Thank you Christophe.

I see from the web site that users do not need a CTCSS tone to access the transponder.

How is it accessed?   Does it operate with a squelch system + timer?

Presumably a continuous transmission would discharge the battery fairly rapidly.

73

David  G0MRF

-----Original Message-----
From: christophe.mcr <christophe.mcr@gmail.com>
To: Amsat-BB <amsat-bb@amsat.org>
Sent: Fri, 10 Sep 2021 9:28
Subject: [AMSAT-BB] UVSQ-SAT FM repeater ON September 12 : from 12h UTC to 23H UTC

Dear 

The LATMOS team has programmed the UVSQ-SAT satellite to go into transponder mode on Sunday, September 12, 2021 starting at 12:00 UTC. The transponder will be active during 11 consecutive hours.

From September 11th 12:00 UTC, an ASCII message will be broadcast to announce that the transponder mode will be activated. To decode the message, you can use the UVSQ-SAT Decoder software: ApplicationUVSQsatDecoder/src/site/markdown/UserManual.md · 21-ecr-uvsqsat · xtof / JOSAST · GitLab (electrolab.fr)

Frequencies used :

• Telemetry :
• 437.020 MHz - BPSK - GR3UH 9k6
• FM Transponder :
• Uplink frequency: 145.905 MHz
• Downlink frequency: 437.020 MHz

More information on the satellite: UVSQsat (amsat-f.org)  and project :  UVSQ-SAT (ipsl.fr)

73's

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Christophe Mercier

Président AMSAT-Francophone

https://www.amsat-f.org

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