Canada and Greenland and are in the region of 8000kms.

Was it multi-hop Sporadic-E (4 x 2000kms) or are the noctilucent clouds partly responsible???

Are there any openings from Europe to Alaska on 50 MHz?

These are the European stations that were heard by VE7SL...

Txmtr Band Mode Distance Time (UTC)

I6WJB 6m FT8 9048 km 15:27:12
IZ5EKV 6m FT8 8812 km 15:23:41
EA5WU 6m FT8 8684 km 17:16:41
IK4IYC 6m FT8 8653 km 15:28:14
IK4MTK 6m FT8 8648 km 15:29:14
OE3FVU 6m FT8 8532 km 15:55:12
EC4TR 6m FT8 8434 km 17:14:41
DM5TI 6m FT8 8413 km 15:45:12
DL9RDM 6m FT8 8379 km 15:32:42
HB9SNR 6m FT8 8357 km 15:10:11
HB9Q 6m FT8 8350 km 15:25:11
HB9FMN 6m FT8 8341 km 15:30:12
DK1MAX 6m FT8 8340 km 15:42:12
DJ8RZ 6m FT8 8333 km 15:48:42
DL4MCF 6m FT8 8330 km 15:30:12
CT1EKY 6m FT8 8328 km 22:25:11
OK1MR 6m FT8 8302 km 15:41:42
OK1NP 6m FT8 8283 km 15:54:42
DL3GD 6m FT8 8265 km 15:30:41
DK5SO 6m FT8 8263 km 15:27:14
F5PAC 6m FT8 8261 km 15:10:11
DL3VDL 6m FT8 8199 km 15:53:11
SP6TRX 6m FT8 8183 km 15:59:11
DL6EV 6m FT8 8180 km 15:50:41
EA1AHY 6m FT8 8178 km 15:03:57
CT1EEB 6m FT8 8177 km 22:09:11
DL8NDS 6m FT8 8173 km 15:32:41
DG1VL 6m FT8 8170 km 15:55:12
DL5DSM 6m FT8 8165 km 16:01:12
DG1CMZ 6m FT8 8159 km 15:47:11
DJ5FI 6m FT8 8123 km 15:52:44
DK2CB 6m FT8 8120 km 15:48:42
DK8NE 6m FT8 8110 km 15:49:41
DL8GP 6m FT8 8108 km 15:29:11
DL2FQ 6m FT8 8101 km 15:34:41
DJ1AL 6m FT8 8092 km 15:27:14
DL3ZAJ 6m FT8 8090 km 15:28:14
DL1DV 6m FT8 8089 km 15:26:42
DL2RNS 6m FT8 8048 km 15:56:41
DF1YQ 6m FT8 8048 km 15:51:41
EA1BNF 6m FT8 8039 km 22:08:12
DF6PW 6m FT8 8006 km 15:27:12
F6BQX 6m FT8 8004 km 15:15:41
SP1MGM 6m FT8 7976 km 15:59:41
DK2NG 6m FT8 7960 km 15:47:12
DL9MRF 6m FT8 7954 km 15:58:12
DK4TG 6m FT8 7942 km 15:30:12
DG1KDD 6m FT8 7931 km 15:30:41
DL6MRS 6m FT8 7921 km 16:01:12
DL8YHR 6m FT8 7920 km 16:24:11
DD7DAC 6m FT8 7919 km 15:27:41
DK3HV 6m FT8 7885 km 16:00:44
DG5YIL 6m FT8 7846 km 15:43:11
PE2HHN 6m FT8 7832 km 15:27:44
PA2CV 6m FT8 7804 km 15:28:11
DL8BDU 6m FT8 7798 km 15:46:11
PH7A 6m FT8 7771 km 15:59:42
DL8LAS 6m FT8 7761 km 15:49:42
DJ8ES 6m FT8 7757 km 15:41:41
PA0RDY 6m FT8 7740 km 15:27:12
DF9CY 6m FT8 7728 km 16:00:12
OZ1SKY 6m FT8 7564 km 15:49:11
G0BVD 6m FT8 7504 km 15:20:12
CU3EQ 6m FT8 7280 km 21:01:12
CU3AC 6m FT8 7273 km 20:59:41
EI8KN 6m FT8 7260 km 15:16:14
EI4DQ 6m FT8 7248 km 16:52:11
EI3KD 6m FT8 7240 km 16:57:41