wrote:

How much are Kaito radios,about forty or fifty dollars? That would
probally be a good radio to take to Europe or wherever with you.Chances
are that if you have something nice and expensive in your luggage at the
airport(s) the item or items might get stolen by some crooked baggage
handlers.If you take a nice expensive radio with you it probally would
be best to hang on to it with your hands at all times.Don't let it out
of your sight no more than you would with a wris****ch or jewelry that
cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
cuhulin

TSA (US airport security) checkers are poorly trained and vetted and
regularly help themselves to items in passengers' bags. Since Arnie is a
Canadian and he's going to Europe, he won't have to worry about the TSA,
but I don't know anything about security in Europe. Some countries are
probably better than others. Most Degen (Kaito) radios are $50 or so
when bought from Liypn over ebay, but I read on this group that Canadian
customs are confiscating all Degens sent from HK to Canada because Kaito
Canada complained that they were being undercut by Liypn. Still, at
Kaito's price ($100 in the US, probably a little more up north) it's a
radio that you don't have to fret over being grabbed by your friendly
local screener. I've heard that Sony products of all kinds are regularly
grabbed by TSA screeners, but most of them probably aren't smart enough
to have heard of Kaito, much less Degen. Other inexpensive Chinese
radios are a good bet to survive security. Arnie might try a Tecsun
bought over ebay, they don't have the same import restrictions and are
just about as expensive as Degen brand radios.


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running dogg wrote:

wrote:

How much are Kaito radios,about forty or fifty dollars? That would
probally be a good radio to take to Europe or wherever with you.Chances
are that if you have something nice and expensive in your luggage at the
airport(s) the item or items might get stolen by some crooked baggage
handlers.If you take a nice expensive radio with you it probally would
be best to hang on to it with your hands at all times.Don't let it out
of your sight no more than you would with a wris****ch or jewelry that
cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.
cuhulin

TSA (US airport security) checkers are poorly trained and vetted and
regularly help themselves to items in passengers' bags. Since Arnie is a
Canadian and he's going to Europe, he won't have to worry about the TSA,
but I don't know anything about security in Europe. Some countries are
probably better than others. Most Degen (Kaito) radios are $50 or so
when bought from Liypn over ebay, but I read on this group that Canadian
customs are confiscating all Degens sent from HK to Canada because Kaito
Canada complained that they were being undercut by Liypn. Still, at
Kaito's price ($100 in the US, probably a little more up north) it's a
radio that you don't have to fret over being grabbed by your friendly
local screener. I've heard that Sony products of all kinds are regularly
grabbed by TSA screeners, but most of them probably aren't smart enough
to have heard of Kaito, much less Degen. Other inexpensive Chinese
radios are a good bet to survive security. Arnie might try a Tecsun
bought over ebay, they don't have the same import restrictions and are
just about as expensive as Degen brand radios.

I have a YB-300, YB-400, ATS-606, ATS-909, and an Icom R-75. I'm not going
to buy a new radio to take. I usually travel with the 606, good size, good
reception. The most disposable of these is the YB300, which so far has
survived.

I don't think the CCRA (Cdn Customs and Revenue Agency) can confiscate a
legally imported product. They haven't the authority. They could charge
ridiculous duties however. I've appealed against them before and won.