[Paddlewise] VHF Icom M1V

Can't make myself to get rid of it - still works.  Other users warned me about
the problems with concentric volume/squelch controls - they tend to stick
together in salt water. On the recent Baja trip with many hours daily on sea
and with little fresh water to spare I had a chance to see this perfectly.
Volume control knob is fully open in the ultimate clockwise position. At the
same time, the squelch (correct me if I'm wrong - a sort of noise filter)
appears to be fully activated too (or set to maximum filtering) in the same
ultimate clockwise position. So; when I turn the radio off, and both knobs are
in the same anti-clockwise position (they rotate together, unless you pay
attention every time), they get glued together by salt  after several hours of
inactivity. Then I turn it on, the volume all the way up (the squelch knob,
glued to the volume knob, rotates to the same ultimate clockwise position) -
and the radio is silent, because the signal (for example) is weak, and fully
activated squelch simply cuts it off.  Looks damn dangerous to me. Probably
other people have experienced this too.  What is the remedy - rinsing with
fresh water every day?
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