This is me – Philipp Springer, DK6SP

Philipp started the hobby back in early 2008 at age 10. At this time, the radio youth group got on the air with their educational callsign DN5KID. When he turned age 14 at the end of 2011, he sat his exam to get the novice license DO6PS. Two years later in 2013 he updated to a full HAREC license and call sign DK6SP, which he has kept ever since. In 2016 he applied for the contest call DQ5M where you can work him in most major contests.

Since the end of 2020 he is the chair of the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group and member of the German amateur radio society (DARC) where he is also responsible for activities around Youngsters On The Air (YOTA) Team Germany within the youth department. Furthermore, he serves as one of the directors of World Wide Radio Operators Foundation (WWROF) and is a member of AGCW-DL, SKCC, CWOPS, GDXF and the Bavarian Contest Club where the love of contesting was found out. He also operated at former DL1A when the crew invited him to join their team. During his time there he learned essential contesting skills, including how to run pileups and now cannot get enough of them.
Philipp also has a love for travelling the world and takes every opportunity to visit DX locations. In the past he has been active from various DXCCs like 9A, 9J, A4, EI, ES, GW, P4, PJ2, PJ4, W8, Z6 and others to participate in worldwide contests from big gun stations, doing holiday style or serious DXpeditions. He has also participated in the WRTC 2018 in Germany as team Y82D.

Mid 2020, Philipp gained his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with main emphasis on logistics management and is currently studying for his M.Sc. in Logistics and Digitalization.