By Miles Mann WF1F, MAREX-NA (Manned Amateur Radio Experiment, North American Division)

MIR's EVA
The Mir crew performed a Space Walk last week (EVA).  During the walk the found a burnt cable from one of the 10 solar panels.  The crew plans on repairing the cable in the near future. The crew of the space station Mir is still very busy. They have not had time to activate the amateur radio equipment due to their heavy work load. I was told that one of the reasons for all of the hard work this week, is to prepare the Mir space station for 'several more years of service'.

Mir Amateur Radio Status:
There has been very little amateur radio activity from Mir over the last few weeks.  A request was made asking if the crew could activate the SSTV project.  The request is being reviewed.
Please be patient.

Dayton:
I will be giving a talk at the Hamvention convention in Dayton Ohio this weekend.  
The talk will be on several related topics: 
The History of Mir Amateur Radio
Mir SSTV
ISS SSTV project proposals
And a video of one of the Mir school schedules.
Check the published schedules for the exact time and locations
See you at Dayton.

Miles WF1F

Suggested Receiving Station for Satellite SSTV Images.
http://www.siliconpixels.com/marex/MirSSTVStation.htm

MAREX-NA home page
http://www.siliconpixels.com/marex

SSTV Repeaters:
The MAREX-NA team has posted some information regarding testing of the new SpaceCam1 SSTV software.
http://www.siliconpixels.com/marex/RepeaterOperations.htm

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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.

DOSVIDANIYA Miles WF1F