How can I, as an individual, support Mirs amateur radio activities?
One of the best ways is to contact a local school which has no interest in ham radio or the space program and get them interested in both via a MIREX educational contact. It’s a long term commitment, but worth it for the results. Select any school you wish – it can be the school which you graduated from, one where a child or friend attends, or even just the school closest to you. You don’t have to have a direct connection with the school.just talk to the head of the science or geography department and it would be hard to find a teacher who isn’t enthusiastic about the possibility of letting students talk to somebody aboard a space station. A SAREX/MIREX school application is available electronically at http://www.arrl.org/sarex/sarex-ap.html. If you don’t have electronic mail then contact the ARRL educational department at the address in this FAQ’s appendix. You can inform local astronomical groups or the local press about visual Mir passes. Most of these folks are aware that some sate
