10M has been open every day for a good month or 6 weeks here.
Usually europe in the morning between 9 and noon, and then most of north 
america, with south america starting to come in around 3 to 3:30PM...from 
9AM until about 7PM, most of north america comes in, with an emphasis on the 
west coast, and mid western states in the afternoon, and the north and south 
east  US in the morning.
15M starts jumping in the mid afternoon and we get excellent propigation 
into JA land from mid to late afternoon....with Europe usually mixed in all 
day.
I got my antenna up in november of last year, and 10 was wide open with big 
signals nearly world wide for about 3 months.
I haven't seen it quite that good yet this year, but it is still a bit early 
if comparing to last year.
I really hope last year wasn't the peak of the cycle...they keep saying we 
haven't reached the peak yet, but things aren't shaping up to be as good, at 
least on ten, as they were last fall.

73
Colin, V A6BKX
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Phil Scovell" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2012 2:52 PM
Subject: DX phone contest last weekend


> When 10 meters was open, it was Sunday afternoon, and I copied signals =
> from 28.3 to just under 28.7 so things are improving.
>
> Phil.
> K0NX