German callsign analysis · as of 14 September 2026

Special stations

Special-event callsigns with long suffixes, experimental stations, repeaters & beacons, club stations — and what the prefixes DA, DP, DQ, DR mean.

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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Special-event callsigns
55
List 4 · 4–7 char suffix
Experimental
20
List 6 · § 16 AFuV
Repeaters & beacons
1.377
List 5 · automatic stations
Club stations
2.858
List 3 · 1–3 letters

Special-event callsigns (list 4)

The only German callsigns with digits in the suffix. The number is almost always an anniversary or a year — 100 years, 750 years of a town, 2026 — and the word is the occasion. State = location of the club station, no address.

CallsignNumberWordClassState
DB1976AD 1976ADANordrhein-Westfalen
DR800WE 800WEANordrhein-Westfalen
DL750RTG 750RTGANordrhein-Westfalen
DR170TESLA 170TESLAARheinland-Pfalz
DA125RH 125RHASachsen
DA100LENZ 100LENZASchleswig-Holstein
DA100LH 100LHANordrhein-Westfalen
DA100SR 100SRASachsen
DA100TV 100TVABrandenburg
DB100FT 100FTABerlin
DK100LH 100LHANordrhein-Westfalen
DL100BWACH 100BWACHABaden-Württemberg
DL100LH 100LHANordrhein-Westfalen
DL100SR 100SRASachsen
DL100TV 100TVABrandenburg
DM100SR 100SRASachsen
DR100SR 100SRASachsen
DL90SCHLEI 90SCHLEIASchleswig-Holstein
DK80NDS 80NDSANiedersachsen
DL80BOCH 80BOCHA
DL80NRW 80NRWANordrhein-Westfalen
DQ80BYV 80BYVABayern
DL75WAU 75WAUAHessen
DL75WOB 75WOBANiedersachsen
DP75BAC 75BACA
DP75HSC 75HSCANiedersachsen
DB70DLRS 70DLRSA
DK70BIN 70BINARheinland-Pfalz
DL70ASTRO 70ASTROANordrhein-Westfalen
DL70ESSEN 70ESSENANordrhein-Westfalen
DL70FIS 70FISA
DL70ROE 70ROEANordrhein-Westfalen
DF60WAT 60WATANordrhein-Westfalen
DK60WEPO 60WEPOASchleswig-Holstein
DA50HEB 50HEBABayern
DF50IPARC 50IPARCABayern
DK50K32MR 50K32MRARheinland-Pfalz
DL50DRI 50DRIABayern
DL50IPARC 50IPARCASachsen
DL50OHM 50OHMABayern
DL50SOL 50SOLA
DP44WCA 44WCAABayern
DF40ABF 40ABFANordrhein-Westfalen
DL40EUDXF 40EUDXFABayern
DL40RIG 40RIGABaden-Württemberg
DL35VWMST 35VWMSTAMecklenburg-Vorpommern
DQ30GDXF 30GDXFA
DB26YLBB 26YLBBA
DL26BBQ 26BBQASachsen
DL26ENTE 26ENTEABayern
DL26MAUS 26MAUSABayern
DL6ELEFANT 6ELEFANTABayern
DP6SEVEN 6SEVENA
DL0SCOUT 0SCOUTABaden-Württemberg
DM0CRACY 0CRACYA

Experimental stations (list 6)

Callsigns for special experimental studies under § 16 (2) AFuV — only 20 in all of Germany. Notable: the DA5U series and the DP0 blocks (PQ, TB).

The special prefixes DA · DP · DQ · DR

What the list reveals about the four “special” prefixes — distribution across lists and classes, straight from the data.

DA 769

The all-rounder: the only prefix that appears in all six lists. The digit decides the class — DA1/DA2 personal class A, DA6 personal class E, DA0 club stations A, DA7 club stations E, DA8 club stations N, DA4/DA5 experimental (callsign plan ordinance 15/2025). DA0HQ is the DARC headquarters station.

  • Personengebunden 619
  • Klubstationen (kurz) 128
  • Sonderanlässe / Event 6
  • Relais / Baken 5
  • Experimentell 11
Class A: 348Class E: 421

DP 84

Stations under German jurisdiction outside the federal territory — e.g. Antarctic research stations (DP0GVN, DP0POL, DP1POL) — plus special and experimental callsigns.

