it must have been very selective into NJ because I worked probably 10 NJ 
stations earlier in the opening, around 11:45 to 12:00PM your time.
Tonnes of MA, NH and NY stations piling in at that time as well.
The closest I got to 8 land was Ohio, and that was all...that's as far west 
as it got from the east coast for me.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Vernaleken" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 3:48 PM
Subject: Re: 10 meters very strange this morning


> Tom
>
> Also very strange in NJ. Around 3:00 I had  18 contacts with Arizona
> stations and no other state or DX (heard only AZ).  Hope tomorrow is 
> better.
>
> John  KC2QJB
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: For blind ham radio operators [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> On Behalf Of Tom Behler
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 5:13 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: 10 meters very strange this morning
>
>    Colin:
>
> Well, the band never really opened up that much here all day.
>
> Worked a few South American stations and a Mexico station on CW, but just
> not that many signals on the band.
>
> Very strange here in Central Lower Michigan.
>
> Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Colin McDonald" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Saturday, December 08, 2012 3:07 PM
> Subject: Re: 10 meters very strange this morning
>
>
>> conditions weren't awesome this morning, but the band broke open at about
>> 9:30 mountain time and I worked most of the north eastern states.
>> propagation swung steadily south through the morning, and by 11:30, I
>> wasn't
>> hearing any thing from the 1, 2 or 3 call areas anymore...all 4's and 
>> 5's,
>> the Caribbean  and south America by noon or so.
>> Worked several CE3's and CE5's etc.
>> I only played for about 2 and a half hours, but I got around 80 stations
>> logged.
>> Conditions were definitely a little bit odd today with the really fast
>> swing
>> from the north eastern US and eastern Canada, down the eastern seaboard
>> and
>> into Georgia and Florida all within about 2 hours...and a complete swing
>> so
>> that there was no 4 area stations heard at 10AM, and no 1 or 2 area
>> stations
>> heard by 11 or 11:30.
>>
>> 73
>> Colin, V A6BKX
>