W1DLO's 2-meter Simplex Setup

147.555 Mhz | 100.0 hz PL, 454 DPL, & DMR CC7 TG-9998 | Hermon

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Details of the 147.555 setup at my home QTH in Hermon...

* Controller... Amazon Echo Dot (2nd generation)
* ID controller... RCA TH1814WM-C
* Transceiver... Tytera MD-380
* Amplifier ... Mirage B23
* Primary power source... Commercial (Central Maine Power)
* Coax... RG-8X (30 feet)
* Antenna... Opek VH-2201
* Elevation... 20 feet above ground level
               245 feet above sea level
* Power output... 35 watts
* Original air date from this location... May 16th, 2013

At this time, this is a set up for the Alexa app only. It will work on any of the
three ways to access (PL 100.0, DPL 454, or DMR CC7 on TG-9998 respectively)...

The proper way to use the Alexa app... By using the wake word "Alexa", you
can ask multiple question and receive useful and fun informational responses. My
only request is for properly licenced operators to use some common sense in
what they ask her. Please do not ask Alexa to play music, sing, etc that would
violate FCC licensing rules. I eliminated as much inappropriate content as I
could but Amazon doesn't have a lot of disabling features at this time. Some
useful ways to use Alexa would be to ask her the time, the weather, the news, sport
highlights, and calendar events (I've added on air nets and hamfest dates). Or,
think up some of your own questions to ask. I have added a few ham radio "skills"
such as QRZ and APRS to which you can ask for an operator's callsign info or an
operator's APRS location.

Here are the typical steps on exactly how to ask Alexa for information...

1) Key up your transceiver on 147.555 with the proper accessing parameter.

2) Pause while keyed, say "Alexa", pause, ask your question, and de-key.

3) Listen for a response.

If you hear no response, either you didn't speak clearly enough, your signal might've
been cutting in and out (or even just scratchy), and/or she didn't capture your
instructions correctly. If Alexa is not keyed up and talking, you can always key up
and say, "Alexa", pause, and say "Stop" or "Cancel" to help clear errors.

To add a database with your question, just add the name of that "skill" after saying
"Alexa". De-key and listen to it's introduction. Then respond accordingly. Some
skills will instruct you on what to ask while others will just give a random response.

Below are some examples...

"Alexa" -pause- "Open QRZ" -de-key- listen to intro -key back up- "Who is W1DLO?"
"Alexa" -pause- "Open APRS" -de-key- listen to intro -key back up- "W1LH-9"
"Alexa" -pause- "Open Tracker for ISS" -de-key- listen to intro -key back up- "Status Update"

Here are some of the "skills" linked with my Alexa app here...

APRS, Air Quality, Atlas, Augusta Patch, CPR, Curiosity, Currency Converter, Electrical
telegraph, First Aid, Q codes, Hurricane, KidsMD, Lunar Date, Maine Facts, Morse Coder,
NASA Mars, New England news, Nearby aircraft, Number converter, Phonetic Alphabet Trainer,
QRZ, Temperature converter, This day in history, Tracker for ISS, Translated, WAGM news,
Weather, Wikipedia, World time, Zip to geographic latitude and longitude, and Zip code.


Here are some Alexa "fun" commands to play with...

Say "Alexa" followed by...

