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Re: uBITX Case

 

There have been many posts over the years that talked about making or purchasing
suitable cases for various BITX rigs.? All involve some amount of measuring and
cutting appropriate holes.?

Simplest case might be just a wooden board with aluminium or plastic panels fastened
to front and back with screws.? This is interesting because it lets you play with placement
of components at relatively little expense.

This simplest approach was beneficial to me in housing my uBITX because it let me
know that the PCB mounted 8-pin connector is close enough to the front panel that I
needed to allow more width for mounting some front panel controls.? It also let me
play with rear panel design for using larger heat sinks on the IRF510 MOSFETs.?

A slightly more complex chassis might be the clam-shell type with lower shell holding
the transceiver and the top shell fastened in place with small angle-brackets of even
just square pieces of wood.?

In the US we have companies marketing replica 30-caliber ammunition boxes.? These
are plastic or metal and seem almost perfect for making your BITX portable and rugged
enough for transport.? A recessed front panel can be fabricated from plastic or metal
and fastened in place with small L-brackets or plastic or wooden blocks that have screw
holes at right angles to each other.? A second one of these ammo-can boxes could be
used to house a suitable size battery or a lot of 18650 size LIPO cells and charger.

???

In addition there are "found" boxes that might be suitable for housing your BITX, and
commercial cases that are made specifically as electronics housings.

Arv? K7HKL
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On Wed, Dec 13, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Jeff (NT1K) <yccc@...> wrote:

Hello all,?

I'm new to the group. I was sent here from a where they were talking about a case. I work as engineer/drafter at sheet metal fabrication company. We design, manufacture and powdercoat all sorts electronic enclosures for customers.

If I made the cut-off, I will hopefully be receiving a ubitx soon and I will be designing a case to fit the ubitx. There is a possibility of mass producing cases. It could something along the lines of but designed with stand offs for the board and screen, speaker cutout (we would have to agree on a speaker) and powdercoated mini texture black. Once I get a design I could get it properly quoted and let you all know the price. Of course it would have to be on a pre-order basis.

Price will obviously be effected by demand, the more that can be made, the cheaper it can be. Other cost savings would be the removal of press fittings and coatings.

Let me know what you think

- Jeff (NT1K)
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