[CQ-Contest] FW: Packing electronics for TSA inspection

[Andrei Stchislenok]

I flew to Moscow last May and took with me TS-570DG for a friend of mine.
The Custom in Domodedovo Airport did not care what I had in my carry on
luggage, literary. I tried to show them my Radio, they just sent me straight
out to the "Green gate" to go out. Two years ago, in September 2009 I had
IC-746PRO with me - the same story - custom officers were not interested
what I had in my luggage. When I was leaving Russia and was going thru
security check point - they did NOT allow me and others to take off the
shoes! Seriously. Nice lady officer said: "Do not show us a streaptiese
here, please!" lol.
The current Law in Russia allows now to bring Ham Radio transceivers without
any written permission I was told, so do not worry.

2010/5/29 Rick Lindquist, WW3DE <ww3de at comcast.net>

> We were en route from London to Boston a few years ago. I'd packed an
> FT-817
> to do a little operating while visiting Germany. On the return leg the
> clerk
> tagged all our luggage under my wife's name for some reason. Well, our
> flight from Zurich to Heathrow left late, we got hung up awaiting the
> (slow)
> bus to the right terminal for our flight to Boston (no priority was given
> to
> those who had impending departures) and by the time we got to the terminal,
> our flight had boarded.
>
> We literally sprint to the gate. I get there first to find the plane still
> there. When my breathless wife shows up and turns over her passport (they
> continued holding mine), a security guy comes over to her, and in typical
> British politeness and reserve, says, "Passenger Collier, we have a
> question
> about one of your bags." He shows us the X ray, with the clear outline of
> the '817, and I offer to show it to him in the flesh. So, he escorts me
> through several security doors right down to the tarmac, where they bring
> over all of our luggage. He grabs the suspect bag, I open it and clear up
> the mystery, and soon we're under way.
>
> Without the ham gear in our bags, we would have missed our flight to
> Boston.
> That said, we did get some odd looks when we finally boarded - the last
> passengers to do so. I sometimes still call my wife "Passenger Collier"
> when
> we're traveling. (She's N1MJC.)
>
> Another time in Vancouver, right after 9/11, a Canadian security officer
> made me take the batteries out of my FT-530 handheld for some reason. Turns
> out he was a ham too.
>
> 73, Rick / WW3DE
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of Robert Brandon
> Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2010 8:41 AM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: [CQ-Contest] FW: Packing electronics for TSA inspection
>
> I've made six trips to the Caribbean in the last four years.  In my checked
> bag, I've taken rigs, small power supplies, paddles, a small amplifier,
> rolls of coax, cables, and a C-3 in a golf bag.  I've only taken rigs as
> carry-on.  I got only one question, and that was about whether a TS-850 was
> too heavy to carry on.  I was sent back to the ticket counter to get a
> special tag for it.  Otherwise, I've gotten no questions.  Of course, YMMV.
> GL at WRTC.
>
> Robert K5PI
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com
> [mailto:cq-contest-bounces at contesting.com] On Behalf Of stoskopf at tri.net
> Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2010 10:31 PM
> To: cq-contest at contesting.com
> Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] Packing electronics for TSA inspection
>
> To many destinations, don't trust the airlines.  Use the more secure (and
> expensive) services such as Luggage Free.
>
> N0UU
>
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