[Elecraft] How do you travel with the K2?

[Cady, Fred]

On my multi-trips to 6Y, 3D2 and C6 I've just wrapped it in foam and
stuck it in the middle of a suitcase. The suitcase has ranged from a
"hard" samsonite to on of those aircraft aluminum jobs. Never had a
problems but ... Probably the biggest threat you rig has is from the TSA
gestapo. They unwrap stuff and don't wrap it up well again. On the 3D2
trip a couple of years ago one of the guys had his TS50 taken out and
dropped! Had to have been cause it arrived with the VFO know jammed in
and a PC board busted. Probably the best deal is to put it in a pelican
case with the pluck foam and maybe, just maybe, if you can make the hole
such that it doesn't matter how the rig goes in, the TSA can put it back
in the right hole.
Problem with the pelican case if you are traveling overseas is that it
is unusual enough to often garner customs inspections. For that reason I
like just a plain suitcase.

73,
Fred
KE7X

Fred Cady
fcady at ieee.org  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net 
> [mailto:elecraft-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of David Fleming
> Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 6:48 PM
> To: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Elecraft] How do you travel with the K2?
> 
> It's mighty quite around here all of a sudden.
> 
> I'll be taking the K2 with me and the family on vacation this summer.
> I'm trying to come up with a good way to package the rig for the
> flight. I've never traveled with a radio before. I'll be 
> taking the K2,
> KAT100-1, MFJ-4225MV (I know, but it seems to be a fairly 
> decent little
> power supply), headset/mic, bencher paddles, cables, wire, some tools,
> etc. My first thought was to give everything a good bubble 
> wrapping and
> put it all in a sturdy (hard shell) suitcase and be done with 
> it. But I
> can't treat my K2 that way. I'm thinking the best solution (within
> reason) would be to buy a Pelican 1650 with the pluck foam and make a
> nice cubby hole in the foam for everything. Or I could put the K2 and
> KAT in a much smaller case and take it carry-on and put 
> everything else
> in a suitcase. Those Pelican cases are a bit pricey though. 
> How do ya'll
> (yous guys) do it? 
> 
> -David W4SMT  
> 
> 
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