[600MRG] Trip October 2025 Montana, North Dakota and Wyoming

[Ed Gray]

As far as I know New Jersey and Montana have only be on CW and not FST4 
or JT9 on 630M.  So starting sometime the week of October 20th 2025 I 
plan on activating Montana.  Hopefully someone will get on FST4 from New 
Jersey.  If NJ and MT are activated then all 50 states will have been on 
FST4.  Presently there is not even CW activity from NJ and MT.

Starting the week of October 20th 2025 I will  re-visit ND, then Montana 
and  then re-visit  WY in that order,.   Each location will definitely 
be a two night  operation. It should take about 11 days to complete the 
trip.   I have the previous authorization for ND and WY and some time 
ago I have  the authorization for Montana.

I plan on using what I will call a sloping vertical 70 feet high with 16 
radials 90 feet long.   I will be on Slack using my Starlink satellite 
system.  I plan on using a WB4JWM 100 watt amplifier with a Elecraft 
K4D.  I will have a Monitor Sensor as a back up with a  K3S.  There is 
no AC power at these locations but I will have two Honda generators and 
also two battery banks.  I will have plenty of computer back up.  I 
will  be operating out of my 5th wheel and using my 70 feet portable 
crank up tower.  I plan on towing the tower trailer behind my 5th wheel.

These locations are boon docking locations so there is no one close by 
so therefore no concern about noise which there is if you are near 
others or in an RV park like I am in AZ or at Quartzfest where local 
noise destroyed me.

I will publish who is in the log on Slack and will upload to LOTW each 
day.  I already have LOTW set up for ND and WY from the previous 
operations.  I will also set LOTW up for MT.  If you want a paper QSL I 
need a SASE.  I will not be making schedules and it will be all FST4 60 
seconds and I will always be first.

I will do my best to confirm you are in the log using SLACK after a 
QSO.  Please, please only work my once  per location since you can be 
sure you are in the log via SLACK.

So far I have done portable operations from:

ND, WY, MS, AR, KS, OK, IA.

Ed W0SD