[Elecraft] OT Carrying radios on commercial flight

[k6rb at baymoon.com]

Having just flown back and forth from California to New York, with my K3,
Buddipole, etc., I can give an up-to-date report on TSA doings. I had the
K3, PS cable, short length of RG-8X with two PL-259s, and my Kent paddle
in the two side pockets of my K3 carrying case, and the K3 with foam
inserts in the mid-section.

The bag went right through the security x-ray with no one asking me
anything about it. The suitcase, which I checked, had the Buddipole, its
tripod, a power supply, and mobile MFJ transmatch (plus clothes, tennis
racquet, and toiletries bag). It, too, went through without disturbance. I
know that because everything was exactly where I had placed it coming and
going.

This is in sharp contrast to my trip last summer where they went through
the suitcase and succeeded in breaking the knobs on an MFJ antenna
analyzer I had packed.

So, maybe they're getting more used to nomad ham ops with stations in
carry-on bags and suitcases.

Rob K6RB

>
> 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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> 73
>
> Alan
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> W1HYV
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