Hi all,
I usually just read the posts for my enjoyment or information but have decided to jump into this one. I personally believe that there are enough different aspects of Amateur Radio and Dx’ing that everyone can pick and choose what they like or don’t like in their quest of fulfilling the goal that they set for themselves.
My philosophy for DX’ing is to take advantage of every opportunity and tool available to make my contacts. I run 100 watts of power from Washington State so generally, if I can not work a Dxpedition for a new country I might not get another chance. I missed my share of ATNO’s over the years and patiently wait for my next chance.
I do have DXCC on Phone 335, CW 227 and RTTY 139 and also contest casually on all three modes when I can.
My point is that out of the 337 current countries that I have confirmed in the last 20 years, TWO of them were not on SSB. I worked Kerguelen only on CW and Bangladesh only on RTTY. If I only operated on SSB would I have ever had another opportunity to work these 2 Countries? Maybe, Maybe not.
If you have the equipment to do RTTY, jump in with both feet. You may find that you might actually enjoy it.
73,
Jeff N7VPN