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SAT-LINK’den Sinyal Analizörleri

Here in this building in Quanzhou’s High tech park you’ll find Sat-LiNk’s headquarters and the signal analyzer’s final assembly area. The circuit boards and remaining components are assembled in another location in Quanzhou.

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QingZhang Lin is SAT-LINK’s General Manager

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

Digital Meter Manufacturer SAT-LINK, Quanzhou, China

If you do only one thing, you can fully focus on that one thing. This is Qing-Zhang Lin’s philosophy. He is General Manager of the five-year young compa-ny 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 em-ployees and 200 production employees.

Five years later it has grown to 30 R&D engineers and 250 production employ-ees.

SAT-LINK’s headquarters are located in Quanzhou’s High Tech Park in the Fujian province in southeastern China directly across from Taiwan. The pro-duction facilities with the latest SMT machines are in the Luojiang suburb northeast of the seven-million-inhabit-ant 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 WS-6936 for DVB-S and DVB-T, was already introduced by us in the 11-12/2012 is-sue. Business Manager Nancy tells us

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1. project Manager GuiHuang Huang presents SAT-LINK’s 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.

that this analyzer series is very popular in Europe.

The next class of analyzers are those with smaller displays and non-illuminat-ed keyboards. “These analyzers are es-pecially popular in the Middle East.”

There are also two brand new Satel-lite 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 cam-eras.” 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 weren’t enough, SAT-

LINK also offers a simple Satellite Finder with a display that only shows reception parameters and therefore can be of-fered very inexpensively. “This instru-ment 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 pric-ing 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 Ameri-ca) and then in the following year with ISDB-TB for the South American mar-ket. “We’re 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 num-bers have nearly quintupled. And it’s especially their brand new combo mod-el for DVB-S2 and DVB-T2 that prom-ises to be quite a success for SAT-LINK. Since many of the countries in Europe and Africa are quickly switching over to

2. Nancy is Business Manager and is always on the telephone taking orders from customers from all over the world. When she’s not at Sat-LiNk’s headquarters talking with customers on the phone, she’s 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-LiNk’s devices with oscilloscopes and other professional test equipment.

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Test report of the SAT-LINK combo model WS-6936 for DVB-S and DVB-T in the 11-12/2012 issuewww.teLe-audiovision.com/12/11/satlink

DVB-T2, demand for exactly this type of model is increasing dramatically. “Our newest signal analyzer also oper-ates 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 out-put”, he adds, showing how universally capable SAT-LINK’s signal analyzers can be.

By focusing on the digital signal an-alyzer product group, SAT-LINK has managed to thoroughly penetrate the market in just the few years since its founding. By skillfully splitting the ana-lyzers into four different classes, SAT-LINK can offer the right device for every market. And by constantly updating the compatible standards, SAT-LINK’s sig-nal analyzers are perfectly suited for each market.

1. New from SAT-LINK: the company’s first Satellite Finder and thus their most inexpensive product class. It’s 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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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 chip3. The connection plug is soldered.4. The battery is installed in the housing.5. an employee flashes the signal analyzer’s memory6. a technician checks out a defective signal analyzer.

Signal analyzer production at Sat-LiNk

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7. problem found: the technician identified a cold solder joint8. 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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