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Gerry Hull

KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel in
the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the battery?

73, Gerry W1VE
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Ka7phr

Re: KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

I just carried mine as well as the px3 all the way to India and back in carry on with no issues.

It's a pain in the ass to have to unpack and repack my carry on every time I went through security but they were more concerned with liquids than any of my electronics.
Which were
Kx3
Px3
Yaesu ft2
Icom 51
Goal zero Sherpa 100
iPad
Microsoft surface
Dell thing
Garmin rhino
Electric shaver

George Bollinger
KA7PHR @palehorseranch.com
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Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel in
the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the battery?

73, Gerry W1VE
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Michael Murphy

Re: KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

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I took mine to St Lucia 18 months ago (in a gun case of all things). The
only thing they wanted to look at was my bencher paddles.

Mike - KI8R

On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Gerry Hull <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel in
> the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
> luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the battery?
>
> 73, Gerry W1VE
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Gerry Hull

Re: KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

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Hey,

Thanks for the quick replies. Not going to worry about it.

73. Gerry W1VE

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On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Gerry Hull <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel
> in the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
> luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the battery?
>
> 73, Gerry W1VE
> --
> Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock, NH USA
> Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
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allen Montoye

Re: KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

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I took my Kx2 on 6 flights this year. Two international. Only twice did a tsa official even open the waterproof box it was in. And that was a newbie who just stared at it for a while until her supervisor took a quick look at it and said “okay” it was fine to carry on. The airlines publish on their websites the specs on the size of lithium batteries that can be carried on. The specs are given in Watts. The 2600 ma elecraft batteries are well below that.
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> On May 25, 2018, at 8:30 AM, Michael Murphy <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I took mine to St Lucia 18 months ago (in a gun case of all things). The
> only thing they wanted to look at was my bencher paddles.
>
> Mike - KI8R
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>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Gerry Hull <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>> Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel in
>> the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
>> luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the battery?
>>
>> 73, Gerry W1VE
>> --
>> Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock, NH USA
>> Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
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Buck

Re: KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

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Take an an ad or manual with you so you can show them what it is. I
went through Reagan National, JFK and ElAl, the tightest security in the
world, and no one said anything. The rig, coax and antenna wire looked
like a bomb to me. It was in carrying-on for the trip over and packed
in luggage on the way back.

Buck, k4ia
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On 5/25/2018 8:44 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:

> Hey,
>
> Thanks for the quick replies. Not going to worry about it.
>
> 73. Gerry W1VE
>
> Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock, NH USA
> Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
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>
>
>
>
> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Gerry Hull <[hidden email]> wrote:
>
>> Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel
>> in the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
>> luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the battery?
>>
>> 73, Gerry W1VE
>> --
>> Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock, NH USA
>> Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
>> [hidden email] ph: 1-617-CW-SPARK (find me)
>>
>>
>>
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Mike Markowski-2

Re: KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

Somewhat along those lines, at work our Keysight tech rep (formerly
Agilent, formerly HP) was driving to a customer location and had a
backseat full of electronic lab measurement equipment. He said the LO
in something set off a police radar-detector detector, and radar
detectors are illegal in the state he was in. After being pulled over
he was certain the cop would see a back seat full of cables, high tech
gadgets, and think he was up to no good. He told the cop he didn't have
a radar detector and they could go through the equipment to find the one
that set off his detector. The cop looked at all the gear and just said
to keep driving. :-)

73,
Mike ab3ap

On 05/25/2018 09:54 AM, Buck wrote:

> Take an an ad or manual with you so you can show them what it is. I
> went through Reagan National, JFK and ElAl, the tightest security in the
> world, and no one said anything. The rig, coax and antenna wire looked
> like a bomb to me. It was in carrying-on for the trip over and packed
> in luggage on the way back.
>
> Buck, k4ia
> Honor Roll
> 8BDXCC
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>
> On 5/25/2018 8:44 AM, Gerry Hull wrote:
>> Hey,
>>
>> Thanks for the quick replies. Not going to worry about it.
>>
>> 73. Gerry W1VE
>>
>> Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock, NH USA
>> Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
>> [hidden email] ph: 1-617-CW-SPARK (find me)
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2018 at 8:15 AM, Gerry Hull <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>> Waiting for my KX3 to arrive. I will be doing some international travel
>>> in the summer. Just wondering if anyone has carried the KX3 in carry on
>>> luggage or a backpack. Do security officials get upset with the
>>> battery?
>>>
>>> 73, Gerry W1VE
>>> --
>>> Gerry Hull, W1VE Hancock, NH USA
>>> Member: ARRL, YCCC, YCCCN, CW Ops
>>> [hidden email] ph: 1-617-CW-SPARK (find me)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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John Perlick

KX3 in International carry-on luggage?

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I have traveled to Europe/Caribbean a few times with my KX3. I just packed it in my (carry-on) suitcase or in my backpack and never had a problem. I didn't pack it with batteries, because I could always just plug in a universal adapter. You might choose not to bring batteries if you can get a good AC power adapter--just bring the appropriate plug adapters.

Also, I learned the hard way, the antenna is more important than the radio! I used an end-fedz which worked great only after I strung it out away from the hotel building--all the steel in the building just ruined the signal. Get it high and as far away from other structures as possible. Let the internal antenna tuner do it's magic. I had a blast--and worked friends in the USA with the KX3. Good luck and have fun!
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Carl-N8VZ

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I don’t think the battery would be a problem with carry on. I’ve traveled with all sorts of iPhone backup batteries, with a larger capacity and physically bigger than the KX2 or KX3 batteries, and never had a problem.

73,

Carl

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> On May 25, 2018, at 10:11 AM, John Perlick <[hidden email]> wrote:
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> I have traveled to Europe/Caribbean a few times with my KX3. I just packed it in my (carry-on) suitcase or in my backpack and never had a problem. I didn't pack it with batteries, because I could always just plug in a universal adapter. You might choose not to bring batteries if you can get a good AC power adapter--just bring the appropriate plug adapters.
>
> Also, I learned the hard way, the antenna is more important than the radio! I used an end-fedz which worked great only after I strung it out away from the hotel building--all the steel in the building just ruined the signal. Get it high and as far away from other structures as possible. Let the internal antenna tuner do it's magic. I had a blast--and worked friends in the USA with the KX3. Good luck and have fun!
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