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

[Bry Carling]

But doesn't one of the DX10o variants have a rounded, two tone gray caibet and the other 
one a square cornered, two tone green cabinet like the Marauder etc.?

> The DX-100B uses the same cabinet as the Apache, et. al, except that
> it was painted a different color.  The DX-100 uses a completely
> different cabinet which is somewhat larger.  Both the DX-100 and
> DX-100B cabinets do provide quite a bit of shielding.
>  
> Glen, K9STH
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> ________________________________
> From: rbethman <rbethman at comcast.net>
> To: heathkit at mailman.qth.net
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2011 1:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [Heathkit] Running the HX-10 Marauder outside its
> cabinet
> 
> 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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