Re: Travelling case for K3

[Ralph Parker]

>I'm looking for recommendations for a small padded case for a K3,
>which could in turn be placed into checked luggage.

Rose Kopp makes a nice padded case for the radio, but I'm not sure I'd want
to put it inside checked luggage unless it was something like a Pelican
with lots of foam all around..

Being a bit of a pessimist, and having seen the way airline baggage
handlers treat my luggage, I recently traveled with a K3 with Samlex 1223
p/s and a laptop with it's p/s in a Pelican 1510, made to airline carry-on
maximum dimensions.

The K3 rode 'side-saddle', with the rubber feet on the 'back' of the case
(knobs on the right). I had to remove the handle, leaving room for 1/8" of
foam between the K3 and the 'front' of the case. Lots of room for foam to
protect the knobs, and lots of room for the p/s on the 'left' of the case,
separated from the K3 by more foam. This allowed the back of the K3 to rest
on the foam when the Pelican was in the 'wheeled' position. The entire
combination is heavy enough that I don't like to carry it from one end of
DFW to the other (been there, done that). The laptop was placed on top of
the K3, with more foam between. I felt that the K3 was reasonably well
protected in this arrangement. The case fits perfectly in an overhead bin.

The Pelican 1520 might be better for the radio & p/s, but might not hold
the laptop, and the dimensions could be challenged by an over-zealous
airline employee.

I would not trust the K3 to checked baggage without 2" (or more) of foam on
all sides, this in a hard-sided case.

VE7XF

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[KENT TRIMBLE]

I wouldn't "trust the K3 to checked baggage" ... PERIOD!  You'd be surprised at how much luggage physically disappears each year in the airline system, never to be seen again.

My electronics are ALWAYS carry-on.

Kent  K9ZTV

Someone wrote:

I would not trust the K3 to checked baggage without 2" (or more) of foam on
all sides . . .

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[Jeffrey Maass]

I'm afraid that carrying the K3 as carry-on is not going to be practical, since I already
have my two items (carry-on and personal item) planned. One is $13K of camera and lenses,
and the other is my laptop and supporting photography hardware. This laptop workstation
cost more than the cost of my full-up K3/100!

This is for a trip to the PJ2T contest station for CQWW 160 CW in January, and I *always*
carry more electronics and fragile equipment than can be put into carry-on items. This
will be my thirteenth trip to Curacao since 2002, and so far (knock head) I haven't lost
so much as a pair of underwear from checked luggage.

I've purchased a Pelican 1550 case for the K3/100, which I'll lock with a TSA lock and put
inside one of my large hard-sided checked bags.

I like Rose Kopp's bags for less stringent travel requirements, including carry-on
transport.


73,  Jeff  K8ND
 

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Fri Dec 12 12:03:54 EST 2008

I wouldn't "trust the K3 to checked baggage" ... PERIOD!  You'd be
surprised at how much luggage physically disappears each year in the
airline system, never to be seen again.

My electronics are ALWAYS carry-on.

Kent  K9ZTV


> Someone wrote:
>
> I would not trust the K3 to checked baggage without 2" (or more) of foam on
> all sides . . .
>




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