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Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?

What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in
general? (These would be smaller-body Neumanns and Gefells - no big
tube mics with their equally large power supplies.)

"Sir, we'll have to confiscate that M940. Looks dangerous." What's actually being
thought: "Kewl! That'll sound GREAT on my acoustic guitar."

Thanks,
Frank
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Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?

What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in
general? (These would be smaller-body Neumanns and Gefells - no big
tube mics with their equally large power supplies.)

"Sir, we'll have to confiscate that M940. Looks dangerous." What's actually being
thought: "Kewl! That'll sound GREAT on my acoustic guitar."

Thanks,
Frank
Mobile Audio
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you could bring a self addressed shipping box with you, if security
hassles you, you have the option to mail it to yourself.
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Frank Stearns wrote:

Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?

What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in
general? (These would be smaller-body Neumanns and Gefells - no big
tube mics with their equally large power supplies.)


I often travel between Reno NV and Austin TX and I'm always carrying
mics and sometimes other kit, particularly the MIO.

I often have the Schoeps, some AKG C460's, maybe a couple dynamic vocal
mics. Only once have I been pulled aside so that the TSA guy could do
his thing all over my mic case. I could tell this resulted from the
baggage screener having no idea what was being shown on the screen.

"Sir, we'll have to confiscate that M940. Looks dangerous." What's
actually being thought: "Kewl! That'll sound GREAT on my acoustic guitar."


Heh. Acoustic guitar? What is that, anyway?? g

I'd never check a bag with the mics in it unless it was secured with
those TSA-approved padlocks.

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Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?

What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in
general?)


"Is that a microphone in your pocket, or are you just pleased to see me ?
"

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On 1/22/2013 6:44 PM, Frank Stearns wrote:
Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?


I travel with a mini maglite that probably x-rays about the same as a
KM-84 (which I've never flown with). I remember hearing a story about a
crew of NPR engineers flying home from a gig in Central Amer9ica. They
had checked a case of microphones which the TSA thought could be
dynamite, and they had to do a lot of talking to keep them from blowing
up the whole case. It shut down the entire DFW airport for a couple of
hours.

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On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 15:44:36 -0800, Frank Stearns wrote
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Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?
------------------------------snip------------------------------


Whatever you do, don't call a boom pole "a boom pole." Call it "a microphone
stand."

In foreign countries, don't call a wireless microphone a "wireless
microphone." Call it a "lavalier microphone system."

And if you're going overseas, get a Carnet:

http://www.uscib.org/index.asp?documentID=1843

--MFW

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Frank Stearns wrote:
Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their
carry-on baggage?

What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in
general? (These would be smaller-body Neumanns and Gefells - no big
tube mics with their equally large power supplies.)


I have had them ask me what these things are (mostly 441s and Schoeps mikes
which are what I tend to travel with), but never had any problems.

I've had drum keys confiscated, had them spend a lot of time inspecting
hand-wired cards, had an allen wrench taken, spent three days in immigration
detention for having a suspicious passport, and generally been harassed for
having long hair and a beard. But microphones have been no problem.

I have given up even trying to travel with unprocessed film, though.
--scott


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On Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:44:36 PM UTC-5, Frank Stearns wrote:
Anyone routinely travel within the USA carrying microphones in their

carry-on baggage?



What kind of issues (weird looks?) do you get? Any hassles in

general? (These would be smaller-body Neumanns and Gefells - no big

tube mics with their equally large power supplies.)



"Sir, we'll have to confiscate that M940. Looks dangerous." What's actually being

thought: "Kewl! That'll sound GREAT on my acoustic guitar."



Thanks,

Frank

Mobile Audio

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I routinely travel with a pair of schoeps and some dpa lavs in my carryon and have not ever received comment.

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hank alrich wrote:
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I'd never check a bag with the mics in it unless it was secured with
those TSA-approved padlocks.

You do know that the baggage handlers have the master keys to those
padlocks, right?
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Hank Alrich:

Between Nevada & Texas? Might as well be between Nevada and a separate country! lol
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Frank Stearns wrote:

Thanks, Nate. Scott's, Hank's and your comments (among others) have eased my mind.


I didn't mean to ease your mind...
--scott
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Neil Gould wrote:

hank alrich wrote:
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I'd never check a bag with the mics in it unless it was secured with
those TSA-approved padlocks.

You do know that the baggage handlers have the master keys to those
padlocks, right?


Yes, but that's a risk one must take if flying with kit and needing to
check it. I see cases holding tens of thousands of dollars worth of film
and recording equipment get checked as baggage.

A baggage handler could still rip it of, but it wouldn't be as easy as
just opening a bag and grabbing something. Most cases I see have four or
more locks.

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Scott Dorsey wrote:

Frank Stearns wrote:

Thanks, Nate. Scott's, Hank's and your comments (among others) have eased
my mind.


I didn't mean to ease your mind...
--scott


"Relax yo' mind"...

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