If there's enough of a gap to slide the heater strip under the bracket just ahead of the rear cell, shouldn't there be the same amount of gap just behind the front cell where the strip should be positioned?

The thing I wonder about is how well you can fit a dew shield without either leaving a big gap or cutting a giant notch, since it looks like the bracket extends all the way to the very front of the corrector cell. That is, unless the cell has internal threads like the other ETXes for mounting Meade's special rigid plastic dew shield.

-Harry