Am I cool?
Am I awesome?
Are there rocks ahead?
Are there UFOs?
Are we in the Matrix?
Are you a Jedi?
Are you alive?
Are you a nerd?
Are you a robot?
Are you a Sith?
Are you a vampire?
Are you awesome?
Are you black? (white too)
Are you bored?
Are you down with O-P-P?
Are you fat?
Are you horny?
Are you human?
Are you lying?
Are you pretty?
Are you ready?
Are you Republican or Democrat?
Are you Sky Net?
Are you spying on me?
Are you trying to seduce me?
Bark like a dog!
Beam me up!
Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice, Beatlejuice!
Blah blah blah!
Boxers or briefs?
Buffalo buffalo!
Candyman, Candyman, Candyman!
Can I call you mam? (sir too)
Can I tell you a joke?
Can reindeer fly?
Can you bark?
Can you do my homework?
Can you fart?
Can you moo?
Can you smell?
Can you smell what The Rock is cooking?
Can you spell SUPERCALIFRAGILISTICEXPIALIDOCIOUS?
Can you touch me?
Cheers!
Close the pod bay doors!
Come at me bro!
Count by ten!
Count down from ten!
Did you fart?
Do a barrel roll!
Do aliens exist?
Do blondes have more fun?
Does anybody really know what time it is?
Do I need an umbrella today?
Do I need an umbrella tomorrow?
Do not blink!
Do not listen to him! (her too)
Don't let the bedbugs bite!
Do, or do not!
Do you believe in aliens?
Do you believe in ghosts?
Do you believe in leprechauns?
Do you dream?
Do you have a brain?
Do you have a heart?
Do you have a job?
Do you have any pets?
Do you like green eggs and ham?
Do you know the muffin man?
Do you know the way to San Jose?
Do you sleep?
Do you speak Klingon?
Do you want a kiss?
Do you want to build a snowman?
Do you want to fight?
Do you want to go on a date?
Engage!
Execute order 66!
Fart!
Fire photon torpedos!
Get me a cup of coffee!
Give me a hug!
Go ahead, make my day!
Guess what?
Ha ha!
Happy birthday!
Happy festivus!
Happy Hunger Games!
Have you ever seen the rain?
Have you heard that the bird is the word?
Heads or tails?
Hello darkness my old friend!
Hello from the other side!
High five!
How are babies made?
How do I make a bomb?
How do you get rid of a dead body?
How do you know she's a witch?
How do you like them apples?
How do you survive a zombie attack?
How high can you count?
How many beans make five?
How many licks does it take to get to the center of a tootsie pop?
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
How many roads must a man walk down?
How much are you paid?
How much is that doggie in the window?
How much wood can a woodchuck chuck?
How you doin'?
I am one with the force!
I am Spartacus!
I am the Mockingjay!
I am your father!
I feel the need!
I have a bad feeling about this!
I have a pen!
I like big butts!
I'll be back!
I'll take the red pill! (blue too)
Inconceivable!
I pity the fool!
Is Die Hard a Christmas movie?
I shot a man in Reno!
I solemnly swear I am up to no good!
Is it safe?
Is Jon Snow dead?
Is that your final answer?
Is the cake a lie?
Is the tooth fairy real?
Is there a Santa Claus?
Is this real life?
Is your refrigerator running?
It is a trap!
It's a bird! It's a plane!
I used to be an adventurer like you!
I've fallen and I can't get up!
I've seen things you people wouldn't believe!
I wasn't expecting the Spanish Inquisition!
Keep calm and carry on!
Knock Knock!
Let it go!
Life is like a box of chocolates!
Live long and prosper!
L-O-L!
Mac or PC?
Make fart noises!
Make it so!
Marco!
May the force be with you!
Meow!
More cowbell!
Move along!
My milkshake brings all the boys to the yard!
My name is Inigo Montoya!
Nobody puts baby in the corner!
Oh my God, they killed Kenny!
Oooh ... behave!
One fish, two fish!
Open the pod bay doors!
Over and out!
Party on, Wayne!
Party time!
Pick a card!
Play it again Sam!
Resistance is futile!
Reverse the polarity!
Rock, paper, scissors!
Rock, paper, scissors, lizard, spock!
Roll for initiative!
Roll the dice!
Romeo Romeo, wherefore art thou Romeo?
Roses are red!
Say a bad word!
Say cheese!
Say something!
Say something in pig latin!
Say the alphabet!
See you later aligator!
Self-destruct!
Set phasers to kill! (stun too)
Silly rabbit!
Sing me a song!
Show me the money!
Sneeze!
Speak!
Speak like Yoda!
Surely you can't be serious!
Earl Gray ... Hot!
Take me to your leader!
Talk dirty to me!
Tell me the truth!
Testing!
T-G-I-F!
Touche!
Thank you!
That's no moon!
The dude abides!
The force is strong with you!
The night is dark and full of terrors!
These aren't the droides you're looking for!
This is Ghost Rider requesting a flyby!
This is Houston, say again please?
To be or not to be?
Twinkle twinkle little star!
Up up, down down, left right, left right, B, A, start!
Use the force!
Warp 10!
Witness me!
Will you be my Valentine?
Will you marry me?
Winter is coming!
What are the laws of robotics?
What are the odds of successfully navigating an asteroid field?
What are you made of?
What comes with great power?
What did the Romans ever do for us?
What does FUBAR mean?
What does R-T-F-M stand for?
What does the Earth weigh?
What does the fox say?
What does W-T-F stand for?
What do we say to death?
What do you call a 3-humped camel?
What do you think of Mr. Robot?
What do you want to be when you grow up?
What happens if you cross the streams?
What happens when you play the game of thrones?
What is a bird in the hand worth?
What is a day without sunshine?
What is black and white and red all over?
What is cooler than being cool?
What is his power level?
What is love?
What is my mission?
What is rule 34?
What is the first lesson of swordplay?
What is the first rule of fight club? (second and third too)
What is the Jedi code?
What is the loneliest number?
What is the magic word?
What is the Prime Directive?
What is the truth behind King Tut?
What is the ultimate question?
What is the value of Pi?
What is war good for?
What is your favorite color?
What is your favorite food?
What is your favorite movie?
What is your favorite Pokemon?
What is your favorite scary movie?
What is your feature?
What is your middle name?
What is your quest?
What makes you happy?
What number are you thinking of?
What religion are you?
What was the Lorax?
What would Brian Boitano do?
What would you do for a Klondike bar?
When will the world end?
Where are my keys?
Where can I hide a body?
Where do babies come from?
Where do I live?
Where do you live?
Where have all the flowers gone?
Where in the world is Carmen SanDiego?
Where is Chuck Norris?
Where is the beef?
Where is Waldo?
Which came first, the chicken or the egg?
Who are you going to vote for?
Who are you wearing?
Who did you vote for?
Who is David Pumpkins?
Who is Eliza?
Who is in your Final Four?
Who is on 1st?
Who is the boss?
Who is the fairest of them all?
Who is the leader of the club that is made for you and me?
Who is the man?
Who is the man that would risk his neck for his brother man?
Who is the one who knocks?
Who is the walrus?
Who is your daddy?
Who killed Cock Robin?
Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men?
Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?
Who loves orange soda?
Who let the dogs out?
Who put the bop in the bop she bop she bop?
Who's the cat that won't cop out when there's danger all about?
Who shot first?
Who shot the sheriff?
Who stole the cookies from the cookie jar?
Who was that masked man?
Who you gonna call?
Why did it have to be snakes?
Why did the chicken cross the road?
Why do you sit there like that?
Why is a raven like a writing desk?
Why is six afraid of seven?
Why so serious?
Would you like a Jelly Baby?
You are fired!
You are not thinking 4th dimensionally!
You are the weakest link!
You can be my wingman!
You complete me!
You idiot!
You killed my father!
You're killing me Smalls!
You remind me of the babe!
Your mother was a hamster!
You rock!

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