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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 25, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1996
Falih Ahmad, Clinton, MS (US);
James A Evans, Tallulah, LA (US);
George L Mason, Vicksburg, MS (US);
Abstract
A ground condition monitor includes a housing for disposal underground, a power source disposed in the housing, and a controller disposed in the housing and in communication with the power source and with a plurality of sensors. The sensors are adapted to receive signals from the controller and in response thereto to send electromagnetic excitation signals into surrounding earth, receive reflective electromagnetic signals from the surrounding earth, and feed the reflective signals to the controller, which is adapted to convert the reflective signals to data indicative of electromagnetic properties of the surrounding earth, and to transmit the data. The monitor further includes a telemeter in communication with the power source and disposed in the housing for receiving the data from the controller and transmitting the data to a remote station, and an antenna extending from the housing for disposition in part above the surface of the earth, and adapted to transmit the data from the telemeter to the remote station, to receive signals from the remote station, and to transmit the signals received from the remote station to the controller.