Antenna Installation Improvements
January 1, 2016AT&T Entertainment Group Engineering, 2015-16
Liaison(s): Terence Wu, Stephen Dulac
Advisor(s): Erik Spjut
Students(s): Ferrel Atkins (TL-S), Alex Rich (TL-F), Tiancheng Yang, Patrick McKeen (S), Kai Xu (S), Kathryn Jones (F), Lydia Scharff (F)
The Harvey Mudd AT&T Entertainment Group clinic team has focused on improving antenna installation processes. In order to provide satellite television service, AT&T Entertainment Group must point an antenna, without any line of sight obstructions, at the company’s satellites. The clinic team has created an application designed to determine the feasibility of placing an antenna without obstruction, shown that a smartphone magnetometer cannot track fine angle measurements of an antenna, and created a smartphone application to aid antenna pointing without fine adjustment knobs.