I don't see where any electronic items are prohibited, but I will tell you this. When I flew a year ago, I didn't hear the announcement on the PA system about taking your laptop out of the bag because the security line was too short for the announcement tape to loop. Never the less, they pulled me aside and searched my laptop and bag with a sniffer device. They got very irate when I tried to set my drink on the table with the laptop they were asking me to open. It was one of those Cool Hand Luke moments where I had my dirt in someone's hole and then I had my dirt on someone's ground.
Experience in years past also tells that you should make sure that all devices are able to be turned on (ie display works or blinky lights come on). I once travelled with a TNC in an ammo can as a tracker and they wanted to see the lights on the TNC come on - this really puzzled me because all the hollywood movies have bombs with blinkey lights - but I digress. Our TSA does a wonderful job of keeping up a strategy of placebo security with absolutely no common sense. Political Correctness and security just don't mix. Anyway, be prepared to lay out all your gear one piece at a time on the xray belt and demonstrate that it works. Just for fun, ask them if the 3oz restriction on carry-on fluids includes your bladder. And remember that the security people are just doing their jobs - zey no notzing.... oh wait, wrong war. :-) Wes On Wed, Oct 28, 2009 at 20:20, jeff <[email protected]> wrote: > > My son's High School will be marching in the 2010 Rose Bowl parade, so my > wife and I will take our first vacation in California. We are all Hams and I > have never been on an airplane before. What will I need to do to get my HT's > and APRS rig on the plane? I would love to work the parade route and see my > sons group walk by, but I can't walk very far any more. Is there any where > to seat down and watch from the road side?. > Thanks, > Jeff > N5XHI > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Wes --- God help those who do not help themselves.
