I’ve been seeing this thread on the list for a while but hadn’t really read it. 
Probably worth keeping in mind when we do turn our stuff on to see how much 
interference there might be

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> On Jul 25, 2021, at 10:09, Jaime Solorza <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> T-Mobile took over lots of 2 and 3Ghz stuff from Sprint...maybe could be 
> related to that..
> 
>> On Sun, Jul 25, 2021, 7:45 AM Tyson Burris <[email protected]> wrote:
>> LOL, Mike you got to get in the game bro.
>> 
>> I typed that up half asleep as well. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> It’s not always that easy, but yes we have done all that.
>> 
>> You really think Crown, SBA, American care?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Crowns answer:  3ghz isn’t licensed anyone can use it plus you would need to 
>> contact the interfering party directly
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Well they are partially right. 
>> 
>>  
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>> From: AF <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Mike Hammett
>> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2021 8:59 AM
>> To: AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <[email protected]>
>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] T-Mobile PALs and CBRS GAA
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>>  
>> 
>> I just woke up, so maybe my reading comprehension isn't the best yet.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Can't you use a spectrum analyzer to track down the sources of the 
>> interference and then work with the tower owner on who it is that's on that 
>> tower and contact information?
>> 
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>> The Brothers WISP
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>> From: "Tyson Burris" <[email protected]>
>> To: [email protected]
>> Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2021 5:24:25 AM
>> Subject: [AFMUG] T-Mobile PALs and CBRS GAA
>> 
>> Good morning AF Geeks-
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Someone help me understand this better.  Several questions below.
>> 
>> We operate in six counties in Indiana.  Some rural some not so much.
>> 
>> In our main county (johnson) we are starting to get interference even when 
>> we are connected to the SAS. 
>> 
>> While we cannot prove anything yet, each tower we are seeing this on 
>> recently had new T-Mobile equipment deployed. 
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> I reached out to our attorney, Steve Coran, this week and asked him to 
>> pulled the county PAL winners. Listed here:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> PAL winners for Johnson County, IN:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> XF Wireless Investment, LLC (Comcast) -- 20 MHz
>> 
>> Actel, LLC (CenturyLink) -- 20 MHz
>> 
>> Wetterhorn Wireless L.L.C. (DISH) – 30 MHz
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> -Century Link has zero cell services of any kind in our county and currently 
>> not deploying in fixed wireless.
>> 
>> -Comcast floats off Verizon
>> 
>> -Dish also has zero cell services of any kind in our count
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> So what we ended up with is PAL winners who have nothing to offer locally 
>> yet unless subleasing.
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Questions are:
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> is T-Mobile subleasing PAL’s from any of these three?
>> 
>> Is T-Mobile illegally just rotating PAL’s anywhere they want in the country 
>> instead of just local counties?
>> 
>> Anyway to clearly isolate the offending carrier sucking up so much spectrum 
>> and causing all the interference?
>> 
>> Another member brought up T-Mobile as a possible offender.  Did any data 
>> come from that?
>> 
>> What time of the day do the SAS databases sync with each other and does this 
>> force other carriers to cut back on total GAA – share nicely?
>> 
>> Has anyone found the other SAS providers to be better then GOOGLE.  Starting 
>> to think their system is worthless or inaccurate.  Truth is I think this 
>> whole concept of spectrum sharing is poorly handled and not fully tested on 
>> 3g.
>> 
>> If a carrier is on the same tower, how will that affect sync?  I ask because 
>> we found some very interesting work arounds and results with upload when we 
>> started playing with sync settings…ie distance, frame, channel.
>> 
>> If the customer SM is moved from one spot to another or from a roof to a 
>> post how badly does this affect the calculations on the SAS side?
>> 
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> Things we have discovered:
>> 
>> Even when we find noise floors on spectrum analysis in a reasonable range 
>> and move to the cleaner channel on the SAS the interference still trashes 
>> the uplinks.
>> In some cases the SAS is blocking the cleanest of channels which could be 
>> PAL related.
>> In some cases customer SM’s going off other ‘unaffected’ sites nearby may 
>> get knocked offline by the new noise.
>> In some cases we have had to drop off the SAS and found switching to other 
>> regulatory has allowed us to switch to cleaner channels and stabilized subs. 
>>  (which is exactly what we shouldn’t be doing)
>> We have a ton of 450m units going on towers as both new and upgrades.  I am 
>> concerned that the more urban areas will struggle with capacity since we 
>> have to break this up across multiple sectors.
>>  
>> 
>>  
>> 
>> History and Equipment:
>> 
>> Again this seems very isolated to our more urban deployments which have 
>> historically been awesome in the 50Mhz channels prior to CBRS turn ups.
>> 
>> Our more rural areas are not seeing this issue at all.
>> 
>> All three locations have very specific and brand new T-Mobile equipment so 
>> this has been our assumption of the cause without such proof.
>> 
>> Equipment on these commercial towers has been no more then two 450i AP’s 
>> with KP 120’ sectors (pending 450m upgrades).
>> 
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>> Internet Communications Inc. 
>> 739 Commerce Dr. 
>> Franklin, IN 46131 
>>   
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>> Cell/Direct # 317-412-1540 
>> Online: www.surfici.net
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