German callsign analysis · as of 14 September 2026

Cabinet of curiosities

Palindromes, triple letters, ham vocabulary in the suffix, the shortest and longest callsigns — callsigns only, no persons.

69.959 callsigns in this analysis

Source: public Bundesnetzagentur callsign list. The raw file is neither linked nor offered for download here — aggregates only, no street addresses.

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One-letter suffix
402
the shortest callsigns
Palindromes
92
reads the same backwards
Triple letters
104
AAA · ZZZ · WWW …
Suffix = prefix
103
DL1DL · DO2DO …

The longest suffixes: six and seven characters

Special callsigns may carry up to seven characters in the suffix — ELEFANT, BWACH, SCHLEI, TESLA. More on the special stations page.

That’s all 12 — the complete list, nothing left out.

One notch shorter: five characters

Right below the very longest suffixes: special callsigns with exactly five characters in the suffix, e.g. SCOUT, CRACY, SEVEN.

That’s all 12 — the complete list, nothing left out.

And one notch shorter still: four characters

Special callsigns with exactly four characters in the suffix — mostly club or event abbreviations like BBQ, RIG, NRW.

That’s all 31 — the complete list, nothing left out.

Palindromes

Callsigns that read the same backwards. Almost every prefix-digit combination has exactly one — DL1LD, DK5KD, DO7OD.

That’s all 92 — the complete list, nothing left out.

Triple letters

AAA is the classic — but there are also ZZZ, WWW, HHH and a lonely NNN.

That’s all 104 — the complete list, nothing left out.

Suffix = prefix

Twice is nice: DA1DA, DC1DC, DL9DL.

That’s all 103 — the complete list, nothing left out.

Alphabet runs

ABC, DEF, XYZ — suffixes nobody forgets.

That’s all 47 — the complete list, nothing left out.

Ham vocabulary in the suffix

DX, CQ, CW, HAM, YL, OHM, MHZ … How often does ham jargon hide in a callsign? Counted across all prefixes.

DX
102
KW
93
CW
92
FM
87
AM
87
DL
78
DE
70
GL
69
OM
65
YL
64
LW
56
TU
50
HZ
47
CQ
44
HAM
34
SAT
26
DX 102
KW 93
CW 92
FM 87
AM 87
DL 78
DE 70
GL 69
OM 65
YL 64
LW 56
TU 50
HZ 47
CQ 44
HAM 34
SAT 26
UKW 16
ANT 15
SHF 15
SSB 14
MHZ 13
FUN 11
AFU 10
SWL 8
SUN 8
OHM 7
VHF 6
AGC 6
EME 5
PSK 5
ISS 5
XYL 4
KHZ 4
GHZ 4
UHF 4
DMR 3
RIG 2
VOX 2
PTT 2

The shortest: one letter

Callsigns with a single letter after the digit are coveted — contest stations love them. By prefix:

