DIRECTIONAL ALIGNMENT AND ALIGNMENT MONITORING SYSTEMS FOR DIRECTIONAL AND OMNI-DIRECTIONAL ANTENNAS BASED ON SOLAR POSITIONING ALONE OR WITH ELECTRONIC LEVEL SENSING

摘要

Alignment monitoring system for directional and omni-directional antennas that are mounted to the antennas (12) and which include solar sensors (10) that are mounted with enclosed housings such that solar imaging across the surface of one or more sensing elements used to determine a current alignment of the antennas in at least one of headings, azimuths of the antennas, or tilt angles relative to a horizontal plane.