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Here is a page with the first half of a listing of skills for Alexa as of a
couple months ago, anyway.
https://www.reddit.com/r/amazonecho/comments/48mkpk/complete_list_of_echo_alexa_skills/
I noticed that another ham-related one is APRS, you can ask it for the location
of a station.
Steve, K8SP
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Lowell Miller via Blind-hams
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'Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)'
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-hams] Space Weather and other skills on Amazon Echo
Yes! and I am expecting one coming next Tuesday from Q V C!
I hope I can find many uses for it.
Thanks for the info.
Best 73.
Lowell W8QIY
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Tom Behler via Blind-hams
To:
'Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)'
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'A discussion list for blind hams'
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-hams] Space Weather and other skills on Amazon Echo
Mark:
I recently acquired an Amazon Echo, and now need to learn how to use it.
Can you tell me how to get to the skills you mention?
In particular, I’m interested in ham call lookups.
Hopefully, others can benefit from this info as well.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL) via Blind-hams
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 4:12 PM
To: A discussion list for blind hams
Subject: [Blind-hams] Space Weather and other skills on Amazon Echo
I am not sure if anyone owns or is considering an Amazon Echo. There are two
skills you can enable for ham callsign lookup. One is named QRZ and the
other is Call Sign.
The Space Weather skill will tell you the current conditions in space, including
solar wind speed, chance of a solar storm, and the solar flux.
Review By John Erickson
This app is OK, but the information on solar wind speed has the WRONG units. It
is kilometers per SECOND, not kilometers per HOUR. Please correct. At the
speed given, solar wind disturbances would take years to reach the Earth, not
days. (I am a space physicist by profession.)
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Here is a page with the first half of a listing of skills for Alexa as of a
couple months ago, anyway.
I noticed that another ham-related one is APRS, you can ask it for the location
of a station.
Steve, K8SP
----- Original Message -----
From:
Lowell Miller via Blind-hams
To:
Tom Behler
;
A discussion list for blind hams
;
'Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)'
Sent: Thursday, May 26, 2016 8:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-hams] Space Weather and other skills on Amazon Echo
Yes! and I am expecting one coming next Tuesday from Q V C!
I hope I can find many uses for it.
Thanks for the info.
Best 73.
Lowell W8QIY
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----- Original Message -----
From:
Tom Behler via Blind-hams
To:
'Senk, Mark J. (CDC/NIOSH/NPPTL)'
;
'A discussion list for blind hams'
Sent: Wednesday, May 25, 2016 9:43 PM
Subject: Re: [Blind-hams] Space Weather and other skills on Amazon Echo
Mark:
I recently acquired an Amazon Echo, and now need to learn how to use it.
Can you tell me how to get to the skills you mention?
In particular, I’m interested in ham call lookups.
Hopefully, others can benefit from this info as well.
Tom Behler: KB8TYJ
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