“Serving God Through Amateur Radio”

The Disciples Amateur Radio Fellowship (DARF) is an association of Amateur Radio Operators and interested Friends. We meet on the air and on Skype for fellowship. We also provide communications systems for partner churches in developing countries in cooperation with Global Ministries, the common missions Board of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) and the United Church of Christ.

DARF U-CAN Round-up 2012

Salida, CO

July 4-8, 2012

Hosted by Howard and Joyce Grant

Mark your calendars and join us.

The beauty of the Colorado rockies as seen across
Franz Lake near Salida Colorado

John Park Winkler leads practice drills in radio setup.

Dan Owen leading the installation training seminar.

Dan answers a question while John Park listens.

Our Current Missions Project

DARF is assisting the Disciples Community of the Church of Christ in The Democratic Republic of Congo in installing 25 solar powered HF radio stations at the district offices of the church. DARF has trained church leadership to install, operate and maintain the network.

13 of the 25 Stations have been purchased and installed by leaders of the Disciples Community in Congo - Kinshasa. The stations are located as the Principal Supervisory Posts. Read more. . . .

Donate to the Congo Radio Project

To make an online gift to this project click

here and select Critical Presence in Africa from the designation list. To make a gift by check to this project click

here.

Our Ham Radio Nets
Ham networks, called nets, are gatherings on a chosen frequency at a specified time. Radio propagation has been limited by the low number of sunspots in the current part of the sunspot cycle. Currently, DARF/U-CAN has three active nets. We invite all to listen for us, and licensed hams to check in.

20 meter Tuesday net meets on 14.345 Mhz at 15:30 CUT (14:30 during daylight savings time)
Coverage - North America.

20 meter Saturday net meets on 14.287 Mhz at 15:30 CUT (14:30 during daylight savings time)Coverage - North America.
If you have a Novice or Technician License and are not licensed to operate 20 meter phone, you can join us on Skype for the Saturday Morning Net and hear the net activity. Even persons who are not Hams can join the fun. Email John Park Winkler to make arrangements.

75 meter Northwest net meets Monday through Saturday on 3.940 Mhz at 15:00 CUT (14:00 during daylight savings time) Coverage - Pacific Northwest

Overseas Mission Work

DARF / U-CAN develops communications infrastructure in cooperation with the overseas mission partners of Global Ministries, the mission board operated jointly by the two denominations. They have provided transceivers, solar power supplies and other accessories in addition to training and technical support for partner churches and overseas staff in a variety of locations including Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Congo, Swaziland, Paraguay, Kenya, Honduras and the Philippines.

Discuss Topics of Interest

on the DARF/U-CAN Blog.

DARF/U-CAN uses its Yahoo group to send email to those who sign up for the service. The group site also contains pictures, files to download, and other ways of sharing.

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