Patent ID: 6864847

Claim:
An antenna alignment system comprising: at least one antenna having an antenna heading and an antenna elevation angle; a compass in mechanical cooperation with the antenna, wherein the compass is adapted to provide an antenna heading measurement; a plumb-to-level transducer in mechanical cooperation with the antenna, wherein the plumb-to-level transducer is adapted to provide an antenna elevation angle measurement; a compass heading actuator adapted to change the antenna heading; a plumb-to-level actuator adapted to change the antenna elevation angle; a remote site; and an interconnection electrically connecting the compass, the plumb-to-level transducer, the compass heading actuator, and the plumb-to-level actuator, to the remote site, wherein the remote site includes a desired plumb-to-level value and a desired compass heading value, and wherein the remote site is adapted to cooperate with the compass heading actuator and the plumb-to-level actuator over the interconnection to obtain the desired plumb-to-level value and the desired compass heading value by comparing the desired plumb-to-level value to the antenna elevation angle measurement and desired compass heading value to the antenna heading measurement.