I am new to ham radio, I just got my license a couple weeks ago. I have a FT-2800M installed in my truck, I bought it used about a year ago and had just been using it as a scanner until I got around to getting my ticket.
My problem is this...one of my local repeaters has a PL tone of 114.8. I set the tone exactly how the manual says to and it works great, I can talk on the repeater just fine, but as soon as I change the channel it seems to reset back to the default setting of 100.0, and also turns the tone off. I turn the tone back on and set it back to 114.8 and I can get through just fine until I change the channel again. I assume I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what, I am doing exactly what the manual says to do. (or so I think) Can anyone help?
EDIT: I suppose I should add that I did not get a manual with the radio, but I downloaded it from Yaesu's website. I would assume they are the same.
My problem is this...one of my local repeaters has a PL tone of 114.8. I set the tone exactly how the manual says to and it works great, I can talk on the repeater just fine, but as soon as I change the channel it seems to reset back to the default setting of 100.0, and also turns the tone off. I turn the tone back on and set it back to 114.8 and I can get through just fine until I change the channel again. I assume I must be doing something wrong but I can't figure out what, I am doing exactly what the manual says to do. (or so I think) Can anyone help?
EDIT: I suppose I should add that I did not get a manual with the radio, but I downloaded it from Yaesu's website. I would assume they are the same.