Meet Your AFC Advisors: Joe Kuran (Oregon)
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.
Joe Kuran has been devoted to maintaining public safety radio communications systems for the past 47 years. Joe’s specialty is managing Motorola Trunked 800 MHz Simulcast systems. In April of 2011, he graduated from Grantham University earning a BSEET degree. Joe received the MTUG Danney Smith award in 2006 for the 800MHz rebanding venture. For the past 16 years Joe has been an APCO-AFC advisor in Oregon. He lives on 10 acres in Gaston, Oregon, married, 3 children, 2 grandchildren. He likes restoring legacy amateur radio (AE7AG) and test equipment, plus he enjoys wood working.