thanks for the input everyone, got up on the hardtop yesterday and sure enough the coaxial cable to the antenna was perished and cracked as I moved it around, so decision made I drove into tauranga to burnsco, purchased a new radio and antenna for $329 and installed it yesterday, test call to waihi beach coastgaurd and jobs right.
best solution for what is an essential bit of kit over here.
cheers
Ray
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