Patent ID: 8068062

Claim:
A portable antenna positioner comprising: an antenna with a centrally located pivot point; an elevation motor coupled with said antenna wherein said antenna may rotate in elevation about said centrally located pivot point; at least one positioning arm coupled with said elevation motor at a first end of said positioning arm; an azimuth motor coupled with said at least one positioning arm at a second end of said positioning arm wherein said azimuth motor is configured to rotate in azimuth; said at least one positioning arm configured to fold into a stowed position through rotation of said at least one positioning arm at said second end of said positioning arm and wherein said rotation is relative to said azimuth motor; a positioner base coupled with said azimuth motor; and, wherein said antenna may be stowed substantially parallel to said positioner base and substantially parallel with said positioning arm between said antenna and said positioner base through rotation of said antenna at said first end of said at least one positioning arm and through rotation of said at least one positioning arm at said second end around an axis parallel to a rotation axis of said elevation motor.