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Ohio/Penn DX Special Bulletin No. 1186.1

The Ohio/Penn DX PacketCluster
DX Special Bulletin No. 1186.1
BID: $OPDX.1186.1
October 31, 2014
Editor Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW
Provided by BARF80.ORG (Cleveland, Ohio)

Thanks to the Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society, Northern Ohio DX
Association, Ohio/Penn PacketCluster Network, AB5K & the AR TelNet
Clusters Network and OH2BH for the following DX information.

FOR RELEASE AT 1000 UTC ON FRIDAY

Radio Arcala, Oulu, Finland, Oct.31.2014
by Martti Laine, OH2BH

BREAKING NEWS FROM THE FAR NORTH – MY DX SUMMIT GOES LIVE

DX Summit once changed the DX hunt. Today hardly anyone is using the
traditional Search & Pounch approach. Everyone is connected to a DX
cluster locally or over the Internet. Easy to use and operated by Radio
Arcala (OH8X), DX Summit maintains its position as one of Amateur Radio's
largest web portals but it will now be refreshed - big time!

DX Summit is modernized for a second time around, and MY DX SUMMIT will
now go online today for limited dedicated pre-user testing. We will
welcome some 200 pre-users who are prepared to try it out and provide
immediate feedback to the development team. The aim of this exercise is
to serve as the final debug phase and to enhance user experience to
maximum satisfaction before tens of thousands suddenly fire their browsers
to help them in their future DX hunt.

We ask you if would you like to be one of the few to have this experience
today? If you say “yes”, please kindly be prepared not only to test but
to provide a timely response. Send a note to and
we will give you guidance to get started.

What to expect? Adding to the traditional spot functions you can create
own cluster view to monitor a selected callsign or multiple callsigns
real-time for band and mode specific spots. Or you can exclude everything
from your DX Summit view you're not interested in. Also you can open
several of those windows and you can have past and current spots showing
together. Basically you have full flexibility to customize your DX Summit
easily to show exactly what you're interested in.

Additionally, an advanced propagation tool powered by VOACAP is laid out
in such a way that it tracks your location as a starting point, and when
clicking a spot it shows your propagation to that location as of that
moment but also for an entire period of 24 hours on all bands. You can
instantly understand whether your best chances for a QSO are gone or just
coming up. This will also be a great educational tool for those wishing
to gain insight into the total propagation picture, including the existing
radio propagation.

Additionally, a DX News section is integrated for your viewing pleasure
while spending your time at MY DX SUMMIT.

Just send us a note and you will be part of a new phase in the DX Hunt!

MY DX SUMMIT DEVELOPMENT TEAM

MY DX SUMMIT can be found on: http://new.dxsummit.fi/

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Tedd Mirgliotta, KB8NW - E-mail addresses:

Editor of the Ohio/Penn DX Bulletin (OPDX - DXer's Tool of Excellence)
President of the "Northern Ohio DX Association" (NODXA)
DX Chairman for the "Northern Ohio Amateur Radio Society
ARRL Assistant Director of the Great Lakes Division
Sysop of the "Basic Amateur Radio Frequency BBS" (BARF80.ORG)