[LOGic] DX Summit soon ready for 2-way communications

[Jack]

>    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"