[Heathkit] Running the HX-10 Marauder outside its cabinet

[Rick Poole]

Good afternoon...

Just wondering if it is safe, from a TVI / RFI perspective, to run 
the Heath HX-10 Marauder outside of its cabinet.  I want to 
rack-mount it in a standard 19" rack, and of course can't do that if 
it's in its cabinet.

The DX-100B (at least, the one I have) doesn't have any internal 
shielding and so the cabinet is an integral part of the shield, so 
running it outside the cabinet is likely to result in some seriously 
irritated neighbors.  It appears, though, that the final amplifier 
section of the HX-10 is completely enclosed in its own shield and so 
perhaps I can get away with it.

Of course, the mounting holes on the sides of the Marauder panel 
don't match up with a standard rack (why, oh WHY did they do that???) 
but I guess that's nothing that a power drill and 10-32 tap (for the 
rack, not for the Marauder panel) can't fix.

Rick WA1RKT