DX SUMMIT SOON READY FOR 2-WAY COMMUNICATION
Helsinki
July 1, 2009
DX SUMMIT SOON READY FOR 2-WAY COMMUNICATION WITH OVER 110.000 MONTHLY USERS
<http://www.dxsummit.fi/dxspots.aspx>www.dxsummit.fi/dxspots.aspx
The Radio Arcala DX Summit portal is celebrating the milestone
of one million monthly hits over a course of several months and
more than 110.000 people spending an average of 35 minutes on the
site daily. The top five nations using the service are as
follows:USA (28.5%) followed by Germany, United Kingdom, Italy and
Japan. In total, users from 170 DXCC countries have entered the
service portal. With new visits approaching 19% during the month of
May, an increase of users is quite evident. In the process of making
the DX Summit service more focused on younger user segments and
non-amateur radio population, two features have been added recently.
Each spotting and spotted
callsign is automatically linked to <http://QRZ.COM>QRZ.COM,
providing a more human link to the personal profiles of people and
to their pictures. Just click the callsigns and you will
automatically enter the relevant <http://QRZ.COM>QRZ.COM page.
Additionally, each line carries the name of the DXCCcountry spotted.
In a few months time, custom selected filters will be
provided to the public allowing users to receive personalized spots
that they would like to receive. While initially the selected spots
will be sent to your personal email address, the ultimate aim is to
offer an SMS (short message service) option to DX Summit users.This
service is a non-profit exercise for Radio Arcala, OH8X but we are
pleased to recognize Yasme Foundation and Nokia Corporation for
their support of further development and defrayment of operating
expenses of the portal. As the servers are in the hands of a
professional service provider in the United States, some
interruptions are recorded and changing the service provider is in
process. Also, a Help Desk for regular users and for S/W developers
is being set up. Here it is suggested that DX Summit open a channel
for accepting voluntary donations to keep the Help Desk
operational. On a trial basis,
through PayPal, DX Summit accepts donations and, additionally,
following a donation of 10 USD or 10 EUR, Radio Arcala will send you
a full-color Radio Arcala wall calendar postpaid. This option is
valid only for the months of July and
<http://August.www.dxsummit.fi/donate.aspx>August.www.dxsummit.fi/donate.aspx
We thank you for your support of and interest in Radio Arcala DX Summit.
The OH8X Team
Jack Hartley
K4WSB / VP2MSB
DXCC Honor Roll
QCWA OOTC
"Celebrating 50 years in Ham Radio"
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