Building the ARRL 40m - 10m EFHW Antenna Kit
I got this EFHW antenna kit ( https://www.arrl.org/shop/End-Fed-Half-Wave-Antenna-Kit-for-10-15-20-40-Meters/ ) from ARRL about a month ago and finally got sometime to work on it. ARRL does provide a instruction page ( http://www.arrl.org/end-fed-half-wave-antenna-kit ) which should be sufficient for folks with prior experiences. However it is not really good/detailed enough for a total rookie/newbie like me. The antenna is actually from HF Kits which provides a much better instruction ( https://www.hfkits.com/build-instruction-impedance-transformer-250w-for-end-fed-antennas/ ) with more detailed step-by-step higher quality pictures, which helped a lot! TL;DR of the list of things I could have known better for building this antenna from the kit: Locations of the holes to be drilled: ARRL instruction only mentions to drill about 1/2 inch away from the top of the closure. If you are not be careful enough (or not experienced enough to know how) like me, you might start drilling on the wro...