Re: [amsat-bb] Traveling to Atlanta AMSAT Symposium

[Bruce Bostwick <lihan161051@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>> Further to that, it seemed that there's a threshold at which they 
>> figure if
>> you have that much junk held overtly, you're OK.
>
> I can attest to the truth of this in the past.  Doesn't everyone carry 
> mostly
> electronics in their carry-on, using a few misc items of clothing almost
> purely as packing material?  :-)
>
> For those of you who haven't already thought of this, the best 
> suggestion I
> can offer for the items of misc electronics and such that you really 
> must
> travel with is to buy a box of the medium-large clear plastic zip-lock 
> bags
> to put things in, so they aren't loose in your bags, and the contents 
> of each
> bag are easily viewable during a search.  The search goes faster, as 
> does
> the post-search repacking.

And it goes without saying -- be sure to have your license with you.  
Security guards and police know to look for a PTT button, and if you 
have transmit capability, they may want to know why.  If you can produce 
a license, that will help provide an explanation for your carrying radio 
equipment.  The less curious they are, the better.

"Go ahead and do it, you can apologize later." -- RADM Grace Hopper, 
1906-1992
"The sunset is an illusion, but the beauty is real." -- Richard Bach
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