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It was quit windy (~20 mph) at the site so it was decided to postpone removing the clutter fence and radome until tomorrow when winds are forecasted to be less than ~10 mph. Once apart, the dust/dirt layer on the antenna will be removed and the RFE modified to accept an external local oscillator (LO) frequency from the signal generator that John brought out. Antenna input return loss measurements from yesterday indicate that the antenna's performance, across all beams, can slightly be improved by lowering the operating frequency to ~912.8 MHz from its nominal 915 MHz. We should have more data after tomorrow's work on the antenna's and system performaceperformance.