I would guess no.

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> On Aug 13, 2019, at 5:36 PM, Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> 
> Is solar interference polarized, such that it would affect only one 
> polarization in a dual pol link?
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of Forrest Christian (List 
> Account)
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 6:18 PM
> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <af@af.afmug.com>
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 820 Support Help
>  
> One thing to look at that often gives you a hint as to the cause is the the 
> signal strength during the period of interest.
>  
> An interferer rarely causes the signal level to drop.   Instead the noise 
> (and sometimes the signal) level rises to the point where the radio cannot 
> maintain a link.
>  
> I've also seen where too strong of a signal can cause this issue.   The 
> signal gets strong enough that the receiver saturates and the radio cannot 
> maintain a reliable link.
>  
> A brief dropoff would indicate something in the path.    I.E. delivery truck 
> fade.
>  
> I also am aware of certain links which have once a day problems when the sun 
> becomes an interference source.  This is of course only a few days a year and 
> only for the brief period of time that the sun is sitting directly behind the 
> transmitter.   
>  
> On Tue, Aug 13, 2019 at 5:10 PM Ken Hohhof <af...@kwisp.com> wrote:
> Is there anything he can do to confirm interference or rule it out, short of 
> coordinating a different set of frequencies (assuming that is even possible)?
>  
> What do the big carriers do in such a case?  Can the radios monitor for 
> signal level if the other end is muted?  Sending someone up the tower with a 
> spectrum analyzer and a waveguide adapter seems not feasible if this happens 
> for 5 minutes a couple times a day.
>  
> Cambium saying it “might be interference” doesn’t seem particularly helpful 
> unless you can test their theory.
>  
>  
> From: AF <af-boun...@af.afmug.com> On Behalf Of dave
> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2019 4:38 PM
> To: af@af.afmug.com
> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] 820 Support Help
>  
>  
> If it is interference then I would be checking with comsearch or one of the 
> other coordinators to see if anything recent has been issued for license. 
>  If not then a re-check on alignment would be the other step taken.
> 
> 
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> On 8/13/19 12:43 PM, Nate Burke wrote:
> Any cambium 820 support people lurking on here?  I've been having trouble 
> with an 18ghz 820C link since the beginning of July and My support ticket 
> only get's updated by Cambium every couple days.  I was hoping that there 
> might be someone who would be able to help me out with a little quicker 
> turnaround. 
> 
> It's modulating way down on 1 chain in 1 direction a couple times per day, 
> for less than 5 minutes.  Most of the time it works fine. The last work from 
> support was that they think it might be interference.  I'm hoping to get a 
> little more direction in trying to track down what's going on, but with only 
> a few responses per week, I'll be working on this until Christmas. 
> 
> Thanks, 
> Nate
> 
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