[Elecraft] Ham gear and the airlines.

[lhlousek]

I've flown on ~25 business trips around the US and 6 to Europe since 11 Sep 01 often taking my  K1, collapsible fishing pole, antenna and ground wires, coax and bead balun, Palm paddles, charger, power supply, fishing line and weights, misc. clips and adaptors, and sometimes a HT in my carry on bags.  Although I've had my bags searched many times going through security and also spot checked just before boarding, I've never had a problem with any of the radio gear.  Most often they did a pretty cursory job of searching but on a few occasions they were very through.  Either way, they never asked what anything was, never asked that I turn anything on, and never asked for a ham license or any other documentation.  Basically, they were searching for items that were specifically prohibited and nothing I had was.

The work related equipment, parts, and prototypes than some business travelers fly with are far wilder than any ham gear.  That being said, I have a friend who tried to carry on a 120VAC powered circular saw. It's on the list of items prohibited from being carried on so they made him check it.  

The Transportation Security Administration has detailed information on what you can and can't carry on and/or check.  Their website is:

http://129.33.119.130/public/theme_home1.jsp


Lou W7HV  (ex W7DZN)


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