[South Florida DX Association] DX SUMMIT SOON READY FOR 2-WAY COMMUNICATION

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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

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 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 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 August.www.dxsummit.fi/donate.aspx

We thank you for your support of and interest in Radio Arcala DX Summit.
The OH8X Team