I took my K2 from UK to ZS6 only days after 9/11 when there was total chaos and the only hand baggage allowed had to be in a see-thru plastic bag. No-one at the airport had any left ..... so we made do with carrier bags from duty free stores. I padded it a bit with a newspaper and no-one even asked what it was, despite repeated inspections. I have even taken a 500w solid state linear back to TenTec in hand baggage for service without any questions being asked. But even before 9/11, a brand new Omni-V was rejected at Philadelphia airport, until I took it apart with a screwdriver borrowed from the 747 captain and he told the inspectors he did not mind having it on board. And all the time this argument was in progress I was watching them accept all sorts of other electronic goodies as hand baggage. Why was there a problem ? Answer: I should never have asked if it was OK ....... I recommend (a) saying nothing at all unless asked (b) having a ham licence, sales receipts, basic literature readily to hand (c) never lose your cool ! (Laptops are potentially at least as dangerous and no-one seems to query them.) John G3JAG _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: [email protected] You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft
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