Next International Dog Day
The participating stations will be on the air
during August
K2D - USA team callsign
See more about K2D, here
DL0DOG
Find out more about bands, modes and exact dates from QRZ.com pageswhere available. Also look at Hamlog.Online
Amateur radio - putting
International Dog Day
on the air across the world
International Dog Day 2025
26. August 2025
In 2025 there will be more stations on the air than in any previous International Dog
Day celebration!
Some stations will be on air all of August and some for a week
leading up to International Dog Day.
The support for Internationa Cat Day, earlier in August, is also on
the rise - see Hamlog.Online/icd
Our Dog Day operations will be updated live on Hamlog.Online where there is information about stations on the air, logged contacts and your own progress towards Dog Day awards.
The USA team operating K2D is growing, too. You can find out more about the K2D team here
This is a photo of Jesse, a labrador, and Jordan the goldendoodle who live with
K2D team member Dale Scott, W7HLO
This photo of Hanz, YL3JD in the snow and below. Hanz says, " Here I am with Buča who prefers winter over summer! "
Hanz, of course, has been with International Dog Day on-air since the very beginning. This year he will have the station on the air in contests, as well.
New this year!
For 2025 International Dog Day stations will be using Hamlog Online.
Every station will upload every contact to Hamlog.Online
. Four awards will be available on the Hamlog site to anyone making contacts with IDD stations.
Calling stations can check that they are "in the log" and see when a particular SES is due to be active, then review how many more contacts they need to get any one of the 4 awards by going to Hamlog.Online/idd
Awards
The awards are
- Perky Puppy - the basic award for contacting at least one IDD station
- The Chaser Trilogy - contacts with any three IDD stations
- The International - contacting stations in every participating country
- The Full Kennel - contacting every participating Special Event Station for IDD 2025
Find out more
More stations were on the air in 2024 than ever before, supporting International Dog Day. This
year there are even more, in more countries.
On this site we will be adding information information about this year's event -
26. August 2025 -
with stories and pictures of operators and their dogs.
There are stories from those who contacted Dog Day stations in 2024 and photos from them, too.
Of course, there are many ways anyone can help with the well-being of dogs everywhere.
Last year's QSL from GB0DOG
And here is the QSL card from Hanz, YL1DOG
