My Talkingsign Transmitter arrived from Canada today, I had just enough time to turn on the automatic message loop and hastily string the antenna in the window.
Here are the results
Antenna drooped over the blinds, not stretched to full length.
Meter peaked slightly over halfway, so not tuned the best. I had it pegging the meter with the wire just on the floor, but I figured the window would be better.
Frequency of 1590, turns out not a very good frequency, severe splatter from 1600.
The Range:
Coverage was incredibly suprising.
1,500 feet(1/4 Mile) feet of solid coverage
2,500 feet (~1/2 Mile) Slop from 1600 makes things very difficult, but the message is still audible.
3,300 feet (~3/4 Mile) signal finally disappears underneath skip and slop.
With coverage like this, with a less than ideal setup with a less than ideal frequency... I can only imagine how good it will be with the antenna outside with a good X-Band Frequency (Likely 1670)