The FAA compliance rules for your tower’s obstruction lighting continue to be updated as evidenced by a November 2020 FAA circular.  Bear Poth, President & CEO at LumenServe, is here to review some key aspects of the regulations that broadcast engineers need to know.  LEDs have been around for many years, however, in the tower lighting world their deployment is creating big changes. 

Our guest, Bear Poth, is the founding President and CEO of LumenServe and has an extensive entrepreneurial and operations background founding and growing numerous telecom and technology-based companies. His experience includes being founder and CEO of companies that have built and operated IP Networks with 3,000+ route miles of microwave/fiber transport, built and serviced 25,000+ VoIP connections, constructed over 1,300 miles of hybrid fiber/coaxial broadband plant, provided 50k+ CATV/telephone/Internet connections, constructed 100k+ square-mile canopy of wireless networks and constructed and operated 500+ wireless towers.  Bear is a long-time member of the Engineering Advisory Board at The University of Texas. He earned a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering and a Master of Business Administration from The University of Texas.

Show Notes:

* Free tower resources, including the Tower Lighting Poster

* FAA Regulations and Advisory Circulars

* Chris mentioned his new Weather Station; it’s the Tempest

Guest

Bear Poth - President & CEO at LumenServe, Inc.

Hosts

Chris Tarr - Group Director of Engineering at Magnum.MediaKirk Harnack, The Telos Alliance, Delta Radio, & South Seas Broadcasting

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