On 18 Nov 2006 12:04:11 -0800, "Tim" wrote:

In doing some further investigation on my Marquis, I hooked the battery
up and was doing some checking about. seems like it cranks and wants to
fire fine, not problem there, but flipping the accessory switch I got
nothing. Upon looking under the dash, (easy to do) I find somebone
performed wiring *******y of the highest degree. Evidently the key
swith accesoory position screw had turned green and rotten off, so
somebody did the brilliance of attaching a jumper wire with aligator
clips to mace a connection. Now I'm done some rigging like this to
"make it home" but once there, you seek a permanent, well done
solution, instead of "it works now... that was an easy fix"!

I installed a new key switch, and redid some wire with soldering and
shrink wrap. pulled other connections , cleaned , installed, with
di-electric gell, on some plug-ins, and jsut a dab of clear silicon on
screws that might need pulled in the future.

OK, so I switch on the accessory, and stuff seems to work. I turned on
the depthfinder (Int3erphase 20/20) and it light up. the functions work
well, and even though this is a bit primitive, possibly made in the
early to mid eighties, with its simple black field, and orange line, it
seems to work. punched a couple buttons, and I got the temp (51.3
degrees F. and depth of 1.9 feet) temp of the warehouse, and highth of
the transducer with boat on the trailer.

GREAT!

now I move on to the marine radio. it's a Ray Johnson MC 610. I turn it
on, and with the squelch down, I get open frequency static on most
channels, but the LED channel indiator won't light up so I figure it's
toast.

Probably not worth seeing about getting it repaired??

The antennas are well mounted and secure. Dual graphite sticks approx
4-41/2 ft. long. If I don't replace the radio, I'll probably take the
antennas off, because it would be silly to have the antenna's and no
radio. So I'll probably get a radio...

Any suggestions on a reasonable replacement?

AND are the twin antenna compatable or necessary for a modern radio?

I'm open for suggestions.

Thanks!

I really don't feel I have a need for a marine radio, but if I ever
wanted to take the family on the Ohio, Illinois, or Misssissippi, I
figure it would be really nice to have one.

I've got the cheapest Standard Horizon that West Marine carried. It works
great, especially after I replaced the old antenna.