Who are the key parties responsible for Mirs amateur radio activities?
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. It’s important to note that the MAREX activities are _NOT_ identical to the SAREX (Shuttle Amateur Radio Experiment). However the MAREX and SAREX teams do work together in many cases. For example the SAREX team gives amateur radio training to the American cosmonauts, and schools with SAREX appl
