16 Dec
2020
16 Dec
'20
5:28 p.m.
Hello 44net,
ARDC is delighted to announce two new members of our Board of Directors:
* Robert McGwier, N4HY, of Opelika, AL, and
* Keith Packard, KD7SQG, of Portland, OR.
Both bring long and valuable experience in ham radio, digital
communications and open source development to ARDC's mission of managing
the amateur TCP/IP network and its new grantmaking foundation.
Keith Packard, KD7SQG, was first licensed as a Novice (WB7OQI) in 1977.
Keith has developed free software since 1986, working on the X Window
System, Linux, amateur rocketry and educational robotics. Mr. Packard
and fellow board member Bdale Garbee design rocketry electronics with
GPS receivers and amateur radio digital telemetry systems in the 70cm
band. Keith volunteers in local schools teaching computer programming
and robotics to students from ages 10-17. He received the Usenix
Lifetime Achievement award in 1999, an O'Reilly Open Source award in
2011 and sits on the X.org foundation board.
Dr. Robert McGwier, N4HY, has been licensed since 1964. He holds a PhD
in Applied Mathematics from Brown University. He was an early pioneer of
software defined radio (SDR) for both government and amateur
applications through his position at the Institute for Defense Analyses
Center for Communication Research, as a long time technical contributor
to AMSAT and GNU Radio, and as an architect and software author for Flex
Radio. Bob founded Federated Wireless Inc in 2012 and Hawkeye 360 Inc in
2017. He holds major awards from the Dayton Hamvention and the Central
States VHF Society. Bob recently moved back to his home state of
Alabama after retiring from Virginia Tech as a professor, Director of
Research and Chief Scientist of the Hume Center. He has most recently
served as a member of the ARDC Grant Advisory Committee.
The rest of the ARDC board welcomes Bob and Keith, and we look forward
to working with them.
The ARDC Board now has the following members:
Phil Karn, KA9Q (President and Chair), San Diego, CA
Bdale Garbee, KB0G, Black Forest, CO
John Gilmore W0GNU, San Francisco, CA
Kimberly Claffy, KC6KCC, San Diego, CA
Bob McGwier, N4HY, Opelika, AL
Keith Packard, KD7SQG, Portland, OR
ARDC's Executive Director is Rosy Wolfe, KJ7RYV, Portland, OR.
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to reach out:
contact(a)ampr.org.
Please join us in welcoming Bob and Keith!
Sincerely,
Phil Karn, KA9Q
President and Chair, ARDC