Newbie, but wanting to take on an adventurous project.

[Sheldon T. Hall]

 Raymond Bennett writes ...
> 
> I am new to setting up a community network, but I was wanting 
> to have a little fun with getting introduced to it.  I live 
> on Sammamish Plateau pretty much at the very top. My bedroom 
> has a view of just south of downtown Seattle, I can see the 
> buildings, etc 
[snip]
> I estimate the fresnel zone between here and there (16 miles 
> @ 2.4 GHz) to be ~100 feet. From what I can tell there isn't 
> much within that 100 feet diameter between here and there.  I 
> am wondering if somebody is within my direct RFLOS and would 
> be willing to point an antenna my direction, and I could do 
> the same and see if we can create a link.  I am willing to 
> take any constructive criticism to whether or not this is 
> possible.  I think this would be a really fun project if this 
> could work. 

Given that we've used home-made antennae and sub-100mW cards to make solid
connections over 6 or so miles, and usable connections over 9 miles, I'd say
it can be done.  Whether it will be useful is another issue.

I'd offer to be the other end of the link, but I'm several miles NW of
downtown, and I can't see the Plateau at all.

FWIW, when I first joined the list, 4 or so years ago, and the list was much
more active, I was never able to find an in-town partner for a similar
experiment.  

-Shel