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Amateur Radio Station |
Mir, the Russian Space Station, has been in space since February 1986. In 1988 a handheld amateur radio was added to Mir for crew recreational use, and it's been a popular activity. Many other pieces of amateur radio hardware have followed, and Mir now has an extremely impressive ham station. Ham radio is a popular activity for many of the Mir crewmembers, and there's additional interest with a full-time American presence aboard Mir.
Here is a list of past, present and future Astronauts aboard MIR:
MIR Astronaut Launch Landing Callsign Time In Space
1 Norm Thagard 03/14/95 07/07/95 R0MIR 115 days
2 Shannon Lucid 03/22/96 09/26/96 R0MIR 188 days
3 John Blaha 09/16/96 01/21/97 KC5TZQ 127 days
4 Jerry Linenger 01/12/97 05/24/97 KC5HBR 132 days
5 Mike Foale 05/15/97 09/27/97 KB5UAC 135 days
6 Dave Wolf 09/18/97 01/31/98 KC5VPF 128 days
7 Andy Thomas 01/22/98 KD5CHF days
TOTAL days
The Mir Amateur Radio EXperiment (MAREX) has turned out to be one of Mir's most visible activities, and an enjoyable leisure time activity - both for the cosmonauts and the hams who have the opportunity to talk to them. The head of the MAREX (Mir Amateur Radio EXperiment) is Sergei Samburov, RV3DR. His official title is Chief of Cosmonaut Amateur Radio Department, RSC Energia. Boris Stepanov, RU3AX, is the Soyuz Radioyubitelej Rosii president, the organization for Russian amateur radio operators. R3K. |
| International amateur
radio groups in Germany and Austria have provided some of
the hardware and other forms of assistance. The Mir
International Amateur Radio EXperiment (MIREX) was formed
to handle prescheduled Mir school contacts. The head of MIREX operations in the U.S. is Dr. Dave Larsen N6CO/K6MIR (ex N6JLH). G. Miles Mann, WF1F, is the US Activities Manager and also assists in scheduling contacts worldwide. Mir's radio frequency, since January 1, 1997, was 145.800 Mhz (space to ground) and 145.200 Mhz (ground to space). |
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| The Mir packet radios is a
standard off-the-shelf AFSK 1200
bps AX.25
packet modem,
the same packet protocol used for normal VHF terrestrial
packet nets. So any inexpensive TNC can be used to
communicate with Mir. The packet call sign on board the Space Station MIR is R0MIR-1 (SSID=0). Your TNC should be in half-duplex mode (FULLDUP OFF) with CD active just like you do for normal VHF packet operations. You should turn on MCON to monitor all packets. If you can compensate for doppler shift it is worth the extra effort. The bandwidth of the Mir radio is +/- 4 Khz, maximum doppler is around 3.3 Khz. If you can't compensate for doppler your best chance for contact is when the Mir is at peak elevation at your site. Remember that only one station can connect to R0MIR-1 at a time, if you see packets indicating that another station is connected you must wait until that station logs off. |
| FREQUENCY | ||
| Uplink (ground to space) |
Downlink (space to ground) |
MODE |
| 145.985 MHz | 145.985 MHz | Voice operation |
| 145.985 MHz | 145.985 MHz | Packet Radio 1200 bps AFSK AX.25 |
SAFEX II
click here for more information about
this project
Since July 13, 1996, is working on board of the Russian Space Station MIR the SAFEX II Station with call RR0DL.
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