GymRatZ wrote:
Having read with interest the high-gain (though illegal) parabolic
network sharing kind of thing I got to thinking.

As there are plenty of knowledgeable types Microwave comms etc I
thought about the viabillity(sp) of a home-shop link.

Might be flogging a dead horse but, here goes....

House is 80m ASL very close to the top of Hill but on the blind side so
no line of sight. The hill rises to 110m within about 500m then drops
off over the next couple of miles, with un-interupted path to shop.
Shop is 3 storey with posibillity of farly tall mast on top so clear
view to non-house side of hill.

Distance point to point is 8.5km

so... simple yes or no question....

With a high gain parabolic dish at each end on as much height as I can
get, would the hill/houses obscuring Line Of Sight for a fairly short
distance attenuate the signal too much to make the "experiment" even
worth considering?

With megawatts of power, maybe, otherwise basically not.

I suppose there is no possibility of a mast to give you LOS to top of hill,
a box on the crest?
Power to the box would be nice, but solar could be made to work.