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The one radio thing is set in stone for some reason. They all use regular 40 ch during the day and in the trucks and ATVs. They leave their radios on at night but lately they get woken up by skip so they turn them down or off. One guy had a serious medical issue one night and couldn't reach...

Yes, my searching so far has shown encode only on these radios. I was hoping to find a newly available radio to recommend to these folks. I had originally suggested MURS but they didn't want a second radio as they use CB quite a bit.

Investigating an option for a friend of a friend... are there any export AM/FM rigs that have CTCSS/PL decoding on FM? Long story about Northern Maine hunting camps if anyone really wants to know.

I love the look of those rigs... never owned one but heard they weren't the best performers. Were there any mods around that helped to mitigate their shortcomings? - Rob

Had good luck with this configuration: https://wiki.radioreference.com/index.php/Homebrewed_Off-Center_Fed_Dipole Most of my listening is VHF-Lo and VHF-Hi so it worked pretty well for me. I think Grove Enterprises used to sell a commercial version of this.

For receiving only: http://www.stridsbergeng.com/multicouplers.html

This is the correct way to limit mechanical stress on the device and was the proper procedure in manufacturing electronics back in the days. I had to work with a manufacturer on device failures and that was one of the top questions they asked whether it was bolted prior to soldering.

Definitely nothing wrong with sticking to what works for you. The crimper I use costs around $150 so unless you make a lot of cables it just might not be economical to crimp. When done right a soldered connector is a thing of beauty.

There is actually a mil spec for crimped on coaxial connectors so it is a very reliable way to attach connectors to coax. The key to solid mechanical connections is to use a good quality crimper that is made for the individual connector you are attaching. No substitutions. You can really bang...

Knobs received! Thanks Porkchop!

314, I was hearing you on my SDR but wasn't in a position to give you a shout back... nice signal/audio up this way.

I'd be interested in them if they both fit into a flat rate box. More interested in the 138 if not.

Thanks, Gary. Didn't see the edit title option. I fixed up a 148 GTL for my FJ Cruiser and I just need a knob to make it not look so ungainly. :)

Somehow the word "knob" went missing in the thread subject.

Yes, just need the dynamike knob for one I just repaired for myself. Anyone got one? Thanks. - Rob

Please feel free to use my online SDR receiver to listen to activity in the southern New England area. This link tunes right to Ch 16L: http://sigmasdr.ddns.net:8073/?f=27155.00lsbz6 If you have never used one of these receivers before it allows 4 people to listen and share an online receiver...

And here is a 0-32 MHz KiwiSDR: http://sigmasdr.ddns.net:8073 Lots of them out there. Fun to use.