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• 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
Signal
Analyzers
from
SAT-LINK
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.
COMPANY REPORT Digital Meter Manufacturer SAT-LINK, Quanzhou, China

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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
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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 issue
www.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 chip
3. The connection plug is soldered.
4. The battery is installed in the housing.
5. An employee flashes the signal analyzer’s 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.