(First of all, I hope this is the right subform, please correct me if I'm wrong)
I am using a 433 Mhz LoRa Radio to communicate with a high altitude balloon and am using an antenna like in this guide
I know many people have the antenna facing straight down (with radials attached to the bottom of the payload). However I want to use a satellite tracker as a backup, which means the tracker should always face the sky. If the antenna were at the bottom, the payload would probably fall over when landing... Would it be bad for reception, if i just put the antenna on a side of the payload instead of the bottom? (meaning the radials would be taped to one side of the payload and the antenna would be horizontal). As the HAB will be bobbing around a lot in the wind, would it even matter in which direction the antenna faces?
EDIT: Might the way of attachment shown in the picture be a solution?