Packet Module Status – July 25, 2017

Published on: July 26, 2017 by Administrator Comment

ARISS has received several reports stating that the packet system on ISS is down. Here is what we know and our current forward plan. The packet system in the Columbus module started to act up late last week, sending only a beacon. The ARISS team requested a power recycle by the crew, and with that […]

APRS Packet on the ISS

Published on: July 3, 2017July 8, 2017 by Administrator Comment

This morning, I returned back to using APRS to connect to the International Space Station. I reconfigured my Kenwood TM-D710 to send and receive APRS packets from the ISS on the 145.825 MHz APRS frequency. This frequency has been used as the universal APRS packet channel for most of the newer Amateur Radio APRS satellites […]

ARISS Packet Back on VHF

Published on: April 15, 2017 by Administrator Comment

The ARISS Team (Amateur Radio on the International Space Station) is pleased to announce that packet from the International Space Station (ISS) is once again on 145.825 MHz! ARISS did the foot work and paperwork a few months ago to launch the last back-up Ericsson VHF handheld radio to the ISS. This work was begun […]

SpaceX Launch Ham Radios to ISS

Published on: February 20, 2017February 25, 2017 by Administrator Comment

The CRS-10 mission carrying vital amateur radio equipment to the International Space Station launched on a SpaceX Falcon 9 at 1439 UT on Sunday, February 19 Frank Bauer KA3HDO, ARISS International Chair and AMSAT-NA V.P. for Human Spaceflight Programs writes: Included as part of today’s successful launch of the SpaceX Dragon vehicle to ISS is […]

Current Status of ISS Amateur Radio

Published on: February 18, 2017 by Administrator Comment

The Amateur Radio station aboard the International Space Station is known as the ARISS program – Amateur Radio on the International Space Station. Many astronauts and cosmonauts have amateur radio licenses. Amateurs from the ISS partner countries, in the USA, Russia, Japan, Europe and Canada, have set up the ARISS program to foster amateur radio […]

ARISS Packet System on Board the ISS Switched to UHF

Published on: January 1, 2017January 23, 2017 by Administrator Comment

Due to the recent failure of the Ericsson VHF radio in the ISS Columbus module, the Amateur Radio on the International Space Station (ARISS) APRS packet system that normally operates 145.825 MHz has not been available. Crew member Shane Kimbrough, KE5HOD, has activated an ARISS UHF radio that had been in storage on the ISS, […]