Will this lose radio contact?
Will this lose radio contact?
(OP)
Hi,
I have a question about an offset dipole antenna, 138-174 4.5 dBi. I'm installing a repeater at a wind turbine generator park. The plan is to put the antenna at the top of one of the turbine in the middle of the park. This antenna has 195 horizontal beam. So the top of the turbine rotates 360 degrees to be able to catch wind coming from any direction. If the antenna ends up turning away from the base station that we are trying to reach will I loose radio contact?? The base station is about 10km away. Thanks for your help.
I have a question about an offset dipole antenna, 138-174 4.5 dBi. I'm installing a repeater at a wind turbine generator park. The plan is to put the antenna at the top of one of the turbine in the middle of the park. This antenna has 195 horizontal beam. So the top of the turbine rotates 360 degrees to be able to catch wind coming from any direction. If the antenna ends up turning away from the base station that we are trying to reach will I loose radio contact?? The base station is about 10km away. Thanks for your help.





RE: Will this lose radio contact?
Why not install the antenna a bit further down the tower (I assume that the tower itself is fixed)? If you space it about a quarter wavelength from the tower, you might even get a bit more gain.
Alternatively (cheaper), use an antenna that is truely omnidirectional in the horizontal plane. A cheap monopole installed vertically is omni.
I'm not touching the topic of the rotating blades and their possible effect on the link.