[Elecraft] OT Carrying radios on commercial flight

[Andrew Faber]

My experience is exactly the same as Mark's.  I have carried my K3 on 
commercial flights many times.  Sometimes TSA wants it taken out of my 
backpack and they either swab it for explosive residues or they run it 
through separately, but they never ask questions about it, nor have they 
asked me to turn it on (which I couldn't do, since I don't carry on a PS). 
My Begali Simplex often confounds them also, since it appears to the 
scanners to be a completely opaque block.  OTOH, sometimes the identical 
backpack just sails through.
  So, in general, it's been no problem.
 73, andy, ae6y
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Stennett" <Mark at stennett.com>
To: "Alan Price" <w1hyv at arrl.net>; "Elecraft" <elecraft at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, July 23, 2010 4:56 AM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT Carrying radios on commercial flight


>I recently carried my K3 and IC-7000 aboard Southwest. I have carried my
> radios aboard Delta in the past. The carrier you fly does not matter, you
> deal with TSA at security. I always leave my radios in the bag and they
> always pull it for additional checks which range from the wipe and sniff
> to full manual inspection. I have never been asked to power them up. They
> are always more interested in my Begali Sculpture CW paddle. I also always
> travel with laptop computers which they want you to take out of the case
> and place in a bin by themselves.
>
> I go home again Monday with the radios. Check us out at 
> http://www.c6ams.com
>
>
>> I have not done this in recent years.  I want to carry several radios
>> (KX1 and a scanner) on board a commercial domestic(Delta) flight.  What
>> security issues will I encounter?
>
>
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