Two rolls of U.S. dollar coins in a carry-on will drive the TSA X-ray inspector crazy! I know. Ed WA6RZW
-----Original Message----- From: Robert Atkinson [mailto:robert8...@yahoo.co.uk] Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:44 To: j...@quikus.com; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 93, Issue 96 Yes A nursing home owner did that to get a cooler with two gallons of hydrogen peroxide on board. It leaked and set fire to the luggage. The aircraft got back OK but a couple of luggage handlers got chemical burns. Security has some advantages. If you really want to get locked up, try wrapping a stick of cracker barrel cheese with some electronics. I'm not joking, don't try it. Robert G8RPI. ________________________________ From: J. Forster <j...@quikus.com> To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <time-nuts@febo.com> Sent: Wednesday, 18 April 2012, 16:13 Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 93, Issue 96 In the 'good old days', before deregulation and 9/11 you could get almost anything onto a 'plane by giving a skycap $5. I brought back USAF shipping crates full of wine, an OMEGA receiver, among other things. -John =============== > Have to agree about what I have carried on parts. When I get to > california and shop in a few old haunts I end up with strange looking > parts. I through them in a clearer anti stat bag that I now bring > along and send them through the screening in clear site. Never have an > issue an occasional ? > like what are those 3/4" catv cable connectors that look like a large > shell. > Regards > Paul. > > On Wed, Apr 18, 2012 at 10:31 AM, Jim Lux <jim...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> On 4/18/12 6:56 AM, Attila Kinali wrote: >> >>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:28:17 -0400 >>> Dan Kemppainen<dan@irtelemetrics.**com <d...@irtelemetrics.com>> wrote: >>> >>> Wouldn't get broken if you hand carried it. I've carried on similar >>>> equipment when flying across the US. I'm guessing you may not have >>>> to check it for an internationl flight... >>>> >>> >>> Thanks to Home Land Security, the rules on what you may carry on a >>> plane got very much restricted, especially when flying from and to >>> the US. Basically anything unusual is prohibited. >>> >>> >>> Actually, it's not necessarily TSA/DHS that is the problem.. it's >>>that >> other downstream consumers of the rules may have different >> interpretations. >> >> The guy standing at the gate or checkpoint gets to make an on the >> spot determination of what might be "dangerous" >> >> Example: The small roll of PVC electrical tape I had in my backpack >> being taken at secondary inspection (walking down the jetway) in >> Heathrow when getting on the plane home to Los Angeles. Am I going to >> argue with the guy from British Airways about specifically which rule >> he thinks my tape violates? When the plane is leaving 3 hours late >> already? Nope.. >> >> Example: the round pointed school scissors in my daughter's backpack >> getting on the plane in Rome? They were willing to let her take them, >> but we said, nope, just throw them away, because next stop is Zurich, >> and we KNOW that they won't make it past the inspection there. I got >> tagged in Zurich before for having my toothpaste tube in a gallon >> bag, instead of the required "no more than 1 liter" bag. >> >> So, carrying that oscilloscope on? If the inspector's fiance(e) just >> ran off with a EE/CS major the night before, you're doomed. However, >> in general, I've not had many problems with obvious commercially >> manufactured gear. And oddly, not much problem with random piles of >> protoboards and boxes with wires and cables stuffed into a backpack, >> as long as there were no large "blobs" in the X-ray that weren't >> obviously batteries on visual inspection. (Friends of mine say that >> trying to carry on a small lead acid battery that looks like a brick >> is often a challenge..especially if you've wrapped it in tape to hold >> it to the circuit board. >> >> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com >> To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/** >> mailman/listinfo/time-nuts<https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/tim e-nuts> >> and follow the instructions there. >> > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- time-nuts@febo.com To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.