closely associated with the subject potentially preventing the article from being verifiable and neutral . please help improve it by replacing them with more appropriate citations to reliable independent third party sources . july 2012 learn how and when to remove this template message norsat international inc. type public traded as tsx nii nyse mkt nsat industry communications defense founded 1977 founder rod wheeler headquarters richmond british columbia canada area served worldwide key people amiee chan president & ceo products satellite terminals vsat microwave components revenue us 38.4 million 2011 number of employees 175 website www.norsat.com norsat international inc. is a satellite communications company based in richmond british columbia canada . the company founded in 1977 develops and produces communications solutions for the transmission of data audio and video in challenging applications and environments . norsat s primary customers are from the military broadcast and maritime industries . in 2011 norsat acquired sinclair technologies 1 a canadian company providing antenna and rf conditioning products . contents 1 history 2 products 3 notes 4 external links history edit the company was founded by rod wheeler in 1977 in whitehorse yukon under the name northern satellite systems . he founded the company after attempting to build the first affordable consumer satellite dish with chicken wire and foil . this satellite dish eventually became the company s first prototype . after the company s ipo it was renamed norsat and rod wheeler became its first ceo . norsat now produces a variety of satellite communication products and is managed by president and ceo dr. amiee chan . products edit norsat s products include portable satellite terminals in c x ku and ka band 2 network satellite systems microwave components lna lnb buc bdc rf conditioning and antennas maritime satellite communication products the company operates offices in the usa canada switzerland and the uk . notes edit sinclair technologies http www.norsat.com satellite solutions blog external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title norsat & oldid 708156869 categories telecommunications companies of canadacompanies based in richmond british columbiacompanies listed on the toronto stock exchangecompanies listed on nyse mkthidden categories articles lacking reliable references from july 2012all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 3 march 2016 at 23 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view