Hi Jim, Have you seen the Power Pole connectors from Anderson ? You can keep the existing kenwood connectors on the power line, add two pairs of the power poles and you can use the radio anywhere. here are a few links for you: http://www.rtpnet.org/wakeares/powerpole/ http://www.powerwerx.com/registry.asp http://www.andersonpower.com/ 73 james ke4drn arrl eham qth qsl member