I conducted a test outdoors with and without the relay.
The transmitter (ground station) was placed under the overhang (blue marker) at the entrance to Davidson North. The overhang I believe should restrict it from transmitting over the building and restrict the reflections off of Fox that could bounce over the building.
Signal was lost immediately after turning the corner of the building (red marker).
I placed the relay at the corner closest to the ground station (yellow marker). Signal was lost significantly further than without the relay. There were spotty points on the way, but it remained relatively strong until it cut out completely right by Webster.
The test confirmed that the relay does fulfill its base function. I would like to conduct a test somewhere with less places for reflection. The terrace wall probably made this test not as accurate as it could have been.