I took my K2 from UK to ZS6 only days after 9/11 when there was total chaos
and the only hand baggage allowed had to be in a see-thru plastic bag.
No-one at the airport had any left ..... so we made do with carrier bags from
duty free stores. I padded it a bit with a newspaper and no-one even asked
what it was, despite repeated inspections.
I have even taken a 500w solid state linear back to TenTec in hand baggage for
service without any questions being asked. But even before 9/11, a brand new
Omni-V was rejected at Philadelphia airport, until I took it apart with a
screwdriver borrowed from the 747 captain and he told the inspectors he did
not mind having it on board. And all the time this argument was in progress I
was watching them accept all sorts of other electronic goodies as hand
baggage. Why was there a problem ? Answer: I should never have asked if it
was OK .......
I recommend (a) saying nothing at all unless asked (b) having a ham licence,
sales receipts, basic literature readily to hand (c) never lose your cool !
(Laptops are potentially at least as dangerous and no-one seems to query
them.)
John G3JAG
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