[ADXA] [The Daily DX] DX SUMMIT ALERT

Lenny k5ovc at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 11 09:18:14 EST 2008


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>>> DX SUMMIT ALERT
>>>
>>> The Old OH2AQ DX Summit Goes Offline November 19, 2008 at 1000 UTC
>>>
>>> The new DX Summit website at http://www.dxsummit.fi/ debuted on May 23,
>>> 2008.  The site has been redeveloped from the ground up and uses the 
>>> latest
>>> technology available. The new DX Summit has been ramping up steadily and
>>> today the number of hits is approaching 1 million a day.  In addition to
>>> providing the same functionality as the old DX Summit, the new platform
>>> offers the necessary flexibility to easily add new features which are
>>> currently on the drawing board.
>>>
>>> The old DX Summit homepage at http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/ redirects users 
>>> to
>>> the new DX Summit website. However, all the old DX Summit data pages are
>>> still online but the trend for daily hits has decreased, as we expected.
>>> The number still remains high but the time has come to shut down the old 
>>> DX
>>> Summit machine which may cause your software to stop working.
>>>
>>> To try and maintain compatibility with older software which may no 
>>> longer be
>>> supported, the new DX Summit includes a series of DX spot webpages which 
>>> are
>>> 100% HTML compatible with the same pages on the old DX Summit.  Simply
>>> changing the URLs in your software according to the information below 
>>> should
>>> keep it working with the new DX Summit.  If your software does not allow 
>>> you
>>> to edit the URLs, please contact the author of your software and ask 
>>> them to
>>> change the URLs according to the information below.
>>>
>>> URLs to change
>>>
>>> Latest 25 DX spots page
>>> Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx25.html
>>> New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx25.html
>>>
>>> Latest 1000 DX spots page
>>> Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx1000.html
>>> New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx1000.html
>>>
>>> Latest 10000 DX spots page
>>> Old URL: http://oh2aq.kolumbus.com/dxs/dx10000.html
>>> New URL: http://www.dxsummit.fi/text/dx10000.html
>>>
>>> Software authors who wish to implement data exchange with the new DX 
>>> Summit
>>> should visit http://www.dxsummit.fi/technical.aspx for information on 
>>> data
>>> formats and URLs.  If your software does not work with the new DX 
>>> Summit, we
>>> encourage you to forward this information to the author of the software 
>>> you
>>> are using.
>>>
>>> We hope all software relying on the DX Summit can be successfully 
>>> updated to
>>> work with the new DX Summit. We look forward to providing you with this
>>> valuable DX resource for many years to come!
>>>
>>> 73,
>>>
>>> OH8X Team



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