Gene: Take the radio. I traveled regularly to Bonaire for 4 or 5 years without any difficulty. For a change, last February I went to Montserrat with my K3 and a suitcase full of antenna stuff. The only "problem" was leaving Montserrat when the young lady running the x-ray machine wanted to inspect my suitcase. I'm sure she had no clue what all the wires, switches, etc. did, but she went through every little piece. The K3 in the pelican case didn't rate a second glance.
This past November I went to St. Croix and carried my K3 in a back pack and an Alpha 76 in a pelican case. When leaving KP2, they actually pulled the K3 from my back pack, but when I said it was ham radio, the TSA agent's eyes sort of lit up. Seems ham radio was something he wanted to try, so no problems. The Alpha in the pelican case wasn't challenged. FWIW, I carry the Alpha's power transformer in a small igloo cooler as a carry on. That didn't rate more than a cursory look. No one has ever asked me to turn on the K3. A friend does a lot of the same traveling with equipment, and he's never been challenged to turn anything on. 73 charlie, k1xx On 1/14/2015 10:33 AM, Eugene Worth wrote: > OK, folks … I’ve spent a couple of months gathering equipment, testing, > packing, and unpacking radio stuff. Leaving at the end of next week for > Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. > > Headlines today, as a result of the terrorist activities and threats, talks > of very high alerts for domestic and foreign travel. So, does anyone have > opinions about the wisdom of taking radio/antenna equipment right now? > > Thanks in advance. (My inclination at this point is that it will not be worth > the hassle factor at this point in time. There will be other times … I > usually go annually in late January.) > > gene > WG7GW > > > ______________________________________________________________ > 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 > Message delivered to [email protected] ______________________________________________________________ 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 Message delivered to [email protected]
