• CT1AED
• CT1AIC
• CT1ANM
• CT1ARB
• CT1AXS
• CT1BEG
• CT1BFP
• CT1BNP
• CT1BOH
• CT1BT
• CT1BUN
• CT1BWW
• CT1BWY
• CT1BXT
• CT1CGO
• CT1CKP
• CT1CRS
• CT1CSN
• CT1CSY
• CT1CUW
• CT1CVG
• CT1DDW
• CT1DIN
• CT1DNF
• CT1DOC
• CT1DTC
• CT1DTE
• CT1DUR
• CT1DYX
• CT1EDA
• CT1EDZ
• CT1EEB
• CT1EEN
• CT1EFL
• CT1EFS
• CT1EGH
• CT1EKD
• CT1EKY
• CT1END
• CT1EOP

• CT1EOU
• CT1EQQ
• CT1ERW
• CT1ETT
• CT1EWQ
• CT1FAK
• CF1FBF
• CT1FBV
• CT1FCE
• CT1FDM
• CT1FDV
• CT1FHI
• CT1FIC
• CT1FMS
• CT1FMX
• CT1FOT
• CT1FOV
• CT1FTF
• CT1FTR
• CT1FUE
• CT1FUU
• CT1FWJ
• CT1GHM
• CT1GMA
• CT1GWC
• CT1NMV
• CT1RVM
• CT1TC
• CT1TGM
• CT1XII
• CT1ZG
• CT2CSY
• CT2DJK
• CT2ECS
• CT2GBJ
• CT2GDC
• CT2GFY
• CT2GGT
• CT2GHM
• CT2GLU

• CT2GQN
• CT2GRV
• CT2GSK
• CT2GSV
• CT2GSW
• CT2GZJ
• CT2GZO
• CT2GZT
• CT2HCK
• CT2HCQ
• CT2HHM
• CT2HM
• CT2HMN
• CT2HPM
• CT2HPN
• CT2HRZ
• CT2HTW
• CT2MOZ
• CT4ER
• CT4KG
• CT4TX
• CT4UW
• CT4UZ
• CT5GKN
• CT5GXT
• CT5GYD
• CT5HCW
• CT5HFJ
• CTPORTO
• TABU
• CU1ARM
• CU2FH
• CU2GP
• CU3ED
• CU3EJ
• CU3FT
• CU6GRP
• CU7BB
• CU7BC

This section is dedicated to MIR, all crew members, personal of Tsoup, MIREX coordinators and an incredible number of amateur radio operators who spend many hours trying to follow MIR's activities.

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• MIR Achievement Award
• MIR Crew
• MIR News
• Mirex Webpage
• MIR Tracking Page

 

If you want to learn about MIR modules you can follow the next link

• Mir Modules by CT1ETE

 

Listen to my Voice contacts with Jean-Pierre Haignere

• 14th August 1999
• 15th August 1999

 

• R0MIR QSL Card (QSO with Valery Korzun at 3-Feb-97)

 

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MIR is a Russian word that means PEACE or WORLD. Since 1986, when the first module of MIR Space Station went to space, that the amateur radio community has the opportunity to easily contact cosmonauts, as the station has been almost continuously occupied. It is very difficult to tell what I felt when I first contacted a member of the crew in 1997. It was Valery Korzun, the commander of MIR-22. The main activity of the cosmonauts it isn't Ham Radio, of course. They have work to accomplish. Meanwhile, the Ham community can use the PMS (Personal Message System) to send messages to the crew. Remember that there are procedures to work MIR. We must not forget that we're not alone and there are many other operators who are waiting for a chance to talk to space. So, if we follow the rules everybody will be happy. On this page I will try to share my experiences regarding MIR activity. I will update as soon as I have new material. You can follow the many links on this page that can give you important information.

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Here you can read a message from Miles Mann (MAREX-NA) on how to behave:

 

1 Listen first before Transmitting.
2 Wait till the crew says CQ or QRZ
We have been teaching the crew more  Amateur Radio protocol and they are catching
on, slowly.

