Alright, I'm glad I asked.  I've been averaging -72dB as-is.  I'll make the switch over to the other connector and see how that goes.  Thank you!

Kyle

On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:52 PM, Tom Hayward <tom@tomh.us> wrote:
On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 2:25 PM, Kyle Burgess <kd7iyt@gmail.com> wrote:
> One question to you, what polarization should I be using?  I assumed it is
> vertical, which is how I currently have my 2 foot ARC dish antenna hooked
> up.

The sectors at the Paine / Snohomish County DEM site are horizontally
polarized. At Haystack, they're both horizontal and vertical (MIMO).
With the ARC dish, I think you want the connector on the side of the
feedhorn, not the one coming out the bottom. You stand to gain 20 dB
if you're currently using vertical polarization :-)

Tom

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