AFC, APCO’s frequency coordination department, is pleased to introduce its network of dedicated local advisor volunteers. APCO’s advisors are responsible for frequency coordination in their home state and we would like to bring awareness and recognition to the dedication they exhibit on a daily basis. Please feel free to reach out to our local advisors with any questions dealing with FCC Part 90 licensing and frequency coordination.

Mark Pallans is an APCO Life Member, a fellow of the Radio Club of America and a holder of both a General Class FCC commercial license and an Amateur Radio Extra Class license. He grew up in New York City and is a graduate of Fairleigh Dickinson University with a BSEE degree. In the 1970’s he moved to South Florida and then to Las Vegas in 2004.  He was a torch bearer for the 1996 Olympic Games.

His career has crossed many aspects of communication technology.  He worked for NBC TV, WOR radio and TV, WMCA and WNYE in New York.  He taught electronic technology for RCA Institutes (junior college) for many years.  After moving to Florida he worked in two-way radio and became a senior quality control engineer for Motorola in the 1970’s followed by operating his own marine electronics business in Fort Lauderdale.  In the 1980’s he moved into government communications as the Communication Engineering Manager for Broward County, FL, then moved on to the Miami Dade Police Department as Communications Engineering Manager.

After retirement from Dade County he became Telecommunications Manager for the City of Fort Lauderdale.  After that retirement he moved to Las Vegas in 2004 where he was the system administrator of the Nevada Shared Radio System for six years.  He then went into consulting for smaller governments where he works today with clients in Los Angeles, the Florida Keys, the Cayman Islands and the Pacific Northwest. For fun, he is a National Park Service volunteer at Tule Springs Fossil Beds National Monument in Las Vegas.