Abstract: A cable leakage detection system to be placed in a moving vehicle for monitoring signal leakages in a cable television plant whereby an RF detection meter is combined with a global positioning system and a computer control unit to measure radio frequency signal strength, while maintaining the corrected distance between the vehicle and the source of the leak, determine longitude and latitude of the measured signal strength, and store the signal strength, longitude and latitude in data files.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
May 20, 1992
Date of Patent:
March 15, 1994
Assignee:
Cable Leakage Technologies
Inventors:
Michael E. Ostteen, Kenneth J. Eckenroth