[CQ-Contest] Airport security and ham gear

[Milt Jensen]

For the XZ0A trip four years ago, my home brew Beverage transformers were
encased in small pieces of one inch diameter PVC pipe and sealed with
silicone, with the RG-59 pigtail cable and the antenna plus ground wires
hanging out of them.  Fortunately they were part of the one ton+ of radio
equipment/antennas, etc. that was all together as we checked in at LAX.  A
simple explanation of the true nature of the "pipe bombs" was all they
needed.  I expected more trouble but got lucky.

Milt, N5IA

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Gilmer" <n2mg1 at yahoo.com>
To: "CQ Contest" <cq-contest at contesting.com>
Sent: Monday, February 02, 2004 8:22 AM
Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Airport security and ham gear


> Even 15 years ago I found that wire was a big trigger
> for the security guys.
>
> It's easy to "see" in the x-rays and not a normal
> carry-on item!
>
> Mike N2MG
>
> --- K3FT <k3ft at starpower.net> wrote:
> >
> > Naturally, they saw this rectangular object (the
> > 'bug') with protruding dark
> > pieces plus the wire with the plug on it coiled up
>
>
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