Hello Kees,

Are you planned to ship outside US ?

if yes, please 1 pcb of each for me.

vy’ 73s de Jacques – F1APY

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I bet some find it hard to stomach buying $27 plastic panels for a $10 plastic case when?debating a few bucks differences in micro-controllers.
That said, my building brother, I too get anxious on cutting holes.? We don't know what tools you have, and given the question, assume not a mill or a drill press.
What I would do is cover the front side of the plastic panel with blue 3M painters tape. Scribe the centerline for the holes directly on the 'inside the box' portion of the plastic where it won’t be seen.?I use center drills to start the holes (they are cheap), if you don't have center drills, use a small drill bit.? Once the initial undersized holes are cut, flip the piece over and drill from the 'outside the box' side so if you get a chip out it won't be seen. Best to start small and step up to one drill bit less than size.?When drilling, secure the plastic panel over a scrap piece of softwood, and make this a "pine board project."? With thin plastic and drilling with hand tools, I find that the final drill bit size is best done by hand. I have an old pcb hand nibbler tool ($10?)? for cutting somewhat square holes with patience.? ? Just slightly undercut the rectangle for the LCD with the nibbler, remove the tape and finish out with a bastard file and sand paper.? If all goes wrong, you?can still try 2 more cases or spend the $27.? Also search this forum for good ideas on printing a full face 'label' which might cover up the sins of a nonperfect cut. Stain grade or paint grade? My wood working Grandfather taught me very early in life that a coat of paint covers a multitude of sins. Nothing ventured, nothing learned. Maybe someone else has some tips.

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I sat through the 8:17 minute April 1 2016 Steve Ellington video on the myantennas EFHW-8010.
Wow, now I remember why I mostly avoid youtube, maybe 10 seconds worth of? information in all of that.
Anyways,he has the matchbox about 5' up in the air, the wire then goes
straight up to 55 feet and then over, and he was planning to rip out his other antenna to make room?
for a second EFHW-8010 so he could swap patterns.? Which is to say that he likes it.
Oh, and on long 80m CW transmit sessions at 500 Watts he sees his SWR creep up suggesting
the transformer was maybe overheating, not an issue on the other bands.??
And he's very fond of LMR-600 coax.

Maybe Simon could give us an executive summary on his other dozen or so videos,
especially the one that's an hour and a quarter long.?
Did Steve E. ever manage to build something he liked better than the EFHW-8010?
What's a good video to start with for somebody wanting to build one from scratch?
Any tidbits not typically found in other material on EFHW's?

Jerry, KE7ER
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On Mon, Apr 30, 2018 at 04:50 pm, Kelly Jack wrote:

There is a youtube channel by a ham called Steve Ellington that looks at various aspects of the efhw including construction and the myantennas version. Search "EFHW" and the channel came up in a number of the results.