  • Klubstationen (kurz) 42
  • Sonderanlässe / Event 4
  • Relais / Baken 30
  • Experimentell 8
Class A: 71Class E: 11Class N: 2

DQ 36

Exclusively club stations with a one-letter suffix (DQ1A … DQ9Y) plus two special-event callsigns. Germany’s smallest prefix block.

  • Klubstationen (kurz) 34
  • Sonderanlässe / Event 2
Class A: 36

DR 125

Club stations (short) and special events — not a single personal callsign.

  • Klubstationen (kurz) 122
  • Sonderanlässe / Event 3
Class A: 118Class N: 2Class E: 5

DA in detail: the digit decides

Thanks to Uwe, DA1UE, for the hint: DA is class A, E or N depending on the digit. Left: the allocation per the callsign plan (ordinance 15/2025); right: what the list actually contains — it matches.

BlockPer callsign planIn the listClassesLists
DA0Club stations · class A95A 95Klubstationen (kurz) 95
DA1Personal · class A175A 175Personengebunden 164 · Klubstationen (kurz) 6 · Sonderanlässe / Event 5
DA2Personal · class A60A 60Personengebunden 49 · Klubstationen (kurz) 11
DA3Legacy (club stations)7A 7Klubstationen (kurz) 7
DA4Experimental · class E6E 6Relais / Baken 5 · Experimentell 1
DA5Experimental · class A11A 11Sonderanlässe / Event 1 · Experimentell 10
DA6Personal · class E408E 408Personengebunden 406 · Klubstationen (kurz) 2
DA7Club stations · class E6E 6Klubstationen (kurz) 6
DA9Legacy (club stations)1E 1Klubstationen (kurz) 1

Repeaters & beacons (list 5)

DB0 is the repeater prefix par excellence: over 80 % of all automatic stations carry it. DM0 comes from the GDR tradition, DO0 is for class E repeaters.

DB0xx
1.138 · 82,6 %
DM0xx
115 · 8,4 %
DO0xx
79 · 5,7 %
DP0xx
17 · 1,2 %
DP2xx
9 · 0,7 %
DA4xx
5 · 0,4 %
DK0xx
4 · 0,3 %
DF0xx
3 · 0,2 %
DL0xx
3 · 0,2 %
DP1xx
2 · 0,1 %
DP8xx
2 · 0,1 %

Repeaters & beacons by state

Bayern
291
Nordrhein-Westfalen
240
Baden-Württemberg
174
Niedersachsen
174
Hessen
115
Rheinland-Pfalz
55
Schleswig-Holstein
51
Brandenburg
47
Thüringen
42
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
38
Sachsen
32
Sachsen-Anhalt
26
Berlin
19
Saarland
15
Hamburg
11
Bremen
10

Club stations (list 3)

Club stations almost always carry the digit 0 — DL0, DK0, DF0. By prefix:

DL
1.304 · 45,6 %
DK
603 · 21,1 %
DF
416 · 14,6 %
DA
128 · 4,5 %
DR
122 · 4,3 %
DB
66 · 2,3 %
DM
59 · 2,1 %
DP
42 · 1,5 %
DQ
34 · 1,2 %
DC
24 · 0,8 %
DN
17 · 0,6 %
DD
16 · 0,6 %
DO
12 · 0,4 %
DG
8 · 0,3 %
DH
4 · 0,1 %
DJ
3 · 0,1 %

One-letter club stations 402

The contest big guns: DA0A, DL0A, DQ1A …

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

All prefixes × lists

Which prefix appears in which list. Empty cells = does not occur.

PrefixPersonengebundenAusbildungKlubstationen (kurz)Sonderanlässe / EventRelais / BakenExperimentellTotal
DA619·1286511769
DB3.281·6641.13814.490
DC3.170·24···3.194
DD2.998·16···3.014
DF3.825·41633·4.247
DG9.846·8···9.854
DH2.971·4···2.975
DJ2.693·3···2.696
DK4.033·60354·4.645
DL16.152·1.304263·17.485
DM1.289·592115·1.465
DN1.1444.73117···5.892
DO8.897·12·79·8.988
DP··42430884
DQ··342··36
DR··1223··125

Source: public BNetzA callsign list, as of 14 September 2026. Prefix meanings per the Bundesnetzagentur callsign plan (Ordinance 61/2024), abridged. Callsigns and aggregates only — no names, no addresses.