Not only was there no internet this morning, I couldn’t even connect to the Mifi, which told me I was having Mifi problems more than internet problems. I yanked the battery from it and restarted about 10 times and then I could connect to it. But still no internet. So I went up the hill, and good thing I did because I just made the deadline to pick up a nice amount of work for today.<\/p>\n
Back home, I again tried to connect. The weather is crappy yet again (could we please have some heat if not sun?), lots of thick clouds, so I was going to give up. Then I had an epiphany.<\/p>\n
My signal strength has always been more decent lower to the ground than higher! I had a generally more decent signal with the stubby antenna stuck on the truck roof than I ever did with the big antenna as high up as it can go.<\/p>\n
So I brought the antenna to almost ground level. It’s stuck to the top step of my magnetic step ladder. And I am online. It’s not a great connection, so no picture of the setup, but I may be able to send my project to the client without having to get back into the truck. And that’s enough to make me less cranky today.<\/p>\n
I’m wondering if the power line could be causing some interference? Or maybe the line of sight is downwards?<\/p>\n
In unrelated news, I got home from the hill to find a ginormous bright yellow bag on one of the chairs by the door. Inside, was deliciousness: a kazillion stalks of fresh rhubarb. I’m finishing this assignment, them I’m off to make compote!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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