Founding Board Member and recent Treasurer “kc” claffy KC6KCC has stepped down as of June 1, 2024. kc had been an ARDC Board Member since 2011, when she helped colleague Brian Kantor WB6CYT/SK establish the organization. She played a significant role in transitioning ARDC to becoming a foundation and is a strong advocate of better … Read More
The team at ARDC is pleased to announce that on March 26, 2024, Ashhar Farhan (VU2ESE), joined our Board of Directors. Licensed initially at the age of 15 as VU2FAX and “fascinated with electronics as a child,” Farhan became interested in amateur radio after being “hooked” following a local club coming to his school to … Read More
Last month, ARDC attended Hamvention 2024, and it was amazing! Our booth was buzzing with activity: we enjoyed seeing many of our current and prospective grantees and all of the folks that are interested in getting started on 44Net. Here’s a brief look back at Hamvention weekend. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our … Read More
The 2023 ARDC Annual Report is now available. Highlights from 2023 include:  Launching a new and responsive website Approving 69 grants, totaling about $5.3 million Ria Jairam N2RJ joining our Board of Directors Upon Dan Romanchik’s KB6NU retirement, Rebecca Key KO4KVG joining Staff as Communications Manager The TAC developing a proof-of-concept Point-of-Presence (PoP) architecture … Read More
This blog post was updated on 2/23/2024 to introduce a new member of our TAC and to also acknowledge that one of our new CRC members has sadly become an SK. Welcome to a whole new year – and new volunteer teams for our four Advisory Committees! They are: Grants Advisory Committee (GAC) – reviews … Read More
