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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 01, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2016
Orbit Communication Systems Ltd., Netanya, IL;
Azriel Yakubovitch, Kfar-Yona, IL;
Miron Voin, Haifa, IL;
Stav Gizunterman, Netanya, IL;
Guy Naym, Netanya, IL;
ORBIT COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LTD, Netanya, IL;
Abstract
A system for measuring blockage facilitates automated measuring using an installed antenna as a measuring device, providing more accurate and reliable results as compared to conventional methods of measuring blockage. The system eliminates the need for meticulous and tedious manual measurements as well as the time consuming search for structural drawings, necessary to perform conventional blockage measuring. The system features an efficient and accurate way of establishing the angular direction points in which an antenna view is obstructed by recording the obstruction reflections standing out of the clear sky noise floor. Embodiments are particularly useful when installing a satellite communications antenna on a ship having metal structures obstructing the antenna's view such as communication masts, funnels, and smokestacks.