[Elecraft] Travel

[JACrux]

I took my K2 from UK to ZS6 only days after 9/11 when there was total chaos 
and the only hand baggage allowed had to be in a see-thru plastic bag.  
No-one at the airport had any left ..... so we made do with carrier bags from 
duty free stores. I padded it a bit with a newspaper and no-one even asked 
what it was, despite repeated inspections. 
I have even taken a 500w solid state linear back to TenTec in hand baggage for 
service without any questions being asked. But even before 9/11, a brand new 
Omni-V was rejected at Philadelphia airport, until I took it apart with a 
screwdriver borrowed from the 747 captain and he told the inspectors he did 
not mind having it on board. And all the time this argument was in progress I 
was watching them accept all sorts of other electronic goodies as hand 
baggage.  Why was there a problem ? Answer: I should never have asked if it 
was OK ....... 
I recommend (a) saying nothing at all unless asked (b) having a ham licence, 
sales receipts, basic literature readily to hand (c) never lose your cool !
(Laptops are potentially at least as dangerous and no-one seems to query 
them.)
John G3JAG