Before retiring I was doing about 250K miles a year on United for my
employer. The KX3 hadn't yet been invented but I usually traveled with
an HT and sometimes a NorCal-40 with wire antenna and a mini-paddle. I
was never denied boarding with them. However the amount of "attention"
they got at TSA was, as best as I could discern, a function of which
airport I was at, time of day, the phase of the moon, and whether or not
Saturn was somewhere.
I wear braces on both legs from old injuries, I always fly in cargo
shorts so they can see them, and I always get some "attention." The
radios were a crap shoot however. Heading for Ft Lauderdale and a Canal
Cruise, I took my KX1 and a wire antenna. I opted against the MP-1
since the resonator looks a lot like a pipe bomb on the Xray. Nobody
even asked about the radios. I always had a copy of my license and the
radio manual with them. YMMV
73,
Fred K6DGW
- Northern California Contest Club
- CU in the 2014 Cal QSO Party 4-5 Oct 2014
- www.cqp.org
On 3/10/2014 9:10 AM, k...@cfl.rr.com wrote:
Have taken K3 through TSA security many times, including most recent
trip to Montserrat. I put it in a Pelican case. In most cases they
do not bat an eye, and do not even open the case. I also put a copy
of my license and spare cable ties in the case for re-sealing. Now,
the suitcase that has all the wires, coax, spare connectors, etc.,
etc. that almost always gets opened after X-ray. Try explaining
some of that stuff to inspectors out of the country! BTW, if you are
going out of the country, it is always a good idea to carry a copy of
your receipt w/serial number.
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