Latest status of ISS Ham Radio stations

Status as of January 7, 2026
​Columbus Module radio:
  • IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured.  Default mode is for voice repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).  ​​​​​​​​​​​​
    • Powering OFF Jan 7 at 17:40:00 UTC​
    • Powering ON ​ Jan 9 at 10:00:00 UTC
​Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops.
  • Ham TV  – STATUS - Configured. ​​ Default mode is for​​​ scheduled digital amateur television operations (2395.00 MHz).
    • Powering OFF ​TBD​
    • Powering ON TBD
Capable of supporting USOS scheduled school contacts with video.​
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Service Module radio:
  • IORS (Kenwood D710E) – STATUS - Not in APRS configuration; only being used for voice contacts at this time. ​​Default mode is for​​​ packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down) but occasionally used for SSTV (145.800 MHz down)​​.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
    • Powering OFF  Jan 7 at 17:45:00 UTC​
    • Powering ON TBD
    • SSTV Activity: ON TBD OFF TBD 
          Pauses in SSTV expected in support of school ham radio contacts.​​

​Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops.

(Times subject to change)
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For up-to-the-minute reports of station status as reported by active hams around the world, refer to the ISS-FM and ISS-DATA lines on the AMSAT OSCAR Satellite Status page.


















Picture
Astronaut Peggy Whitson, Expedition 5 Flight Engineer, holds one of the Amateur Radio antennas prior to installation on the ISS. The antenna is one of a series of four which were clamped on handrails around the Russian Service Module (Svesda). This was done during two different EVA's conducted by Russian cosmonauts in January and in August 2002.