[NLRS] Guts on the Airwaves

[Bruce Richardson]

I missed the June contest because I was at a Guts Frisbee
Tournament.  Well, I'm out the door Friday night to the UP of
Michigan and another tournament.  After my team is eliminated,
I'll help the other guy run the special event station.
K1G/8 Hancock, MI EN-57.

The main guy wrote me: "I have a Yaesu FT-857D
remote mounted in the truck and a hitch-mount for custom antennas
for 40m
(resonant at 7.178) and 75m (resonant at 3.902), and hamsticks for
17m and
20m.  You can work any band you choose.  I am keeping a log of all
contacts
(will be in the truck) and will QSL 100% to all stations working
the special
event."

I suspect 40 and 20 will be the big bands. I'm gonna try to take a
6m rig.

The news release is below.

73
Bruce W9FZ




Guts on the Airwaves

June 27, 2008

>From July 1-16, 2008, more than just Frisbees will take to the air
for Guts. Gene Marsh, a long-time guts player and amateur radio
operator (W8NET), will be operating a "special event" station,
callsign "K1G". "Special event stations are available to amateur
radio operators to commemorate special occasions, anniversaries,
etc.", Marsh said. "This represents an opportunity for me to have
some fun with the radio and answer the inevitable questions, 'what
the heck is guts?' to a whole bunch of people!"

Marsh requested the special event station to commemorate the end
of the 50th year of Guts Frisbee, and to coincide with the 51st
International Frisbee Tournament (IFT), to be held July 5-6.

Amateur radio operators, or "hams", are licensed by the FCC to
operate a radio on certain frequencies. There are three licensing
levels, which have priveleges based on the level of licensing.
Marsh hopes to contact many stations in the U.S. and abroad.

"Ham operators routinely exchange a kind of postcard, called a QSL
card, with each other. It has some information like the date, time
and fruequency of the contact. I intend to operate on as many
frequencies as I can during the special event period, and will be
using a radio in my truck while I am on the road during this
time."

Marsh has designed four special QSL cards for the event, each
depicting a photo of guts players from the past. He says he
expects to make contact with more than 2500 other ham radio
operators - worldwide.

"I really can't do much with the cards I will receive for this
special event. I'm going to package them up and send them to the
Frisbee Hall of Fame as an interesting novelty item."