[Elecraft] DXpedition to Bonaire ... Questions

[charlie carroll]

Gene:
Take the radio. I traveled regularly to Bonaire for 4 or 5 years without
any difficulty.  For a change, last February I went to Montserrat with
my K3 and a suitcase full of antenna stuff.  The only "problem" was
leaving Montserrat when the young lady running the x-ray machine wanted
to inspect my suitcase.  I'm sure she had no clue what all the wires,
switches, etc. did, but she went through every little piece.  The K3 in
the pelican case didn't rate a second glance.

This past November I went to St. Croix and carried my K3 in a back pack
and an Alpha 76 in a pelican case.  When leaving KP2, they actually
pulled the K3 from my back pack, but when I said it was ham radio, the
TSA agent's eyes sort of lit up.  Seems ham radio was something he
wanted to try, so no problems.  The Alpha in the pelican case wasn't
challenged.  FWIW, I carry the Alpha's power transformer in a small
igloo cooler as a carry on.  That didn't rate more than a cursory look.

No one has ever asked me to turn on the K3. A friend does a lot of the
same traveling with equipment, and he's never been challenged to turn
anything on.

73 charlie, k1xx

On 1/14/2015 10:33 AM, Eugene Worth wrote:
> OK, folks … I’ve spent a couple of months gathering equipment, testing, packing, and unpacking radio stuff. Leaving at the end of next week for Bonaire, Netherlands Antilles. 
>
> Headlines today, as a result of the terrorist activities and threats, talks of very high alerts for domestic and foreign travel. So, does anyone have opinions about the wisdom of taking radio/antenna equipment right now?
>
> Thanks in advance. (My inclination at this point is that it will not be worth the hassle factor at this point in time. There will be other times … I usually go annually in late January.)
>
> gene
> WG7GW
>
>
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