Thank you Marvin. I know many will discount it being FT8, but I'm pretty happy

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I do not use FT8. I only use SSB because that has long been my enjoyment. I begrudge no one for obtaining 300 DXCC on any mode; that is fantastic and deserves congratulations. FT8 is just a new mode that caught on like wildfire. I would be using it but attempted to set up my Yaesu '1200 with it once and ran into snags. I need to try again so I stop missing out on a lot of these DXpeditions.
One thing, however, is that I wish the DXpeditions would use more SSB and less FT8. Maybe that is just a personal thing. I'm certain the CW-only crowd says the same thing about their modus operandi (did I use that Latin correctly?).
In recent days, I did snag 9K2OD, 3B7M, S01WS, FO4BM and VP8LP all on SSB. And nearly two weeks ago, the ARRL International DX phone contest was an absolute, and I snagged a couple of ATNOs as I near 225 confirmed, all SSB.