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📵 AMATEUR RADIO FREQUENCIES — ARISS / NA1SS / RS0ISS

STATUS: MAY 2026
Mode Direction Frequency Notes
FM VOICE REPEATER
NA1SS • Columbus lab
↓ DOWNLINK
437.800 MHz
FM • Doppler ±10 kHz
CURRENT ACTIVE MODE (May 2026)
Kenwood D710GA — Columbus European Lab. No PL tone needed to listen. Uplink on 145.990 with PL 67 Hz.
FM VOICE REPEATER ↑ UPLINK
145.990 MHz
FM • PL Tone 67.0 Hz required
Transmit here to access the Columbus repeater. PL tone 67.0 Hz must be enabled. Max power needed from IO93 — use a beam.
FM VOICE DIRECT
ITU Region 1 — Europe/UK
↓ DOWNLINK
145.800 MHz
FM • Doppler ±3.5 kHz
Worldwide downlink for voice and SSTV. Used when crew are doing direct QSOs. Never transmit on 145.800 — listen only unless called by crew.
FM VOICE DIRECT ↑ UPLINK
145.200 MHz
FM • Region 1 (Europe/Africa)
Uplink for ITU Region 1. Crew listen here while transmitting on 145.800. No PL tone. Keep transmissions short — pass duration is only ~10 minutes max.
APRS / PACKET
AX.25 1200 Bd AFSK • RS0ISS
↕ SIMPLEX
145.825 MHz
FM • Worldwide
APRS digipeater on RS0ISS (Zvezda module). Path: ARISS. Works with basic 2m FM radio + TNC or Direwolf software TNC. Currently also active on 437.825 MHz.
APRS / PACKET
RS0ISS • Zvezda
↕ SIMPLEX
437.825 MHz
FM • Active May 2026
UHF APRS from Zvezda module. Currently active (May 2026 ARISS status). Use with UHF beam for best results from IO93.
UHF SIMPLEX
Rarely used
↕ SIMPLEX
437.550 MHz
FM
UHF simplex, rarely used for voice. Also used for some SSTV events. See SSTV section below.
HAM TV
Columbus lab • DVB-S
↓ DOWNLINK
2395.00 MHz
DVB-S • Needs dish
Video downlink from Columbus module. Requires a 60cm+ satellite dish with modified LNB. Transmitting test signal as of May 2026. Visit live.ariss.org/hamtv
△ DOPPLER SHIFT GUIDE — IO93 LINCOLNSHIRE
FrequencyApproaching (Max shift)OverheadDeparting (Max shift)Tip
145.800 MHz +3.4 kHz → 145.8034 145.800 MHz −3.4 kHz → 145.7966 Leave radio on 145.800 — works for most passes
437.800 MHz +10.1 kHz → 437.810 437.800 MHz −10.1 kHz → 437.790 Start high, tune down through pass
145.825 MHz +3.5 kHz → 145.8285 145.825 MHz −3.5 kHz → 145.8215 APRS software usually auto-corrects

📷 SLOW SCAN TELEVISION (SSTV) — ARISS

ARISS PROGRAM

PRIMARY SSTV DOWNLINK

145.800 MHz
FM • PD120 or Robot 36 mode
Primary frequency for ARISS SSTV events.
Mode varies by event — PD120 is most common recently.
Older events used Robot 36.
2-minute gap between each image transmission.

SECONDARY SSTV (UHF)

437.550 MHz
FM • Robot 36 mode • 10W
Used for some dedicated SSTV events (e.g. April 2026 event).
Robot 36 mode at 10W transmit power.
Requires UHF antenna — beam recommended.
Doppler: ±10 kHz across pass.

RECENT SSTV EVENTS

Apr 2026: Series 31 — 437.550 MHz Robot 36. Cosmonauts Day / Gagarin 65th anniversary. Apr 10–14.

May 2026: Event May 8–9, 10:30 UTC start, 145.800 MHz.

SSTV Gallery site: Currently offline. Check ariss.org for next event dates.
How to receive SSTV from IO93: Tune to 145.800 (or 437.550) FM on your radio. Connect audio output to a PC running MMSSTV (Windows) or QSSTV (Linux/Pi). Software decodes automatically. No special hardware needed — an RTL-SDR dongle works well. Doppler shift is gradual on 145 MHz; for 437 MHz, start tuned 10 kHz high and tune down during the pass. Each image takes ~2 minutes to decode. You only need a few seconds of the pass directly overhead for a full image. Submit received images at ariss-sstv.blogspot.com to claim an ARISS certificate.

⚙ SETUP & TROUBLESHOOTING

Pass predictions require Python 3 with ephem on the Pi web server.
Install: pip3 install ephem or sudo apt install python3-ephem
Observer location is set to IO93 — Lincolnshire (53.2333°N, 0.5300°W, 20m ASL).
To adjust, edit OBS_LAT / OBS_LON / OBS_ALT constants in api.php.
Pass results are cached for 5 minutes in iss/cache/passes.json — ensure Apache can write to that directory.
sudo chown www-data:www-data /var/www/html/iss/cache