[1000mp] Deaf Mark V

[Steve Fraasch]

Same thing happened to mine last year after a snow squall passed thru in the spring, whenthe antenna was connected.

At the time, I thought a PIN diode blew, but it turned out to be a transistor, I am pretty sure it was Q1045.

73,

Steve, K0SF





-----Original Message-----
>From: Kelly Jones <kjones at virtualcohesion.com>
>Sent: Oct 17, 2006 10:39 PM
>To: 1000mp at mailman.qth.net
>Subject: [1000mp] Deaf Mark V
>
>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
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