I have a Diamond X50 mounted on the gable end of my 2 story colonial. Its about 35 feet up (give or take).
According to my GPS, I'm at about 300 ft above sea level.
Unfortunately, I live in the shadow of a couple hills that are to my west-southwest and are at about 400-450 ft based on the USGS maps.
Because of this, I hit some dead spots in Leominster (which are in the opposite shadow of the hills).
I guess my question is this. Does my 2m antenna have a "take off angle" for its signal? Does it just send out the signal parallel to the ground or does it angle up a few degrees? I obviously don't want to install a 100 ft tower (my neighbors would just love me for that ). Just trying to figure a way around this, if there is one.
Would 10m or above have similar issues? Would people in the opposite shadow hear me?
My location is basically in the area of the red X. Yeah...you know where I live now .
Notice that there are two hills that top out at around 450 ft.
Here is the radiation pattern for the antenna. I'm not sure how to read this, so tutelage is welcome.
http://www.diamondantenna.net/x50arad.html
According to my GPS, I'm at about 300 ft above sea level.
Unfortunately, I live in the shadow of a couple hills that are to my west-southwest and are at about 400-450 ft based on the USGS maps.
Because of this, I hit some dead spots in Leominster (which are in the opposite shadow of the hills).
I guess my question is this. Does my 2m antenna have a "take off angle" for its signal? Does it just send out the signal parallel to the ground or does it angle up a few degrees? I obviously don't want to install a 100 ft tower (my neighbors would just love me for that ). Just trying to figure a way around this, if there is one.
Would 10m or above have similar issues? Would people in the opposite shadow hear me?
My location is basically in the area of the red X. Yeah...you know where I live now .
Notice that there are two hills that top out at around 450 ft.
Here is the radiation pattern for the antenna. I'm not sure how to read this, so tutelage is welcome.
http://www.diamondantenna.net/x50arad.html
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