Today I took advantage of the warmer weather and extra hands to change out the repeater antenna from a copper j-pole at the rear of the building that barely cleared the roofline to a feedline-style j-pole that is up in a tree about 50 feet from the west and 25 feet from the east. I hope that the coverage improves enough to cover a 10 mile radius without drop outs.
Previously, the repeater could hear me through those areas, but with ~10 watts of power, coverage was bleak at best. With the vertical addition and away from the structure, it should improve (fingers-crossed).
(Visitors here get put to work. You have been warned. 🙂 )