uncle arnie wrote:

Going to Netherlands, France, Italy, Germany in early summer. Anyone with
recent travel experience? I wld take a portable SW like an ATS606 and wld
like to take a pair of FRS radios also. If anyone has had any trouble
taking radios with them by plane I'd like to hear about it. Thanks.

The cheapest SW radios you can find are on ebay. If you have $50
invested in a radio, you won't worry about security helping themselves
to it. Try buying a Tecsun radio, Degens can't be sold to Canadian
customers online because of import restrictions on the part of the
Canadian government. Keep batteries in the radio, keep it in carry on
luggage (many of the Tecsuns are small enough to put in your carry on
bag) and be ready to turn it on and demonstrate that it works to get
past security. Artaud says that FRS radios are illegal in Europe, I
would definitely check into that before going. You may wish to buy
European compatible two ways online or if you can't do that buy them
when you get to the Continent.


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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:35:17 -0800, running dogg wrote:
Artaud says that FRS radios are illegal in Europe,

Definitely. You won't go to jail as someone else suggested but you
could get the radios confiscated.

I
would definitely check into that before going. You may wish to buy
European compatible two ways online or if you can't do that buy them
when you get to the Continent.

Buy them when you get over here (I'm in the UK btw). They run on
446MHz and cost (US)$37 a pair up, more if you want drop-in chargers,
and are available everywhere.

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On Fri, 11 Mar 2005 18:35:17 -0800, running dogg wrote:


Artaud says that FRS radios are illegal in Europe,



Definitely. You won't go to jail as someone else suggested but you
could get the radios confiscated.


Maybe you got something wrong?
You probably will be taken to a police station and questioned there with
the help of a translator.
This will cost you some hours and some EUROs in worst case.