For what it's worth, in general, a side mounted antenna will have as many lobes in its pattern as the number of 1/4 wavelengths it is from the tower. An antenna 1/4 wave length from the tower would have one major fat lobe away from the tower. An antenna 1/2 wavelength from the tower will have two lobes, skewed somewhat by the tower, generally perpendicular to the line from the antenna to the tower. 3/4 wavelength will give you a distorted cloverleaf pattern. There is no way, however, to put a major lobe behind the tower with a single antenna. Often this can be an advantage in shielding your system from another co-channel repeater users. Perhaps you can use these principles to locate your antenna.
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