[Elecraft] Airport security

[Dave Johnson]

>I've taken at least 20 round trips on commercial airlines since Sep 11
carrying
>aboard my K1, 14' fishing pole, antennas wires, etc.. Never once did
anybody
>question the ham stuff, even when singled out for random searches... until
last
>Wed.

There was a re-run of the "Airline" program last week on UK television, a
passenger brought along a 12 volt 7 Ah gel cell and was shown the sign
saying no acids and then shown the "acid" description on the battery. After
much cursing and swearing the passenger accepted that Easyjet (the Airline)
wasn't going to allow the battery to travel. While the acid from a gel cell
isn't going to spill, there is still a fire hazard if the terminals become
shorted, yet another reason why an airline may refuse to carry a gel cell.

While the original comments applied to the K1, it's perhaps worth asking the
airline in writing before attempting to take a K2 with it's internal gel
cell on an aircraft.

73's Dave, G4AON
K2 #1892