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...