DR
81
DL
61
DM
59
DA
44
DK
36
DP
35
DQ
34
DF
21
DD
10
DC
6
DG
6
DJ
3
DB
2
DH
2
DN
1
DO
1
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DA0A DA0B DA0C DA0D DA0E DA0L DA0M DA0N DA0O DA0R DA0T DA0W DA0Y DA1A DA1D DA1E DA1R DA1T DA1X DA2A DA2B DA2C DA2D DA2E DA2K DA2M DA2N DA2R DA2T DA2X DA3A DA3C DA3D DA3M DA3R DA3W DA3X DA6A DA6C DA7C DA7F DA7T DA7W DA9A DB0P DB7A DC2O DC2W DC3E DC4A DC6K DC6O DD0D DD0Q DD1D DD4U DD5D DD5M DD5T DD5Y DD8D DD8E DF0A DF0F DF0G DF0H DF0L DF0M DF0N DF0R DF0S DF0T DF0W DF0X DF1S DF2F DF4F DF4T DF5A DF5M DF7A DF7C DF8V DG1E DG3T DG4O DG7N DG8G DG8M DH0F DH4M DJ0A DJ7M DJ7R DK0A DK0B DK0F DK0G DK0K DK0L DK0M DK0N DK0R DK0V DK0Z DK1A DK1E DK1K DK1R DK1T DK1X DK2A DK2I DK2M DK2R DK3A DK3L DK3M DK3R DK3T DK3Y DK4M DK5A DK5T DK6M DK7C DK7M DK7P DK7R DK8K DL0A DL0C DL0D DL0E DL0F DL0H DL0I DL0K DL0L DL0M DL0R DL0T DL0U DL0W DL0X DL0Z DL1A DL1C DL1D DL1E DL1F DL1L DL1R DL1T DL1X DL2A DL2C DL2F DL2L DL2P DL2R DL2W DL2X DL3A DL3E DL3G DL3O DL3R DL3Y DL4A DL4L DL4M DL4U DL5A DL5C DL5D DL5E DL5L DL5M DL5R DL5T DL6A DL6M DL6T DL7A DL7C DL7D DL8A DL8R DL9A DL9W DM0E DM0G DM0K DM0R DM0Y DM0Z DM1A DM1I DM1M DM1T DM1W DM2A DM2C DM2D DM2I DM2M DM2W DM2X DM3A DM3C DM3D DM3F DM3G DM3K DM3M DM3W DM3X DM3Y DM4A DM4C DM4G DM4K DM4L DM4T DM4X DM5A DM5B DM5C DM5D DM5F DM5G DM5M DM5N DM5O DM5P DM5R DM5X DM5Z DM6G DM6M DM6V DM7A DM7C DM7D DM7K DM7T DM7W DM7X DM8T DN0T DO0H DP3E DP3P DP3U DP4B DP4D DP4E DP4G DP4K DP4L DP4M DP4X DP5A DP5G DP5L DP5N DP5P DP5R DP5X DP6A DP6C DP6E DP6K DP6M DP6P DP6R DP6T DP6Z DP7D DP7P DP7R DP7T DP9A DP9I DP9S DP9X DQ0M DQ0O DQ0R DQ0U DQ0Z DQ1A DQ1F DQ1L DQ1P DQ1V DQ1W DQ2A DQ2C DQ3F DQ3Q DQ4L DQ4T DQ4W DQ5E DQ5M DQ5R DQ5T DQ5X DQ6N DQ6Q DQ7A DQ7D DQ7W DQ7Y DQ8N DQ8Z DQ9L DQ9M DQ9Y DR0A DR0G DR0K DR0L DR0P DR0R DR0T DR0W DR0Y DR1A DR1E DR1F DR1G DR1H DR1K DR1R DR1S DR1T DR1V DR1W DR1X DR1Y DR2A DR2B DR2C DR2D DR2E DR2G DR2K DR2L DR2P DR2Q DR2T DR2X DR3A DR3I DR3K DR3W DR3X DR4A DR4G DR4M DR4S DR4W DR4X DR5C DR5E DR5I DR5K DR5M DR5N DR5O DR5R DR5T DR5W DR5X DR5Y DR5Z DR6J DR6K DR6R DR6T DR6W DR7A DR7B DR7C DR7I DR7K DR7M DR7Q DR7R DR7T DR7W DR7X DR8C DR8M DR9A DR9D DR9M DR9P DR9W

Most popular suffixes

Which letter combination appears most often across all prefixes and digits? Initials are popular — and DX, of course.

MB
109
AS
106
ST
106
DX
102
MK
100
MS
100
RS
100
MM
99
MA
97
AB
97
AK
96
JB
94

Favourite digit

The 1 wins by a wide margin — historically it was the first freely selectable digit. The 0 is reserved for club stations and repeaters.

1
13.173
2
8.104
3
6.701
4
6.415
5
6.398
9
6.214
6
6.174
7
6.114
0
5.350
8
5.316

The fullest two-letter blocks

Per prefix and digit there are 676 possible two-letter suffixes (AA–ZZ). Where is almost everything taken?

DL1xx
576 · 85,2 %
DL5xx
538 · 79,6 %
DL4xx
523 · 77,4 %
DL7xx
508 · 75,1 %
DL2xx
507 · 75,0 %
DO1xx
498 · 73,7 %
DN1xx
490 · 72,5 %
DL3xx
471 · 69,7 %
DL8xx
460 · 68,0 %
DO2xx
453 · 67,0 %

The DC1AS neighbourhood

The DC1A? block — 18 of 26 two-letter callsigns are assigned, plus 16 three-letter ones.

That’s all 34 — the complete list, nothing left out.

All callsigns come from the public BNetzA list (as of 14 September 2026). Only callsigns are shown — no names, no addresses, no lookup.