Author: Rebecca Key - KO4KVG| staging.ardc.net
Grants Evaluation Team| ARDC
Findings from the 2025 Grants Evaluation Team (GET)| ARDC
Recently a conflict emerged between two ARDC grant recipients – M17 Project and Multimode Digital Voice Modem (MMDVM). As the conflict has been unfolding, a variety of individuals have asked us to comment and provide our perspective. Out of respect for our grantees, our policy is to maintain confidentiality. Thus, we do not discuss specifics ... Read More| ARDC
Below is a guest contribution from Chuck Lewis N4NM of SIGNALS. If you’re a grantee and are interested in submitting a guest contribution, please reach out to giving@ardc.net. “So much to see! So much to learn!” “Enjoyed the walk thru time! Took me back to my childhood.” “What an amazing place!!!” “I love that the ... Read More| ARDC
UPDATE, June 27, 2025: additional photos from the event can be found in our May/June 2025 Newletter. We had an incredible time at Hamvention 2025! From reconnecting with members of our community to meeting new faces, this year’s event was one to remember. We had a steady stream of visitors stopping by to chat and ... Read More| ARDC
We’re excited to share that ARDC will be at Hamvention again this year! You’ll find us at Booth #1302 in Building 1 (Maxim), where we’ll be showcasing what hams can do with 44Net through an interactive display. We’re also giving a forum on Friday (5/16) from 12:50 – 2pm EDT in Room 3, where we’ll ... Read More| ARDC
If you’ve been following our work of creating a vision for the organization and defining strategic goals, you may have wondered what this might mean for our grantmaking criteria. If that sounds familiar, then this blog post is for you! We’ve just posted our new grantmaking goals, along with some priority areas for funding. To ... Read More| ARDC
Since 2019, ARDC has been making grants to support many wonderful projects that align with our mission of advancing amateur radio and digital communications science and technology. Throughout the course of our grantmaking, we’ve faced philosophical and practical questions from both our community and each other: What do we mean by digital communications? At ARDC, ... Read More| ARDC
On Saturday, March 15, 2025, we hosted our latest Community Meeting, where 45 folks were in attendance to learn about our recent work and our path ahead. Executive Director Rosy Schechter KJ7RYV kicked off the meeting by introducing our newest Staff and Board Members, along with our 2025 Advisory Committee members. From there, we reflected ... Read More| ARDC
The 2024 ARDC Annual Report is now available. Highlights from 2024 include:  Launch of the new 44Net Portal Approving 59 grants, totaling about $3.9 million Bob Witte K0NR and Ashhar Farhan VU2ESE joining our Board of Directors Schuyler Erle N0GIS, Adam Lewis KC7GDY, John Burwell KI5QKX, and Adam Zimmel W0ZML joining ARDC’s staff Loss ... Read More| ARDC
2025 is in full swing, which brings us new volunteer teams for our four Advisory Committees: Grants Advisory Committee (GAC) – reviews grant applications Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) – works on 44Net-related projects and policies Grants Evaluation Team (GET) – evaluates and analyzes grant reports Conduct Review Committee (CRC) – helps to evaluate Code of ... Read More| ARDC
Grantee Roundup, February 2025| ARDC
Author: Rosy Schechter - KJ7RYV| staging.ardc.net