Heh, heh... Hams are *everywhere* When packing stuff that will be x-rayed, it's good to consider the image the screener will see. Years ago, when I was traveling filming documentaries, I unthinkingly packed a brand new Beaulieu motion picture camera in a carry-on case. The Beaulieu had a long zoom lens and a small body behind it with a nice pistol grip underneath.
As it ran through the X-ray, the operator stopped the machine, looked, called someone else over and, the next I knew two armed security guards escorted me to a table where I was instructed to open the case. And this was long before 9/11. On the Xray, it looked exactly like some sort of automatic weapon. After we totally disassembled the camera and they peered inside every part, I was allowed to continue. On subsequent flights I was careful to ask the people to inspect the contents visually. Ron AC7AC -----Original Message----- From: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net [mailto:elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jeff Kinzli N6GQ Sent: Thursday, January 01, 2009 6:02 PM To: Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU Cc: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Two K3s as Carry-on Luggage On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 17:58, Leigh L. Klotz, Jr WA5ZNU <le...@wa5znu.org> wrote: > Ed W0YK wrote: >> >> Most of the X-ray ops ID a K3 as a slide projector, which is >> fine with me. >> >> Ed - P49X (W0YK) >> >> > > One thoroughly inspected my KX1 and K2 at SFO, then as he was packing it > back up, said, "Good DX." I've taken my K3 as carry-on through numerous airports, without fail, it always gets looked at, swabbed, and then they let me go...I guess I have the thug look or something. Jeff N6GQ _______________________________________________ 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 _______________________________________________ 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
