Fred Hopengarten

Since 1990, Mr. Hopengarten has been a lawyer handling federal communications law matters -- especially those involving land use for antennas and towers. He has also been a consultant to venture capital firms. For example, he has advised on an investment in a two-way radio peripheral hardware manufacturer, and performed due diligence with a valuation on one of the largest mountain top antenna farms in the United States . He has also advised broadcasters with regard to leasing space on their towers, and land owners with respect to leasing land for towers. In addition, he founded Strong Signals LLC, a Maine company which owns and operates a major communications tower and site near Lewiston-Auburn.

In 2001, the American Radio Relay League published his book Antenna Zoning for the Radio Amateur, now in its Third Edition. In 2009, the Society of Broadcast Engineers sponsored the commercial version of his book, covering broadcast, and cellular antenna structures, WISP and other antenna installations. Antenna Zoning - Professional Edition (440 pages) was published by Focal Press, a division of Elsevier.

From 1978 to 1989, Mr. Hopengarten was President of Channel One, based in Newton, Massachusetts, a company providing equipment and installation services for home and commercial satellite earth stations, as well as temporary downlinks for ad hoc networks. He installed over 100 downlinks and 15 towers, obtaining building and zoning permits, buying hardware and climbing towers to erect antennas. Beginning as a start up, the company grew to operate private cable TV systems. Twelve years after its founding, the company was sold to Continental Cablevision (later Media One, then part of AT&T Broadband, then swallowed by Comcast).

Married to Betty Herr, M.D., Ph.D., St. Elizabeth's Medical Center.

BA, Colby College (Econ); JD, Boston College Law; MBA, Harvard Business School. Amateur radio K1VR; Director, ARRL-the national association for amateur radio.

• Antenna Law

District of Columbia

District of Columbia Bar

ID Number: 114124

Since 1972

Maine

Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar

ID Number: 1660

Since 1972

3rd Circuit

Since 2015

President and General Counsel

Channel One

1978 - 1990

Consultant, Juridical Services

Harbridge House

1972 - 1978

Law Clerk to the Chairman

Federal Trade Commission

1971 - 1971

Harvard University

MBA (1972) | Marketing

1970 - 1972

Boston College Law School

J.D. (1970)

1967 - 1970

Activities: Appellate Moot Court Finalist

Colby College

B.A. (1967) | Economics

1963 - 1967

Activities: Varsity Tennis, Intercollegiate Debating

Maine State Bar  # 001660

Member

Current

Antenna Zoning for the Radio Amateur, 3rd Ed.

ARRL

2021

Antenna Zoning - Professional Edition

Elsevier

2009

Amateur Radio & the Law, Dayton HamVention, Dayton/Xenia, Ohio

May 2019

Dayton Amateur Radio Club

Chairman, 2014 to present Speaker since 2000 Topics: CC&Rs, Flag Pole Antennas, PRB-1, RF Interference, RF Emissions