3 When you hear CQ/QRZ, just say the last two letters of you calls sign, twice and
that's all
     example:  WF WF    (don't say anything else, until you hear the crew say, something similar too.  Station WF please continue?.

4 Keep your conversation short and speak very slowly.  If you are fluent in French
or Russian that's better, use the appropriate languages or English too.

5 When you are done, the crew will usually remember to say CQ/QRZ for the next
station waiting. When the band is too crowded, Jean-Pierre usually says Break Break,
which is his way of asking all stations to please stop transmitting.

6 If the crew is on voice, so not send any packet messages.  The crew will sometimes leave the Kantronics KPC-9612 ON, while they are on voice.  This is so they can read OLD mail while
they are talking on voice

7. Do not ask the crew about the QSL card procedures.  The Mir crew does not Keeps logs of radio contacts.  Just send a card to one of the two address below.

Current Channel, 145.985 FM Simplex.

I would like to ask everyone to please be patient regarding Amateur Radio operations on Mir.  The Amateur Radio portion of the Mir experiments are primarily OFF-Hours experiments.  The Mir crews do have a very busy schedule and only have a very limited amount of FREE-Time to use the educational Amateur Radio experiments.

QSL Information:

Please use one of the following QSL managers and follow the directions for that Manager
and included the following information:

Return Name and Address, country, ZIP
Date and time of your contact, In UTC format
Signal report (Best guess)
Radio Station and Antenna (optional)

All Mir contacts, including SWL, Two-way voice or Packet connections (R0MIR),
and including the Sputnik Satellites

Envelopes should be well sealed and do not include cash.
Send a SAE (Self Addressed Envelope ) and one or two IRC coupons (which can be purchased at major US post offices).
Do not make any notes on the out side of the envelope with Amateur Radio Call signs visible.

Sergej Samburov
PO Box 73
Korolev-10 City
Moscow Area, 141070, Russia

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For Two-way contacts with Mir ONLY.  Just for the call sign R0MIR and R0MIR-1
No SWL (Short Wave Listener) cards will be issued at this address.
No Sputnik cards

Dr. Dave Larsen - N6CO/K6MIR
PO Box 311
Pine Grove, California
95665
USA

Please include a SASE (Business Size Envelope) and two IRC's  for international.
If you are sending an IRC, Please make sure it is dated 1999, as the post office
won't accept IRC's dated over 1 year old

Make sure the cancel stamp is in the right place on the IRC.
"Green Stamps" (USA ONLY) are appreciated for covering additional costs.

Note: Dave Larsen MIREX / N6CO is not handling SWL cards for Sputnik, please use
the other addresses

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Current Mir Crew Members:

SOYUZ TM-29 arrived at Mir on February 20, 1999.  Mir Soyuz TM-29 crew consisted of French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Heignere, Viktor Afanasyev and Slovakian Cosmonaut Ivan Bella
On February 28, some of the crew returned to earth, they were:
Slovak Ivan Bella and Gennadiy Paldalko.
Gennadiys mission lasted approximately 6 months (August 16 1998 - February 28
1999)

The remaining crew consists of:

The French cosmonaut Jean-Pierre Heignere (aprox 6 months)
Cosmonaut Viktor Afanasyev (aprox 6 months)
Cosmonaut  Sergei  Avdeyev.

Sergei mission began August 16, and is expected to last a total of 12 months.


PMS Status (Personal Message System):
The PMS activity was a little intermittent last week, but its running good.

Tracking Mir:
For current tracking data, try the CelesTrak web page at http://celestrak.com/

Copyright 1999 Miles Mann, All Rights Reserved.  This document may be freely distributed via the following means - Email (including listservers), Usenet,and World-Wide-Web.  It may not be reproduced for profit including, but not limited to, CD ROMs, books, and/or other commercial outlets without prior written consent from the author.
Images received from the MAREX-NA SSTV system on the Russian Space Station Mir are considered public domain and may be freely distributed, without prior permission.

Miles WF1F


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