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.
If
you want to learn about MIR modules you can follow the next link
Listen
to my Voice contacts with Jean-Pierre Haignere
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.
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
************************************************
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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