First results of an observing program recently started at the Figl Observatory for Astrophysics, Austria, are presented. Radial velocities derived by a correlation technique from the TiO bandheads near 7050 Å will be used to identify the stellar populations present among the short period (P ≤ 200d) Mira variables. From the first observations with the Reticon-equipped Echelle Spectrograph of the FOA (resolution 0.3 Å at 7000 Å) we conclude that for Mira stars with a limiting visual magnitude of about 10m velocities can be determined with an external accuracy of 6 km/s.