Current status of ISS ham radio stations

Status as of October 08, 2024
​Columbus Module radio:
  • IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured.  Default mode is for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).  ​​​​​​​​​​​
    • ​Powering off for TBD on TBD. OFF TBD . ON TBD.
    • Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops.​
  • Ham TV  – STATUS - Stowed. ​​ Default mode is for​​​ scheduled digital amateur television operations (2395.00 MHz down)​​.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
    • ​Powering off for TBD on TBD. OFF TBD . ON TBD.
    • Capable of supporting USOS scheduled school contacts with video.

Service Module radio:
  • IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - OFFLINE (Supporting SSTV). ​​ Default mode is for​​​ packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down)​​.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
    • Powering off for SSTV on TBD. OFF TBD. ON  TBD.
    • ​Powering off for TBD on TBD. OFF TBD . ON TBD.
    • Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops.
  • SSTV (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS - Configured. ​​ Default mode is for​​​ scheduled SSTV operations (145.800 MHz down) using PD 120​​.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​
    • Planned installation and activation on Oct 8 about 14:15-16:00 UTC.
    • Continuous operation from activation until Oct 11 about 07:25 UTC (to support school contacts that day).
    • Reactivation Oct 11 about 14:50 and continuous operation until Oct 14 about 14:20 UTC.
    • Specifically configured for SSTV ops. 
    • Currently capable of ONLY supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts and SSTV 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.