Hi Howard, I have the same rigs as you and am interested in
setting up the cross band feature on the 71a. I've never even
checked it out. I guess the steps to set it up are in the menu
but I haven't even looked for that, probably for the same reasons
as you. Do you think it's accessible, and do you know if you
could set the rigs up so you can work an HF frequency from your
handheld combining both rigs? My 480 is the 100 watt version, not
the one that requires the two power supplies. I think I need the
200 version to do what I was asking, do you know if that is the
case? Thanks, Jim WA6EKS