In other trips, I have carried a camera backpack that far exceeds those widths, even on CRJ's in the Caribbean. There was no way I was checking a camera back worth a lot of money and far more fragile than my Amateur equipment.
You will have to be nice and work with the people at check in. I find them very accommodating. Mike va3mw On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 7:12 AM <j...@kk9a.com> wrote: > That is a nice way to carry two radios if you don't mind lugging the > weight on your shoulder though various airports or being able to carry > much else. Be careful however as most U.S. airlines have a maximum 9" > width on check-in bags. I put a singe K3S in a Rose bag inside a > Samsonite carry-on along with peripherals and even a few clothes. > > John KK9A aka P40A, WP2AA, PJ4R etc > > > Jim Brown K9YC wrote: > > > More than a few contesters drag radio gear several times a year to > island stations in the Caribbean. One of my neighbors, W0YK has long > carried on a pair of K3s in Rose's cases to P49, where he regularly wins > RTTY contests. He had Rose put velcro on one surface of each so that > they "clamped" together to be one piece of luggage, then pulled them > apart to stow them in the overhead. > > 73, Jim K9YC > > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
