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

[rbethman]

It is true that TVI isn't an issue in reality.

The Mohawk, Apache, and Marauder all used the same cabinet.  The Apache 
and Marauder have shielded enclosures for the PA.

I don't know if the DX-100 cabinet is the same or not.

However, I suspect that the rack would perform adequate RFI enclosure duty.

The only issues I have run across regarding RFI in the last number of 
years has been ONE squawk from someone in the neighborhood that happened 
to hear me through their portable telephone.

I pointed out that it was subject to Part 15, and therefore interference.

That ceased the grumbling.

Bob - N0DGN

On 11/11/2011 2:47 PM, Ross Stenberg wrote:
> 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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