At 11:00 AM 2/20/2010, Mark L. Hammond wrote:
Anybody know for sure if an Elk antenna is an acceptable carry on luggage item? Disassembled, and rolled up in a bag, for example.
Or am I going to have to check it in?
73,
Mark L. Hammond [N8MH]
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You have gotten several answers, already. The rule is one bag that will fit in overhead or under seat plus a personal carryon. I would guess your Elk is probably too long to qualify for fitting in the overhead. Check it inside a hard tube or box.
I have flown with ham gear several times since 9-11 (one, two times/year) and never had any notice by TSA agents in Anchorage, Seattle, Minneapolis, Detroit, Cincinatti, Atlanta, Dallas-FW, Ontario-CA, and maybe others. I have taken a FT-817, keypad mic, 45w linear, mag-mt whip, DC cord for cigarette lighter, coax cables in my carryon suitcase with my clothes.
MY wife got the royal full open your suitcase turn your pockets insideout because she forgot about her small pen size jackknife on her key ring.
I have not tried taking my Arrow since 9-11. I use to carry it on in a 2 x 25 inch pvc tube with caps. I suspect they figured it to be my fishing pole.
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