Tue Aug 31, 2021 5:42 pm
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Before fibre optic cable, Uni of St Andrews had internet supplied to the whole campus via a microwave link, sitting on top of the library, to a communications tower on the top of a nearby hill.
In winter, the signal would often degrade, but the IT department really struggled to work out what was wrong. Alignment was right, the transceiver dish was clean. It would seem to work better for a few days after checking it, then would intermittently degrade again, seemingly at random.
This apparently went on for some time, until one of the engineers was standing on the ground, looking at it perplexed, and noticed the seagulls.
Of course, they disappeared every time someone went to check it, before they would gather in front of it again some time later to warm themselves up, by getting internally cooked by the antenna.
Problem was solved by putting it on a pole.
In winter, the signal would often degrade, but the IT department really struggled to work out what was wrong. Alignment was right, the transceiver dish was clean. It would seem to work better for a few days after checking it, then would intermittently degrade again, seemingly at random.
This apparently went on for some time, until one of the engineers was standing on the ground, looking at it perplexed, and noticed the seagulls.
Of course, they disappeared every time someone went to check it, before they would gather in front of it again some time later to warm themselves up, by getting internally cooked by the antenna.
Problem was solved by putting it on a pole.
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