[Elecraft] KX3 through TSA Security ?

[Fred Jensen]

Before retiring I was doing about 250K miles a year on United for my 
employer.  The KX3 hadn't yet been invented but I usually traveled with 
an HT and sometimes a NorCal-40 with wire antenna and a mini-paddle.  I 
was never denied boarding with them.  However the amount of "attention" 
they got at TSA was, as best as I could discern, a function of which 
airport I was at, time of day, the phase of the moon, and whether or not 
Saturn was somewhere.

I wear braces on both legs from old injuries, I always fly in cargo 
shorts so they can see them, and I always get some "attention."  The 
radios were a crap shoot however.  Heading for Ft Lauderdale and a Canal 
Cruise, I took my KX1 and a wire antenna.  I opted against the MP-1 
since the resonator looks a lot like a pipe bomb on the Xray.  Nobody 
even asked about the radios.  I always had a copy of my license and the 
radio manual with them.  YMMV

73,

Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org

On 3/10/2014 9:10 AM, k1xx at cfl.rr.com wrote:
> Have taken K3 through TSA security many times, including most recent
> trip to Montserrat.  I put it in a Pelican case.  In most cases they
> do not bat an eye, and do not even open the case.  I also put a copy
> of my license and spare cable ties in the case for re-sealing. Now,
> the suitcase that has all the wires, coax, spare connectors, etc.,
> etc.  that almost always gets opened after X-ray.  Try explaining
> some of that stuff to inspectors out of the country!  BTW, if you are
> going out of the country, it is always a good idea to carry a copy of
> your receipt w/serial number.