To use the amateur radio protocols within Linux you will need to get asuitable copy of the AX.25 Utilities. More detailed information aboutAX.25, NET/ROM and ROSE, associated programs and and utilities can befound on http://www.linux-ax25.org.There is an active mailing list for discussing Linux amateur radio matterscalled linux-hams@vger.kernel.org. To subscribe to it, send a message tomajordomo@vger.kernel.org with the words "subscribe linux-hams" in the bodyof the message, the subject field is ignored. You don't need to besubscribed to post but of course that means you might miss an answer.