Philipp Springer , DK6SP

Philipp started the hobby in early 2008 at age 10 through a radio youth group that got on the air with their educational callsign DN5KID. When he turned 14 he sat his exam to get the novice license DO6PS. Two years later 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. He is a member of the IARU Region 1 Youth Working Group and 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. He is also a member of AGCW-DL, SKCC, CWOPS and the Bavarian Contest Club, where the love of contesting was discovered. Philipp 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.

Most recently, Philipp gained his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with an emphasis on logistics management and plans to progress as a master’s student.