Hi Mike, You might save yourself some trouble by using an outboard squelch circuit fed with discriminator audio.
Here are some option in no particular order. RLC-MOT http://www.link-comm.com/controllers/accessories/rlcmot/rlc-mot.htm NHRC-Squelch http://www.nhrc.net/nhrc-squelch/ SQ-1000 http://www.catauto.com/sq1000.html -Sean > Anyone have any idea where I can pickup fixed audio after the squelch > output but before it makes it to the speaker amplifier? > > Thanks, > Mike