COMPANY REPORT

Digital Meter Manufacturer SAT-LINK, Quanzhou, China

Here in this building in Quanzhous High Tech Park youll

find SAT-LINKs headquarters and the signal analyzers final assembly area. The circuit boards and remaining components are assembled in another location in Quanzhou.

Signal Analyzers from SAT-LINK

Only five years on the market Focusing on the signal analyzer product group Offers signal analyzers in four function classes and four price classes Optimizes signal analyzers for every region Brand new: combo analyzers for DVB-S2 and T2 with fast spectrum display
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Digital Meter Manufacturer SAT-LINK, Quanzhou, China

SAT-LINK has only one product group: digital signal analyzers

If you do only one thing, you can fully focus on that one thing. This is QingZhang Lins philosophy. He is General Manager of the five-year young company SAT-LINK. We only produce digital signal analyzers, confirms QingZhang Lin, and are exclusively involved in the export market. The company was founded only five years ago in 2008 with 20 R&D employees and 200 production employees.

QingZhang Lin is
SAT-LINKs General Manager

Quanzhou

Five years later it has grown to 30 R&D engineers and 250 production employees. SAT-LINKs headquarters are located in Quanzhous High Tech Park in the Fujian province in southeastern China directly across from Taiwan. The production facilities with the latest SMT machines are in the Luojiang suburb northeast of the seven-million-inhabitant city of Quanzhou. Since SAT-LINK only exports their products, we wanted to know where they all go. General Manager QingZhang Lin lists for us all the different regions: 60% of our production is shipped to Europe, 20% travels to the Middle East, 10% goes to North America and the rest are shipped to the remaining regions. SAT-LINK has expanded its product range so that four different classes are covered. The top-end and thus most expensive signal analyzer comes with the largest display and an illuminated keyboard. One of the analyzers in this series, the combo SAT-LINK model WS6936 for DVB-S and DVB-T, was already introduced by us in the 11-12/2012 issue. Business Manager Nancy tells us
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1. Project Manager GuiHuang Huang presents SAT-LINKs high-end success model. This analyzer is available in various versions and will shortly also be available as a combo unit with DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 as well as a very fast spectrum display.

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2. Nancy is Business Manager and is always on the telephone taking orders from customers from all over the world. When shes not at SAT-LINKs headquarters talking with customers on the phone, shes traveling all over the world visiting them. 3. R&D Manager Han Guang Rong is responsible for the function and development of the signal analyzers. He checks the function of SAT-LINKs devices with oscilloscopes and other professional test equipment.

that this analyzer series is very popular in Europe. The next class of analyzers are those with smaller displays and non-illuminated keyboards. These analyzers are especially popular in the Middle East. There are also two brand new Satellite Finder product lines: one of these handy models even has a camera input. This is actually in high demand in the Middle East since many people there have installed security cameras. They can use this new signal analyzer to very easily check the function of these cameras. This new satellite signal analyzer with camera input even comes with a 12V output to supply power to the se-

curity camera. And as if that werent enough, SATLINK also offers a simple Satellite Finder with a display that only shows reception parameters and therefore can be offered very inexpensively. This instrument is, for example, very well-suited for South America, Business Manager Nancy tells us. And with that, SAT-LINK covers the four most important functions and pricing levels and can therefore offer these devices to all the regions of the world. All of the signal analyzers also come with DVB-S2 tuners and the terrestrial versions and combo models come with not only DVB-T/T2 but will soon also be

available with ATSC (for North America) and then in the following year with ISDB-TB for the South American market. Were in the process of expanding our activities in the Americas, reveals General Manager QingZhang Lin, and we will also have a greater presence at trade shows in that area. While SAT-LINK in their first year was only able to sell about 10,000 pieces, five years later those production numbers have nearly quintupled. And its especially their brand new combo model for DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 that promises to be quite a success for SAT-LINK. Since many of the countries in Europe and Africa are quickly switching over to
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1. New from SAT-LINK: the companys first Satellite Finder and thus their most inexpensive product class. Its available for DVB-S and DVB-S2. 2. This analyzer is also new; it even has a dedicated camera input so that security cameras can be tested. These analyzers are especially popular in regions where security cameras are standard. These signal analyzers are also available in DVB-S and DVB-S2 versions.

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DVB-T2, demand for exactly this type of model is increasing dramatically. Our newest signal analyzer also operates with a very fast spectrum display, remarks Project Manager GuiHuang Huang, who plans the technical features of their models. Aside from that, our models also come with an HDMI output, he adds, showing how universally capable SAT-LINKs signal analyzers can be. By focusing on the digital signal analyzer product group, SAT-LINK has managed to thoroughly penetrate the market in just the few years since its founding. By skillfully splitting the analyzers into four different classes, SATLINK can offer the right device for every market. And by constantly updating the compatible standards, SAT-LINKs signal analyzers are perfectly suited for each market.

Test report of the SAT-LINK combo model WS-6936 for DVB-S

and DVB-T in the 11-12/2012 issue www.TELE-audiovision.com/12/11/satlink

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1. A look at Final Assembly. Here the completed circuit boards with the housing, the battery, the monitor, etc., are assembled into a complete signal analyzer. 2. An employee is soldering a chip 3. The connection plug is soldered. 4. The battery is installed in the housing. 5. An employee flashes the signal analyzers memory 6. A technician checks out a defective signal analyzer.

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7. Problem found: the technician identified a cold solder joint 8. The last functionality test: each completed signal analyzer is checked here to make sure it actually works the way it should. The technician connects each analyzer and only after a successful test can the analyzers be shipped out. 9. The completed analyzers undergo a 48-hour battery test here: the battery is charged for four hours and then discharged for four hours during which the antenna input is connected to a dummy load to simulate an antenna connection. This process is repeated six times to verify that the battery functions correctly. 10. A look in the shipping area: the SAT-LINK analyzers are packed here and prepared for transportation to the export market. Since none of these analyzers are shipped domestically to China, the entire production is exported.

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