Current Status of ISS Ham Radio Stations….

Ken McCormick

As of August 11, 2022
​Columbus Module radios:

  • IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS – Configured. Default mode is for cross band repeater (145.990 MHz up {PL 67} & 437.800 MHz down).  ​​​​
    • Powered OFF for Russian EVA on Aug 17. OFF – Aug 16 about 18:45 UTC. ON – Aug 18 about 17:00 UTC.
    • Capable of supporting USOS scheduled voice contacts, packet and voice repeater ops.

Service Module radios:

  • IORS (Kenwood D710GA) – STATUS – Configured. ​​ Default mode is for​​​ packet operations (145.825 MHz up & down)​
    • Powered OFF for Russian EVA on Aug 17. OFF – Aug 16 about 18:45 UTC. ON – Aug 18 about 17:00 UTC.​
    • ​Capable of supporting ROS scheduled voice contacts, packet, SSTV and voice repeater ops.
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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.