I took K2 #609 to ZS6 just after 9/11. Total panic at the airport - no hand baggage unless it was a see-through plastic carrier bag. Nobody had any of those so eventually they accepted regular supermart bags from the duty-free store. I wrapped the K2 in a newspaper. It survived the trip and no-one asked to see it - all I said was that I had my travel radio with me. Since then I have always carried valuable stuff, rigs, kits, components etc. in hand baggage without any problem at all. I have a small suitcase (a souvenir of a visit to Houston) and I use that every trip. Its well within the size limits for carry-on. I even took a Hercules II 500w linear in that case as hand baggage from UK to TenTec for service and only once (at Nashville) did anyone ask to see it. For the K3/100 kit I put the metalwork into checked baggage, but that was all. The main parts were in hand baggage. My second carry-on bag had 200 feet of ladderline in it .... Again no-one cared, I learned the hard way a long time ago that you should NEVER say you have anything unusual with you. I had my Omni-V with me and I rashly mentioned what it was (at Philadelphia.) I was detained until the captain of the BA 747 had inspected it (we took the lid off) and said it was OK by him !
Moral: Ham radio stuff is not dangerous. Don't act as if it is. Anon _______________________________________________ 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 Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
