Radios on airlines

[JACrux]

From long experience, including a trip to ZS6 with my K2 wrapped in newspaper
in a plastic carrier bag,  just days after 911.

1.  keep the radio and/or parts in hand baggage. I have even hand carried a  
TenTec Hercules II to Sevierville and back from UK with only one person
asking me to open the bag !  No-one asked to see my K3.

2. NEVER ever say you have something unusual !  I made that mistake with a an
Omni-V and had to get personal clearance from the plane captain before they
would even x-ray the thing (at Philadelphia.) And others were shoving
laptops, record players and all sorts of junk through x-ray without being
challenged.

3. Don't panic - whatever happens !  If you get visibly agitated, so will
security.  See 1 above. "Its just my travel radio ..."  worked all the way to
ZS6 from UK via Amsterdam, and back again.

John G3JAG
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[David Cutter]

I once took what would looked on camera as a hand grenade, same shape, size and bits of wire coming out of it - actually a motor on a prony brake - thro UK and USA airports and not challenged.  I suggested their equipment might need attention and was threatened by an armed plain-clothes person at JFK!  
On the other hand I was politely asked what that strange thing in my bag was at Friedrichshafen - it was a large glass envelope vacuum relay.  I was delighted to show the guard who asked "have you come from the ham radio show?"  

Keep your trap shut is the best advice it seems.

David
G3UNA

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