Es?

At last, we are seeing evidence of sporadic-E (Es) in the northern hemisphere.  Usually this brings lots of Europeans in range on 10m and 6m. Openings get less frequent on 4m and even less frequent on 2m.

FT8 should help as even brief openings get noticed. Most years, much further is also possible on 6m. Whether this is multi-hop Es or some other mechanism is open to debate. Personally, I have my doubts.