# 360° coverage with 65° Nova 227 **URL:** \ **Category:** Nova\ **Created:** [July 3, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/360-coverage-with-65-nova-227/1016 "2019-07-03T18:32:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![lovinglte](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ecb155/32.png) [@lovinglte](https://community.na.baicells.com/u/lovinglte)\ **Post date:** [July 3, 2019, 6:32pm UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/360-coverage-with-65-nova-227/1016/1 "2019-07-03T18:32:04Z")
Hi everyone, I’m really interested in the Nova 227 as it perfectly fits my needs for a low-powered, low capacity base station covering a small service area with a radius of approximately 2km. The problem is that I need to achieve 360° coverage, but the Nova 227 integrated antenna has a very tight 65° pattern. I can buy multiple Nova 227s, but when I get up to four Nova 227s the price is about the same as the Nova 233, so it becomes less attractive from a pricing perspective. My question is, could I achieve acceptable 360° coverage of 2km radius with three Nova 227s, or would the coverage end up with too many big nulls? I’ve tried a few planning tools but they all come up with slightly different results, and of course I don’t have the detailed antenna plots for the Nova 227. Appreciate any help/thoughts you can offer. ---
**Author:** ![Chris\_Christian](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/community.na.baicells.com/chris_christian/32/158_2.png) [@Chris\_Christian](https://community.na.baicells.com/u/Chris_Christian)\ **Post date:** [July 8, 2019, 9:52am UTC](https://community.na.baicells.com/t/360-coverage-with-65-nova-227/1016/2 "2019-07-08T09:52:02Z")
All you need is 2 at the most !!! Once you pick up enough eu’s then it is time to replace one with a 233 and a sector which can change to to various degrees. The 227’s can be recycled to a new location.