[Elecraft] TRAVELING WITH THE K3

[Jeff Maass]

I'm afraid that carrying the K3 as carry-on is not going to be practical, since I already
have my two items (carry-on and personal item) planned. One is $13K of camera and lenses,
and the other is my laptop and supporting photography hardware. This laptop workstation
cost more than the cost of my full-up K3/100!

This is for a trip to the PJ2T contest station for CQWW 160 CW in January, and I *always*
carry more electronics and fragile equipment than can be put into carry-on items. This
will be my thirteenth trip to Curacao since 2002, and so far (knock head) I haven't lost
so much as a pair of underwear from checked luggage.

I've purchased a Pelican 1550 case for the K3/100, which I'll lock with a TSA lock and put
inside one of my large hard-sided checked bags. 

I like Rose Kopp's bags for less stringent travel requirements, including carry-on
transport.


73,  Jeff  K8ND
 

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K9ZTV k9ztv at socket.net 
Fri Dec 12 12:03:54 EST 2008 

I wouldn't "trust the K3 to checked baggage" ... PERIOD!  You'd be 
surprised at how much luggage physically disappears each year in the 
airline system, never to be seen again.

My electronics are ALWAYS carry-on.

Kent  K9ZTV


> Someone wrote:
>
> I would not trust the K3 to checked baggage without 2" (or more) of foam on
> all sides . . .
>