Chris KI6CR Launches Two New Products! | Sofas on the Air Ep. 16

In Episode 16 of Sofas on the Air, Chris (KI6CR) sips coffee while chatting about amateur radio, Summits on the Air (SOTA), and his latest hardware and software creations. Chris discusses his innovative SOTA Planner tool for mapping out multi-summit activations, his Activator Toolkit WordPress plugin for automating post-hike blog summaries and contact maps, and two new Morse code products: a custom-designed miniature Elecraft KH1 paddle and a Quansheng adapter that enables modification-free CW operation on NR7Y-enhanced 'Shengs.

As always, the Sofa was captained by Mark KD7DTS and Ara N6ARA.

PATREON

We strongly believe that in-person chats are more fun! Want to help us fly SOTA icons out for in-person interviews? Join our Patreon (and Discord) community!

https://www.patreon.com/c/SofasOnTheAir

Are you audio-only? We're on most of the Podcast services!

- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/5nCqdV4j1TdPEenmwpCEPS?si=82449a53352a477d- Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sofas-on-the-air/id1820292444

SHOW NOTES

The SOTA Planner: https://sotaplanner.com/

Activator Toolkit: https://wordpress.org/plugins/activator-toolkit-for-sota/

Chris Online

https://www.ki6cr-labs.com/

https://www.ki6cr.com/

https://www.youtube.com/@KI6CR

https://www.instagram.com/ki6cr_chris/

Ara’s N6ARA Store: https://n6ara.com

CHAPTERS

0:00 How Ya Doing?

18:00 Topic 1: How’d Ya Get Into SOTA

37:10 Topic 2: Project #1 - the SOTA Planner

1:15:45 Topic 3: Project #2 - Activator Toolkit

1:28:25 Topic 4: Project #3 - Elecraft KH1 Paddle

1:55:17 Topic 5: Project #4 - Quansheng Adapter for CW

2:09:57 Topic 6: Chris Starts a Company

2:26:47 Topic 7: Patreon Giveaway!

2:32:30 Other plugs

2:35:57 Thanks to our Patreons & Outro

THANKS & ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

Umesh KK6TXI - outro music

Di KO6BTM - intro/outro graphics and cover art