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

[Ross Stenberg]

Amplified computer speakers can also be a culprit.

On 11/11/2011 1:56 PM, rbethman wrote:
> 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
>>>
>>>