Right now there sure isn't a lack of static. Right now I'm on 3885 with Rob, K5UJ, and it's hard copying him through the static crashes.
Heard you around 9:30 EDT on 3885 calling CQ. Sounded like you have lots of highs and no lows on your audio. Then there was the "helpful" comment from down lower. As far as I could tell, you weren't splattering.