Are you really a LICENSED Amateur? I can't believe such basic
questions, with a lack to proper technical terms, are being asked by
someone who studied for their license.

Sorry if this seems a bit sharp, but does anyone bother to read,
look-up, and try to find the answers to simple, basic questions themselves?

wrote:
I have a newer mobile Icon 2 meter in my truck. Several of the settings
are "automatic" when calling into repeaters. Like, when I call into a
repeater at 147.330 when I transmitt the frequency changes.

I have been thinking of getting an older, cheap radio for inside my
house. Would like ssb capability. On these radios, how does the
frequency change when transmitting using a repeater? I have people
telling me that these older radios are not "pl tone capable" which
would not allow me to use some repeaters. (Only a few around here use
that). How exactly does pl tone work. Like I said my radio in my truck
is pretty much automatic.