I did dxpeditions in the 80's and ALWAYS carried on my TS-830, remote vfo,
keyer and paddle along with log books on the plane. YOU CAN'T DO THAT ANY
MORE ! You have monkeys pawing through your stuff every time you get on the
plane. If your radio will fit in a 2 oz. bottle it is ok :-) Oh, sure , you
can CHECK THROUGH anything but a BOMB in the check in luggage but it is
un-locked and it may or may NOT come out the other end ! Go to the homeland
security sight, it's all there. I left my ATS-3 at home on my last trip to
Hawaii a few weeks ago. I was on Lanai and it would have been pretty rare,
but alas, not for me.
Best bet, don't travel with a radio. PERIOD !!
If you are traveling in the USA to some destination send the radio on ahead
by UPS and it will be at your sisters place or your hotel HOPEFULLY if you
make arrangements for them to accept it before hand.
Sure , some guys will tell you " I didn't have any problem " but they were
lucky.
Walt K8CV Royal Oak, MI.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Faunt N6TQS +1-510-655-8604" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: <elecraft@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Monday, April 30, 2007 11:29 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] How do you travel with the K2?
I've carried mine in all those ways, plus just putting it a softsided
case that fits it, and putting that in a duffle bag padded with clothes,
and checking it.
For a oneshot, bubblewrapping and in hardside luggage should be fine.
The Pelican case is overkill unless you're packing it a lot, into
extreme environments, and use of the radio at the other end is
critical, such as you're traveling for a DXpedition.
I used a 4225 on my first DXpedition, and now that I've got a way of
testing the 4125 at extreme levels before I leave, I've started taking
that one again.
73, doug
Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2007 17:47:59 -0700
From: David Fleming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It's mighty quite around here all of a sudden.
I'll be taking the K2 with me and the family on vacation this summer.
I'm trying to come up with a good way to package the rig for the
flight. I've never traveled with a radio before. I'll be taking the K2,
KAT100-1, MFJ-4225MV (I know, but it seems to be a fairly decent little
power supply), headset/mic, bencher paddles, cables, wire, some tools,
etc. My first thought was to give everything a good bubble wrapping and
put it all in a sturdy (hard shell) suitcase and be done with it. But I
can't treat my K2 that way. I'm thinking the best solution (within
reason) would be to buy a Pelican 1650 with the pluck foam and make a
nice cubby hole in the foam for everything. Or I could put the K2 and
KAT in a much smaller case and take it carry-on and put everything else
in a suitcase. Those Pelican cases are a bit pricey though. How do ya'll
(yous guys) do it?
-David W4SMT
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