[Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

[Bill Frantz]

I take my radio between SJC and MHT in checked luggage several 
times a year with no problems. I occasionally get a TSA note 
saying they have inspected the bag. I am usually carrying:

   PSK-20 QRP rig from Small Wonder Labs (a radio with no 
external controls)
   A Signalink USB interface
   rig to Signalink and a USB cable
   "Wallwart" style power supply

I used to carry a 20M dipole, but decided to leave one at each 
end to avoid extra stuff in my luggage.

Cheers - Bill, AE6JV

On 6/22/12 at 10:24, ron.nutter at networkref.com (Ronald Nutter) wrote:

>I will be doing some travelling and plan on taking a QRP 
>station with me.  I have a KX3 on order.  With the hassle of 
>dealing with TSA, I dont think I should have a problem with 
>putting the KX3, a power supply, the pigtail wifi interface, 
>and a few other things in a Pelican case.  The antennas is 
>where I will probably run into a problem.  I am looking at a 
>couple of different antennas but expect that I will have to 
>pack them in my luggage.  Any thoughts/experiences on this ?
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