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If these are commercial flights, are they going through
any kind of imaging screening equipment? What kind? Excellent point Richard. In recent years all luggage is x-rayed. My wife is a radiographer and always takes an interest in the machinery. She has never seen this particular type of imaging before. It shows different types of metal as different colours. Despite the commonly used name, its not really x-ray, indicated by the lack of concern of leaked radiation ) Its definitely magnetic. Could this be the battery killer? Jack |
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"Jack VK2CJC" wrote ...
If these are commercial flights, are they going through any kind of imaging screening equipment? What kind? Excellent point Richard. In recent years all luggage is x-rayed. My wife is a radiographer and always takes an interest in the machinery. She has never seen this particular type of imaging before. It shows different types of metal as different colours. Despite the commonly used name, its not really x-ray, indicated by the lack of concern of leaked radiation ) Its definitely magnetic. Could this be the battery killer? So are they just discharged? Can you recharge them? Or are they destroyed? Were the radios affected? If you can see the scanning equipment, can you at least get a manufacturer name from it? And maybe a model number? With that, you could do some internet research to discover what method it uses and if there are any other reports of bad interactions with batteries, etc. Richard KE7GKP |
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On Tue, 6 Nov 2007 19:51:35 EST, "Richard Crowley"
wrote: If you can see the scanning equipment, can you at least get a manufacturer name from it? And maybe a model number? With that, you could do some internet research to discover what method it uses and if there are any other reports of bad interactions with batteries, etc. Nowadays if you ask about that, someone will suspect you of being a saboteur (don't want to use the "T" word). A sad reflection on our times. -- 73 de K2ASP - Phil Kane From a Clearing in the Silicon Forest Beaverton (Washington County) Oregon e-mail: k2asp [at] arrl [dot] net |
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So are they just discharged? Can you recharge them?
Or are they destroyed? Were the radios affected? Just discharged. The radios are OK. I have never noticed any names on the "x-ray" equipment. I should imagine thats the sort of detail they will keep to themselves. Giving the specs away would make it easier for the "bad guys" to figure out how to beat the scan. |
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