Acording to the 590 manual, you are supposed to be able to use the 71a 
to do this.  I gave up on trying to make it work.  I bought a cable, not 
sure if it is right, but the guy says it is.  If someone makes this 
work, let me know.  I got tired fighting it.  I've done crossband on the 
71 2 to 440 and so forth, that is easy.  To use a talkie to talk to the 
71 which is then supposded to key the 590 or 480, I never got to work.
73
Butch
WA0VJR
Node 3148
Wallace, ks.


On 
Sat, 25 Aug 2012, Jim Gammon wrote:

> 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
>
>