Support SpaceCam1 with your donations.

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The MAREX club began in 1991 as a small club with the goal of educating people on how to use the Amateur Radio projects on board the Russian Space Station Mir. As the club grew, we then began building new Educational projects, which were successfully flown and used on board the Russian Space Station Mir.

The projects included:

• Kantronics KPC-9612 Packet Mail System
• DCI Radio filter cavity project
• Mir Slow Scan TV project
• ISS SpaceCam1, Arrived ISS October 2005

We have come a long way since those days and we are now a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit corporation. MAREX is looking to raise $50,000.00 USD this year to help pay for our next project called SpaceCam1, which will be installed on the International Space Station. The SpaceCam1 SSTV System is a joint project between MAREX and ARISS. This system is an entry-level PC based Slow Scan Television (SSTV) system designed to be used on board the International Space Station. The SpaceCam1 system will support multiple common SSTV transmission modes. SpaceCam1 has been specifically designed to be accessible to as many Amateur Radio stations and Short Wave Listeners as possible around the world. The original proof-of-concept system was built by the MAREX-MG team and successfully flown on the Russian Space Station Mir (December 1998 until August 1999).

When will SpaceCam1 fly?

SpaceCam-1 arrived on the International Space Station in October 2005 via a Progress Cargo rocket. The one part we need now is to be assigned a spare Laptop from the current ISS on flight inventory.  As of February 2006 the ARISS team was still working hard to have the Amateur Radio projects assigned a specific laptop to run our projects.  We could see SpaceCam active in Q3 2006. We will just have to wait and see.

Aside from the laptop, we now have all of the parts we need to operate SpaceCam1.

• Software SpaceCam1, completed and Delivered to ISS October 2005

• Adapter Audio Interface box, completed and Delivered to ISS October 2005

• Computer A5, Currently on ISS, waiting for assignment

• Radios Ericsson Transceivers, currently installed on ISS

• Antennas 4 new antenna systems, currently installed on ISS

Your donations are needed to help us to continue bringing the world affordable and educational Amateur Radio experiments from ISS.

Sincerely:

Gregory Miles Mann, CEO MAREX MG

Please send donations to MAREX MG Headquarters.

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