Tom Randy wrote:


I have heard packet bursts from suitsat on the ISS relay of 437.800

Tom,
Are you sure you heard "packet"? Per all the published reports, it is
only sending voice and SSTV (slow scan TV), which sounds quite different
from packet.

From NASA:

SuitSat transmits for 30 seconds, pauses for 30 seconds, and then
repeats. "This is SuitSat-1, RS0RS," the transmission begins,
followed by a prerecorded greeting in five languages. The greeting
contains "special words" in English, French, Japanese, Russian,
German and Spanish for students to record and decipher. (Awards will
be given to students who do this. Scroll to the "more information"
area at the end of this story for details.)

Next comes telemetry: temperature, battery power, mission elapsed
time. "The telemetry is stated in plain language—in English," says
Bauer. Everyone will be privy to SuitSat's condition. Bauer adds,
"Suitsat 'talks' using a voice synthesizer. It's pretty amazing."

The transmission ends with a Slow Scan TV picture.