Re: [IRCA] travel with radio gear

[Walter Salmaniw <canswl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Call it security fatigue, then, Colin.  I'm tired of having to take my shoes
off, my belt off, any bottles greater than 3 oz, toothpaste, nail clippers,
etc etc.  Travel is not a lot of fun anymore (getting there), as it once
was.  It's fatiguing and frustrating, so mostly I can't be bothered anymore
lugging along my radio equipment, as I once did years ago!  .....Walt

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 2:49 AM, Colin Newell <cafe@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>
>
> On Thu, 02 Dec 2010 02:33:36 +0000 (GMT) WALTER SALMANIW <salmaniw@xxxxxxx>
> wrote:
> > With the way that the TSA has cracked down on virtually anything fun to
> bring along, I've given up on bringing serious DX gear on holidays,
>
> Huh? I was in Kona less than a year ago and I was bristling with a Lowe-pro
> 20 pound bag of gear; Eton E1, wellbrook antennas, spools of wire,
> a E100 super-modified with what looked like a stick o' TNT strapped to the
> top of it.
>
> To the best of my knowledge, the TSA has done no such thing.
>
> Sure they are "enhancing security" by frisking little old ladies
> but they are not getting in the way of radio hobbyists in any discernible
> way.
>
> Besides - have a good reason, like self identifying as a radio operator
> or Ham (I used my certificate) and you are good to go.
>
>
> Colin Newell is the editor and creator of Coffeecrew.com, DXer.ca and
> BobHarris.com
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