[Elecraft] KX3 through TSA

[eric norris]

I have flown with a QRP radio exactly once in the past ten years.  I was pulled out of line after x-ray, and sent to an area some distance from the x-ray machine.  There I stood until a guy came over and donned nitrile gloves, and using a pair of tongs, swabbed my radio, cables, atu, paddles, etc, then stuck the large swab into a machine.  I started to speak to him, but another TSA official told me to remain quiet.  The rest of the passengers filed by, looking at me like I was Mohammed Atta.  I was not asked a single question.

The non-swabbing guard then motioned me back over, apparently unaware I was, in fact, fluent in English.  He then pointed to the line, indicating I could go.  I was a bit surprised, because everyone knows at FT-817 can blow up at any time.  
73,

Eric  
WD6DBM
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