Multipliers are key in the RTTY Roundup to make the highest score. You also of course need and should maximize rate to get the Qs, but a little looking around can pay off.

1. In last year's Roundup, there were 90 DXCC entities available, excluding mainland W and VE: 4 Africa, 15 Asia, 44 EU, 10 NA, 9 Oceania, and 8 SA. And all 48 states, DC, and 9 provinces were represented last year (VE4 notably missing). That makes 148 total available multipliers. The top stations last year had over 130 of those.

2. If you are comfortable with packet, enter as Unlimited. Last year Unlimited entries typically had 10-20 more mults than the corresponding unassisted categories.

3. The good news is that multipliers count only once, so take advantage of - and anticipate - band openings to different parts of the country and world to fill up your mult list. 

4. Be aware of band plans in other parts of the world, especially on 40 and 80. You'll find plenty of domestic stations above 3580 and 7080 and some DX, but a lot of DX will be lower in the band on 40 - around 7035 to 7055. On 80 Asian and Oceania will be below 3575, down as low as 3525.

5. A third of those DXCC were represented by one callsign. Work them when you got them! It can be worth it to spend a few tries to beat the pileup. This also applies to VE4. ;)

6. When you are running be aware of the power of the Skimmers. Throw out some contest CQs and search the RBN for your call before the contest to make sure they are decoding your CQ. And move once in a while to make sure you get re-spotted. Here - http://www.reversebeacon.net/srch.php

I've copied last year's DXCC entity list below for reference, but hopefully more than this will be available!

And if you have anything to add please chime in.

Have fun! -  jeff wk6i

2017 Roundup DXCC Entities that submitted logs

Africa

CN

D4

EA8

ZS

Asia 

4J

5B

9K

A7

A9

BV

BY

HL

HS

JA

TA

UA9

UN

VR

VU

Europe 

9A

CT1

DL

EA

EI

ER

ES

EU

F

G

GI

GM

GU

GW

HA

HB

I

IS

LA1

LX

LY

LZ

OE

OH0

OH1

OK1

OM

ON1

OZ

PA1

S5

SM

SP

SV1

TF

TK

UA

UA2

UR

YL

YO

YU

Z3

ZA

N America 

6Y

CM

FG

HI8

HP

K

KL

KP2

KP4

TG

VE

XE

Oceania 

9M6

A3

DU

E5/s

KH6

T8

VK

YB

ZL

S America 

CE

HK

LU

OA

P4

PY

PZ

YV

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Jeff Stai ~ wk6i.jeff@gmail.com
Twisted Oak Winery ~ http://www.twistedoak.com/
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