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

[Ross Stenberg]

For what it's worth, TVI is a rare thing since analog TV has gone away 
and everything is digital mainly in the UHF region. The lower frequency 
TV channels basically do not exist anymore.

On 11/11/2011 12:24 PM, Rick Poole wrote:
> 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
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