DXMAPS needs your support
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Hello Everyone,? I received this email from I don't know if any of you have used this website in the past. I have used it many times years ago and I think it is a very good website for spotting current DX activities. Especially 6 meters for example.? The way it works is for people to post their spotting reports on the site. Can be after working another ham on the band, or just receiving? stations you heard. It covers all amateur bands.? The email I am forwarding is a request for financial help. DXMaps are looking for supporters... Maybe someone here might have resources for them to move to and continue their operations elsewhere where it would be more affordable for them. If you've never been to their website before... I highly recommend it.? KB?DCO Thomas Gagnon ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: DXMAPS support <service@...> Date: Sun, Aug 20, 2023, 6:01 AM Subject: DXMAPS needs your support To: <kb0dco@...> Dear Thomas (KB0DCO), You receive this one-time email as a registered user of .? If you already are a Supporter User and you have received it by mistake please disregard it and accept my apologies. DXMAPS requires a powerful dedicated server and a fast dedicated connection to Internet in order to offer a good response time and also to avoid service disruptions when there are many users connected simultaneously. Currently it is running on a server with two Xeon E5-2620 v2 sockets (12 cores and 24 logical processors), 64 GB of RAM and an ultrafast solid state disk, hosted in the datacenter of a well known hosting provider. You can get an idea of the workload of DXMAPS on the page Unfortunately, due to the decline of online advertising and the reduction in the number of radio amateurs, the yearly cost of renting and maintaining it has not been covered yet, so I have no choice but to ask all users who regularly use DXMAPS services and who can afford it, to voluntarily collaborate with some kind of donation, preferably becoming Supporter Users. If you want to become a Supporter User and thus collaborate so that DXMAPS can continue giving service in the coming months, please visit Some of the benefits of being a Supporter User are: ? · No advertising will be shown to you. ? · Your callsign will appear highlighted on a yellow background on the maps. ? · Your callsign will have priority and will be shown on the maps on top of other stations in your own grid square. ? · Up to 50 queries per day to the DX database. ? · Unlimited number of queries to the Callbook and locator database. ? · Unlimited number of E-Mails with propagation alerts. ? · Unlimited number of DX spots sent. ? · Unlimited number of queries to the HF and VHF DX news. ? · Unlimited use of the DX Atlas and the online EME calculator. ? · Furthermore, you will be making possible the maintenance of the server and the implementation of new features in the future! I know these are hard times for everyone, so if your situation does not allow you to financially support DXMAPS, do not worry, you can continue using the service as until now, at least until we run out of funds. If at the time you registered as a DXMAPS user, but you are no longer interested in continuing to be one, login yourself at and in the account details click 'Cancel account'. Many thanks in advance for your possible help! Gabriel - EA6VQ |
KB?DCO Thomas