Just a little over a year ago I took a trip to England and Ireland for 3 weeks. Had the K2 in my checked luggage, and 2 HT's and a Digital SLR in my carry-on's. No questions or problems with the radios, however they had to tear my carry-on apart to look at the camera. It appears that the lenses I had with me are what set the inspectors off. It seems they look suspect in the X-Ray machine as they show up like metal tubes, I guess they must look like pipe bombs or something. Anyhow now that I'm used to this I carry all my camera gear in a Camera bag so it's all by itself. They still open it but it takes much less time. Also remember they limit the number of batteries (actually they don't want any loose batteries on your carry-on's), so I put all my spare NiMh's and chargers in my checked luggage.
It's a small price to pay for the security, I don't mind it. By the way the most thorough checks were done at the Airport in New Jersey....Chicago's O'Hare and London's Heathrow weren't bad at all...very quick and smooth all the way..including immigration ect. Gregg R. Lengling, W9DHI, Retired Administrator http://www.milwaukeehdtv.org K2/100 S#3075 KX1 S# 57 Member: ARRL, RSGB, RCA, WERA and ORC _______________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Post to: Elecraft@mailman.qth.net You must be a subscriber to post to the list. Subscriber Info (Addr. Change, sub, unsub etc.): http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/subscribers.htm Elecraft web page: http://www.elecraft.com
