Fdh Tech Talks

As cities across the country slowly adopt 5G wireless and broadband technology, and as the FCC's broadcast repack continues on, tower inspections are getting more attention. These inspections are a necessary step to ensure that these critical broadcast assets are safe, durable, and able to deliver the performance necessary for a frictionless transition; but are tower operators properly educated on what to look for?On this episode of FDH Tech Talks, FDH Infrastructure Services’ Don Doty, director of broadcast services for the Stainless division, and Gregg Fehrman, vice president of field operations, return to share their insights on an essential but little-discussed component of the 5G rollout.Fehrman informed listeners that a general inspection is a high-level examination of a tower that identifies obvious damage or issues, while a condition assessment is a more thorough, in-depth review of the structure and all its components. Conducting these inspections takes special skills, or as Fehrman put it, “Experien