In the fiber optic link, connecting RISE research facilities in Borås with the Photonics Lab at Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, the signal is substantially distorted by polarization variations. It has been verified that the variations are induced by the electrical power grid, however unknown at which segment of the link that it occurs. While this distortion is effectively handled by standard equipment for the data transmission, it deteriorates the detection of a transmitted ultra-stable frequency, using heterodyne mixing. Thus, the magnitude and severity of this distortion is quantified, and some compensation techniques are evaluated.