[time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 93, Issue 96

[Scott McGrath]

Frequently fly with a spectrum analyzer it gets questions and a couple of trips through X-ray and I have had a couple of requests to power it up 

Most frequent question "Is that a EKG machine". Ans yes but for radios not people

Scott

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On Apr 18, 2012, at 12:19 PM, "J. Forster" <jfor at quikus.com> wrote:

> More people, less room for toys!
> 
> :))
> 
> -John
> 
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> 
> 
>> Where are you located? Maybe someone else could share the trip cost.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> Tom
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Peter Gottlieb" <nerd at verizon.net>
>> To: <time-nuts at febo.com>
>> Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:41 AM
>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] time-nuts Digest, Vol 93, Issue 96
>> 
>> 
>>> I've found it easier to just ship items rather than have to deal with
>>> the
>>> inconsistency and hassle of TSA security.  You never know what will give
>>> a
>>> problem, even in checked luggage.
>>> 
>>> That is one reason I am driving to Dayton this year (a 12 hour trip)
>>> rather than flying commercial.  Besides, with the 1 hour drive to the
>>> airport, 2 hour before flight arrival there, 1.5 hour flight, 2.5 hour
>>> layover, 45 minute flight, 30 minutes to get rental car it's not all
>>> that
>>> much more time!
>>> 
>>> Peter
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 04/18/12, Attila Kinali<attila at kinali.ch> wrote:
>>> 
>>> On Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:31:21 -0700
>>> Jim Lux <jimlux at earthlink.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Example: the round pointed school scissors in my daughter's backpack
>>>> getting on the plane in Rome? They were willing to let her take them,
>>>> but we said, nope, just throw them away, because next stop is Zurich,
>>>> and we KNOW that they won't make it past the inspection there. I got
>>>> tagged in Zurich before for having my toothpaste tube in a gallon bag,
>>>> instead of the required "no more than 1 liter" bag.
>>> 
>>> Yes, Z�rich has become a pain. I remember, not too long ago, we
>>> went to the airport not earlier than half an hour before take off.
>>> And still had plenty of time. Nowadays, i calculate at least 2 hours
>>> before boarding. And often have to hurry along the way.
>>> It's gotten to the point where taking the train is faster, if you
>>> travel to within western europe. Even as far as Paris or Berlin.
>>> 
>>> But.. that's becoming way too OT.
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> So, carrying that oscilloscope on? If the inspector's fiance(e) just
>>>> ran off with a EE/CS major the night before, you're doomed. However, in
>>>> general, I've not had many problems with obvious commercially
>>>> manufactured gear. And oddly, not much problem with random piles of
>>>> protoboards and boxes with wires and cables stuffed into a backpack, as
>>>> long as there were no large "blobs" in the X-ray that weren't obviously
>>>> batteries on visual inspection. (Friends of mine say that trying to
>>>> carry on a small lead acid battery that looks like a brick is often a
>>>> challenge..especially if you've wrapped it in tape to hold it to the
>>>> circuit board.
>>> 
>>> Ok. Good to know. I might consider flying over to the US for a short
>>> shopping tour then... Anyone willing to shelter a time-nut for a
>>> weekend?
>>> :-)
>>> 
>>> Attila Kinali
>>> 
>>> --
>>> The trouble with you, Shev, is you don't say anything until you've saved
>>> up a whole truckload of damned heavy brick arguments and then you dump
>>> them all out and never look at the bleeding body mangled beneath the
>>> heap
>>> -- Tirin, The Dispossessed, U. Le Guin
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