25th December 2019 Season's Greetings.

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My apologies to anyone who found a post here obviously aimed at another of my blogs.
Google has the nasty habit of changing any New Post to another blog without apparent logic.
I have now deleted the New Post on both blogs.

Have a good one. If you can.

Thursday 26th 41F: Tidying the observatory of accumulated materials, junk and tools from recent projects. I have also added more screw hooks to the dome wall framework for hanging cables and other occasionally used items. Like small mirrors and hair driers for examining the objectives and then drying them of dew. 

I'd like to organise the cables and USB "boxes" on the desk. Move them onto the pier if possible. Though the same cables still need to reach the laptop when it is lying on the desk. I don't leave the laptop in the observatory and don't think the Wifi would work with the laptop resting on the sloping side of the pier. I shall have to check this before making any assumptions. It would be quite handy to have the laptop out of the way once it has been switched on. The keyboard, mouse and monitor then take over imaging duties.

That was interesting. Lying flat on the desk, laptop hinge towards the house, the Wifi internet speed is 20-22Mbps download. On edge it drops to 5-7Mbps. Yet the router indoors is on a vertical surface with 3 antennas pointing vertically downwards. Which makes no sense that it won't work with the laptop also vertical.  Resting near vertically on the hinge the speed is 13Mbps. While lying flat, the laptop seems immune to telescope position at a steady 22Mbps. All other laptop orientations are inferior. The top flap seems more radio transparent than the bottom of the laptop.

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