All Hands

Be advised that the TSA considers any tool longer than seven inches in
any dimension to be a weapon and they will not allow it in the
passenger compartment of a common carrier aircraft. In order to save
my One Hundred Twenty Dollar crimper I had to send it to myself by
FedEx go back through security and dammed near miss my flight. I was
unaware of this rule so the crimper was in my Radio Carry On. I would
not want any radio that I was responsible for to go in with the
baggage because it would be unlikely to arrive at the destination in
working condition. I guess I will have to buy one of those Air
Transport Cases to hold all of my tools and pay the extra fifty bucks
to check it with most airlines. Security Theater strikes again.

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Tom Horne, W3TDH