[CTSARA] Radios on a plane

[Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr]

I have a drive from Vegas to Burbank, CA.  I'm hoping in that 5 hour trip
there will be a place to pull over to get on the air and that i can find a
place on sunday.

i'm using an external lithium battery pack for power.
I was thinking wire antenna and that seems to be the general consensus.

I was thinking of putting everything my checked luggage.  Good idea or bad?

Mr Solomon, don't tempt me with AES especially when I'll be in the land of
Fry's.

Frank qzh


On Tue, Dec 4, 2012 at 9:53 PM, Jonathan Solomon <jonstv at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Frank
>
> I'd either use pelican case for  your rig or carry it on.  Bring the
> manual if you carry it on.  Maybe even a way to power it up and make the
> lights come on.  Have your FCC ticket on you.  TSA isn't very fond of stuff
> they don't know about (trust me, that's alot).
>
> A buddy pole might do the trick.
>
> AES-ham has a Las Vegas office.  I wouldn't call it a showroom, but.  It's
> on the west side of the freeway, kinda of near Rio and down the street from
> the truck stop (I think).  Might be worth calling them to see if you could
> "demo" a 10m antenna while you're out there.  They might even have a place
> you can operate from.
>
> I'd avoid operating from your hotel room; but your client may be able to
> set you up with a nice location.
>
> Remember, no massive batteries on the plane!  And  no using the radio on
> the plane!
>
> Have fun!
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
> On Dec 4, 2012, at 9:33 PM, "Franklyn A. Ballentine, Jr" <
> art.ballentine at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Or more specifically battery and antenna.
> >
> > I'm flying out west work this week.  It also happens to be the ARRL 10m
> > Contest this weekend.  I don't think i'll have an issue putting my 10m
> > mobile in the suitcase.  I don't know what to do for an antenna and
> power.
> > I think my external LiPo pack will be fine in the suitcase so that leaves
> > antenna.
> >
> > Any thought
> > Frank kb1qzh
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