Empowering the future of amateur radio and digital communications (original) (raw)
ARDC Helps Kids Succeed
ARDC makes grants that helps kids get involved in amateur radio, giving them experiences that will help them succeed in technical careers.
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ARDC Funds Tech Projects
ARDC funds development projects that advance the state of the radio art. One such project is the M17 Project, which is advancing the state of the art in digital communications.
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ARDC Scholarships
ARDC partners with organizations like ARRL, Society of Women Engineers, and universities that serve underserved groups to provide scholarships to students pursuing technical degrees. These scholarship programs make selections based on a mix of need and merit, and many students write to us to let us know that they would not be able to attend college without scholarship assistance.
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ARDC Manages 44Net
44Net is shorthand for Internet network 44 (44.0.0.0/9, 44.128.0.0/10), also known as AMPRNet. Since its allocation to amateur radio in the mid-1980s, the network has been used by amateur radio operators to conduct scientific research and to experiment with digital communications over radio.
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