Patent ID: 8106842

Claim:
A tool for aiding in alignment of a reflector of an antenna with a satellite configuration comprising a plurality of satellites, comprising: at least one connector, coupled to a feedhorn assembly of the antenna; a divider, coupled to the at least one connector, for dividing signals received by the feedhorn assembly; a power supply, coupled to the at least one connector, for powering the feedhorn assembly of the antenna and for selecting a specific feedhorn of the feedhorn assembly; a tuner/demodulator section, coupled to the divider, for tuning to a specific signal from a first satellite in the satellite configuration and demodulating the specific signal; a processor, coupled to the tuner/demodulator, for processing the demodulated specific signal, wherein the processor processes the demodulated specific signal using positional data from at least one other satellite in the satellite configuration; and a display section, coupled to the processor, for displaying characteristics of the demodulated specific signal, wherein the tool aligns the reflector of the antenna with the first satellite and the at least one other satellite in the satellite configuration such that the antenna receives a signal from the first satellite and simultaneously receives a signal from the at least one other satellite in the satellite configuration.