[Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

2012-06-22 Thread Ronald Nutter
I will be doing some travelling and plan on taking a QRP station with me. I have a KX3 on order. With the hassle of dealing with TSA, I dont think I should have a problem with putting the KX3, a power supply, the pigtail wifi interface, and a few other things in a Pelican case. The antennas

Re: [Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

2012-06-22 Thread Ian Kahn
Ron, The last time I travelled with a rig, it was an FT-857D. I was able to put it and all the cables I needed into my carry-on, which was just my regular attache/brief case. I attached a copy of my license to the top of the rig. I had the rig and power cable. I didn't have a power supply

Re: [Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

2012-06-22 Thread va3bxg
Sender: elecraft-boun...@mailman.qth.net Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 13:30:24 To: Ronald Nutterron.nut...@networkref.com Cc: elecraftelecraft@mailman.qth.net Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane Ron, The last time I travelled with a rig, it was an FT-857D. I

Re: [Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

2012-06-22 Thread Fred Jensen
On 6/22/2012 10:24 AM, Ronald Nutter wrote: I will be doing some travelling and plan on taking a QRP station with me. I have a KX3 on order. With the hassle of dealing with TSA, I dont think I should have a problem with putting the KX3, a power supply, the pigtail wifi interface, and a few

Re: [Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

2012-06-22 Thread NM6E_QRP
I always travelled to the Carribbean and Latin America with my MP-1, mini tripod and a bunch of radials, coax that were checked in as part of my luggage. Never a problem. Only issue I had was in LAX, they always did the swab test on my K2/10 with the built in battery everytime I connected

Re: [Elecraft] Questions about taking a QRP station on the plane

2012-06-22 Thread Bill Frantz
I take my radio between SJC and MHT in checked luggage several times a year with no problems. I occasionally get a TSA note saying they have inspected the bag. I am usually carrying: PSK-20 QRP rig from Small Wonder Labs (a radio with no external controls) A Signalink USB interface