Creating a Ship to Shore 802.11 Link
Tony’s Cafe has a really interesting article on using amplifiers along with a combination of omnidirectional and yagi antennas to create a ship-to-shore 802.11 wireless link. Of particular interest is the use of Hyperlink amps and the calculations to compute signal loss due to connectors, cable length, etc.
[Understanding 802.11 2.4GHz Amplifiers and Antennas (and Creating a Ship to Shore Link)]