[1000mp] Deaf Mark V

[Kelly Jones]

Hello MPers...
 
After taking 2 hours to get home tonight due to snow in what would
normally be a 30 minute commute I was greeted with what feels like a
deaf Mark V Field.  I'm listening to 75/80m and the background noise
goes to S0.  I hear signals, but it just feels like they should be
stronger than S8 or 9.  
 
Listening around on 40, the FB sigs that are usually 20 over barely hit
S9.  It's almost as though I have some attenuation inline.  I "popped"
the relays a few times thinking something might be stuck there, but no
dice.  Anybody have any suggestions?  My thought is snow static built up
on the shunt fed tower and when I switched the switchbox, that charge
went into the radio.  However, in that case I would have thought all
receive would be dead, not just attenuated.
 
73
Kelly - N0VD