Topband: Topband disease - a different take

[ve6wz at shaw.ca]

Thanks for sharing, Tree.
Of course I had read your original article years ago, but that AI generated audio script is amazing!

I'm not sure how many guys on this list are actively using AI (like ChatGPT and others), but I really encourage others to give it a try.
Even for complex engineering and scientific questions, the results can be remarkable.  Sure, you need to scrutinize the detail, but for a quick answer to a problem, it can be really helpful.
I even use the AI graphic generation to help with some of my YouTube videos.

However, I had not yet discovered that text-to-audio AI tool that you shared.  Very cool indeed.

So....I decided to give it a try myself.  A simple "cut-and-paste" of the text from my QRZ.com page into the NotebookLM model, and this is the audio translation I get. It took about 45 seconds.
This is an audio transcript of my personal VE6WZ 160m addiction/journey.
There are some errors in the interpretation, but it's remarkable how well the model translates and augments the story with fairly accurate detail and explanation.

https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/bb650d8a-3e26-4a18-9dae-eb21310fbfe9/audio

Its also possible to download and save the audio file rather than access it from the NotebookLM website.
Here is a link to a .WAV file of the same audio transcript.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/17rQrVyPuSR7O70Ag3q1hwS86Cz15n-Pc/view?usp=sharing


73. de steve ve6wz


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From: Topband <topband-bounces+ve6wz=shaw.ca at contesting.com> on behalf of Stan Stockton <wa5rtg at gmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 9, 2025 4:37 AM
To: TreeN6TR <treen6tr at gmail.com>
Cc: topband at contesting.com <topband at contesting.com>
Subject: Re: Topband: Topband disease - a different take

Tree,

Thanks for sharing it.  It is unbelievable and educational for hams who are not DXers or for non hams.  I played it for my wife and she recognized most of the symptoms of the disease even though my interest is not necessarily working new countries but mainly in contests on 160.  I shared it with the ADXA group thinking they woukd enjoy it.

73…Stan, K5GO

> On Apr 8, 2025, at 12:31 PM, TreeN6TR <treen6tr at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I don't even know what to say about this.
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> But thought I would share for your enjoyment.
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> https://notebooklm.google.com/notebook/f790e914-1504-4cac-a5dc-363b77b996f2/audio
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> The fact that this is done with AI from this article is rather mind blowing:
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> The "TopBand" Disease <https://www.kkn.net/n6tr/tbdisease.html>
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> The tool that did this:
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> NotebookLM <https://notebooklm.google.com/>
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> Larry Tree N6TR Tyree K7RAT
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