so, my weather satellite pics where getting worse since the rain came back.  pulled the antenna down, cleaned all the connectors, like cleaning the lense on a camera i suppose.  the corrosion becomes a semi-conductor, and can rectify RF, attenuate the signal, basically make the connection a semi-connection.  doesn’t take much loss to not hear at all when listening for radio 870km away….

and now that the connection is clean, can see the coming cold front, Thanks For The Rain!!!

NOAA 19 northbound 79E at 17 Dec 2015 21:55:52 GMT on 137.10MHz, MSA enhancement, Normal projection, Channel A: 2 (near infrared), Channel B: 4 (thermal infrared)