Patent ID: 7075309

Claim:
A system ( 20 ) to locate an anomaly ( 22 ) of a conductor ( 24 ), said system ( 20 ) comprising: a test set ( 28 ) coupled to said conductor ( 24 ) at a location PT along said conductor ( 24 ) and configured to inject a test signal ( 36 ) into said conductor ( 24 ) at said location PT; a probe ( 30 ) coupled to said conductor ( 24 ) at a location PP along said conductor ( 24 ) and configured to detect said test signal ( 36 ) at said location PP; a communication link ( 42 ) configured to couple said probe ( 30 ) to said test set ( 28 ), said communication link having a propagation delay DS; and a calculation unit ( 32 ) coupled to one of said probe ( 30 ) and said test set ( 28 ) and configured to calculate a propagation delay DTP of said conductor ( 24 ) between said location PT and said location PP in response to said propagation delay DS.