[Elecraft] How do you travel with the K2?

[Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604]

I've carried mine in all those ways, plus just putting it a softsided
case that fits it, and putting that in a duffle bag padded with clothes,
and checking it.

For a oneshot, bubblewrapping and in hardside luggage should be fine.
The Pelican case is overkill unless you're packing it a lot, into
extreme environments, and use of the radio at the other end is
critical, such as you're traveling for a DXpedition.

I used a 4225 on my first DXpedition, and now that I've got a way of
testing the 4125 at extreme levels before I leave, I've started taking
that one again.

73, doug

   Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:47:59 -0700
   From: David Fleming <david at sight.net>

   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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