Take a chance with internal battery fitted to the radio, but don't even think about carrying a separate battery without some kind of approval. You may be lucky and get away with it, if you get busted, get ready with a good story:-)
73 Jack. VK4JRC Sent from my iPod Touch On 29/06/2011, at 10:12, "Fred Townsend" <[email protected]> wrote: > Ignacy raises a chilling point: "Asking is more trouble than help as most > personnel is [are] ignorant of rules and they could create some [rules] to > appear competent." I find this statement to be frightenly true. To use a > data term the system uses forward error correction meaning they install a > new rule after the logically predictable incident. > > Look at the shoe bomber or the panty bomber. A logical response would be to > issue a cautionary to check out young males that look like they are carrying > a full load in their pants or are wearing platform shoes. Instead we all go > through the check point shoeless. Yesterday a 95 year old woman was required > to take off her adult diaper. This is because the screeners are incapable of > making a judgment call. > > Now we understand the capabilities of the screeners. The TSA rules on > batteries are far beyond their capabilities to discern. Many laptop > batteries have been recalled because of fire hazards but laptops will be > given a free pass because the screeners have no clue how to sort the good > from the bad. Besides the business man is the core business for the > airlines. They know if they try to screen laptops the lines will become > constipated. It's not about the function it's about the image they project. > > What do we do when carrying a rig through the lines? I suggest we keep our > mouths shut unless they ask. Then reply 'this [object] is a computer > controlled radio for which I am licensed to operate'. Act bored while you > calmly show your license. Chances are the screener will never get past the > word computer. Whatever you do don't try and explain. You will only set off > their alarms. > > Note to Matt: There are lithium fire extinguishers. Lithx is specifically > designed to extinguish lithium fires. You might want to get some for your > lab. > > 73 > de Fred, AE6QL > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
