David wrote:
On Sun, 11 Sep 2005 14:52:19 -0600, uncle arnie
wrote:

Very poor reception this morning (1200 UTC). Had rain all last night and
into today, unplugged the radios due to lightening last night. Nothing
received at all in SW, all bands this a.m. Brightening up this afternoon,
I can hear the usual spanish scattered around the lower bands.

Oddly, my $50 satellite radio continues to perform nominally.

http://www.sec.noaa.gov/today.html#satenv

My guess is that 'nominal' performance is all it's capable of even
under ideal conditions.