All Rights reserved. This information is provided for informational purposes only, and may not be redistributed or published without permission. It seems incredible, but one of the items the Mir crew has powered back up is its ham radio rig. Obviously the same protocols apply as with any other ham radio conversation with anybody aboard Mir. Let the space traveller control how the conversation goes, and when they want to move on to another ham, respect their wishes.
Any reports otherwise are in error.
Where the confusion may have come from is how systems are powered on Mir. Priroda is the only major Mir module without its own solar arrays. By the point it was launched there was enough power generated by Mir's existing arrays so Priroda didn't need its own power generating source. Power cables are hooked up between the different Mir modules to distribute power from the other modules. The cosmonauts would go in to Spektr to replace its hatch with another one with pass through holes to permit the hookup of replacement power cables from Spektr's solar arrays to the rest of Mir.