Nine Fives GTM brain

Nine Fives sells networked modular RF test instruments for engineers building and testing wireless hardware.

category

RF test equipment

market profile

  • text: RF engineering teams test devices across aerospace, telecommunications and other wireless applications.
  • text: The current range includes 6 GHz programmable attenuation and RF switches, with web and automation interfaces.

personas

  • title: RF test engineer
    pains:
    • Time lost installing drivers and configuring bench instruments
    • Manually controlling signal attenuation and RF paths
  • title: Test automation lead
    pains:
    • Integrating disparate instruments into repeatable test sequences
    • Managing network connectivity and remote control across a test rack
  • title: Hardware engineering manager
    pains:
    • Getting usable RF equipment into a new lab quickly
    • Selecting instruments that fit the team's frequency range and budget

icp

  • text: Spacecraft, drone and mobile-device developers with RF validation teams.
  • text: Engineering labs building automated test benches within the instruments' stated 100 kHz to 6 GHz range.

message pillars

  • text: Reduce test bench complexity.
  • text: Power and connect flexibly.
  • text: Operate without local driver setup.
  • text: Automate through familiar interfaces.

objections

  • objection: Will the instrument fit our RF requirements?
    response: Compare frequency range, attenuation steps, RF connectors and calibration requirements against the published specs.
  • objection: Can we automate it with existing test code?
    response: The product supports REST and SCPI; test compatibility with the team's environment.
  • objection: Can we buy the exact device now?
    response: Check stock: the homepage lists both switch models as sold out.

competitors

  • name: Keysight Technologies
    why: Established supplier of RF test instruments.
  • name: Rohde & Schwarz
    website: https://www.rohde-schwarz.com/us/products/test-and-measurement/signal-and-spectrum-analyzers_63665.html
    why: RF test and measurement vendor with broad aerospace and wireless portfolios.
  • name: Anritsu
    why: Alternative RF test equipment supplier.

keywords

  • programmable RF attenuator
  • ethernet RF switch
  • 6 GHz RF test equipment
  • automated RF test bench
  • SCPI RF attenuator
  • PoE RF switch

voice

  • Engineer-focused
  • Concise and practical
  • Confident

signals

  • text: A team building a new RF test rack or expanding automated validation has a concrete need for programmable instruments.
  • text: A wireless hardware launch or spacecraft testing program can create test-bench procurement demand.

stack

  • Power over Ethernet
  • USB-C
  • REST
  • SCPI

hiring

  • Founding Electrical Engineer, listed on YC jobs

pricing

model: flat
starting price: $800 USD per attenuator

motion

product_led

channels

  • website catalog
  • documentation
  • LinkedIn
  • DigiKey

confidence

medium

Founders

  • name: Noah Levy
    title: Founder/CEO
    role: CEO
    bio: Calibrated largest phased array in SpaceX history, designed Starship primary RF hardware, worked on radar altimeter for Falcon 9 and S-Band Transceiver for Dragon 2 capsule. I am not a fan of modern RF test equipment from legacy vendors.
  • name: Andrew Kurtz
    title: Founder
    role: Founder
    bio: I spent the last 9 years as a mechanical engineer working on a wide variety of aerospace products. Now building better test equipment with Nine Fives

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