I've never taken my K3, but I have taken my K2 and KX1. This may be overkill but:
I put a copy of my ham license in the carry on case, taped a note to the radio explaining what it, and the paddle, jumpers, and battery was, had the manual in with it, and had no problems. They asked me to fire my laptop up but not the radio. I was going to take a knockoff MP-1 antenna, but decided against it since the resonator looks like a pipe bomb on the x-ray. I have braces on both legs and carry some surgical and scrap metal inside me, and am total toast at TSA anyway [I always wear shorts to the airport, even if it's snowing :-)]. By the time they finally decided I was too old to be an effective terrorist, my wife had collected our gear and we were on our way. It turned out that I was there long enough to have explained short, base-loaded, HF antenna theory to them and could have taken the MP-1 and I wished I had. Trying to string wire in the opening on our balcony on the ship in some fashion that would radiate was pretty much a non-starter. YMMV however, it *is* TSA. 73, Fred K6DGW - Northern California Contest Club - CU in the 2012 Cal QSO Party 6-7 Oct 2012 - www.cqp.org On 1/30/2012 10:26 AM, Mike wrote: > What's your experience/advice about a domestic flight in the TSA era with a > K3 in > carry-on buggage? ______________________________________________________________ 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
