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• epirb
  • Send it in checked luggage.
    • Put the documentation with it, so the "mysterious object" will be understood
  • I'd carry it on...w/ the technical informaion.
  • You might unscrew the antenna and take it off just in case
  • It will depend on the battery type...
    • A bit more checking shows that some newer EPIRBS have non-hazmat batteies...
    • Issue is probably the concern with what it might look like or what it might really be concealing
      • That's why they have sniffers and dogs
      • The issue is that lithiummetal batteries are a fire hazard
    • Ask your air carrier in advance
      • The problem is that thlithium metal batteries in Epirbs apparently contain more than 2g of lithium...
        • Lithium Metal or Lithium Ion Batteries?
          • Where I found information EPIRB batteries were lithium metal...
            • Of course since TSA does the screening...
              • But if ...
                • The you are screwed
    • The war's over, the terrorists have won.
      • Seems that way eh?
        • well if we stopped sending them
          • Isn't this how we beat the Russians?
            • We have to make that declaration BEFORE we send billions in high tech weaponry to Saudi Arabia.