[CQ-Contest] Travelling for Contestest or Dxpeditions

[Gerry Hull]

Depends where you are going...

I always have my licensing paperwork with at the ready.

Last trip to 8P I had a huge amount of radio stuff.  I showed the customs
agent my 8P permit, with tax stamps all over it.
He was so impressed, he brought over his boss.  She immediately said "go
ahead!" and never looked at a single thing...
The moral is be prepared.

I'm going to Ontario for SS this year -- driving -- but will have a
document showing what I'm bringing into
Canada; I'll stop on the US side and have them sign it; I'll show it to the
Canadian guys as I go i, if needed.  Works Just Fine.

73,

Gerry, W1VE aka VE1RM, 8P1V, 6Y6C, VP2M/VE1RM, etc....

On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 1:31 PM, Ed Richardson <ed_richardson at shaw.ca>
wrote:

> I am just getting ready to leave on my first mini Dxpedition and started
> to wonder, and worry, how many problems will I face traveling with all
> sorts of radio equipment and electronics?
>
> For those that routinely make these treks either for contests or
> DXpeditions, are you faced with grueling questions on why you have this
> equipment and do you have to explain the whole DXpedition idea. Should I
> expect that "I am traveling for pleasure purposes and will be using amateur
> radio while here" should suffice? Of course having the necesary travel
> documenst and copies of radio licenses goes without saying?
>
> With contest and DXpedition season about to kick off, is there any other
> travel advice from the veterans out there.
>
> Regards
>
> Ed. VE4EAR
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